Jayeblog

If you see me walking around campus, or around town, or (starting very soon) around the city, you’ll almost always see me wearing a messenger bag on my back. I catch shit for it sometimes—people tease me about having a “man-purse”. I shrug it off, but in a way it’s true.

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Sometime about six months ago, I stopped using Firefox as my everyday web browser and switched to Google Chrome. Why? Because it’s fast, like browsing the internet on a rocket ship. My personal productivity suite includes a lot of Google applications (Gmail, Calendar, Reader, Docs, Voice, even a little bit of Wave every now and then), and their browser is just better optimized for the kinds of scripts those apps run. I still think Firefox is the most solid web development platform available, but if I’m not working on a web project I’m using Chrome instead.

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I just heard about a Church in Maine that’s actively soliciting its members for money to fight against the recent law passed in that state to legalize gay marriage. They have a contact page, so I wrote them an email. You should do the same, if you’ve got a spare minute. I pasted mine below.

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I’m still midway through writing a monster-post about my preferences and sensibilities when it comes to coffeeshops—a topic that I think about and talk about more than anyone of sound mind should—but it might be another week or so before I’m finished with that. In the meantime, I want to talk about Google Voice.

Google Voice is the descendant of a product called GrandCentral, acquired by Google two years ago in July 2007. I heard about it in the spring, when they launched the beta and invited users to sign up for invitations. I did so, and finally got my invitation on Friday.

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I’ve been in the city for three weeks now, and I’ve discovered that one of my favorite things about this place is the sheer volume of signage around me. Because signage means typography, and looking at others’ typography is fascinating.

Seriously, type is everywhere. A type geek who keeps his eyes open around here can learn a ton just by observation. Face selection, placement & positioning, integration with the overall design—examples are abundant, both good and bad.

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