Keen-eyed readers may have noticed some of my posts are now prefaced with either __Doing Great Things!__ or __better*practices__. Both titles come from side-projects of mine that have been languishing for too long. From the DGT! mission statement:
>doing great things! seeks to recognize, highlight and encourage those who actively work for positive change — for […]
In the early days of the graphical Web, everybody was a generalist, mainly because the technology wasn’t moving so fast that keeping track of everything required full-time attention, but also because the standards for excellence were much lower. As the web matured, the market inevitably encouraged the rise of specialists - programmers, database developers, UI architects, graphic designers, etc.
But some of us refused to give up our ‘webmaster’ titles and kept learning, kept plugging along, incrementally gaining experience in a range of different disciplines.
It seems that Web 2.0 may also signal the Return of the Generalists.
I recently discovered [The Printable CEO][1], a goal-tracking guide for movers-and-shakers, and its take on “When is something worth doing?” According to the Printable CEO, something’s worth doing when:
[1]: http://www.davidseah.com/archives/2005/09/23/the-printable-ceo/
1. It’s life-sustaining __billable__ work!
2. It’s signing __new__ business!
3. It’s __publishable__ code!
4. It’s __sharp__ visual design!
5. It’s __concrete__ planning or accounting!
6. It’s new __self-promotion__!
7. It’s a […]
I’ve got Lighttpd 1.4.4 compiling with both MySQL virtual hosts and SSL now. As soon as I integrate the patches I’ve received for installing a lighttpd.conf file as well as get the CML variant compiling, I’ll submit it to Darwinports.
That’ll probably be this weekend.
After some really spotty internet access for the past couple days due to inclement weather moving over this ‘paradise’ island (including lightning storms that messed with our power…), I’m back in the saddle again. Unfortunately, I’m also headed to work in a little over an hour…
Derek Powazek is [urging designers to ‘embrace your bottom’][1] in […]