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TimVanDamme.com

Rogie — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:16:29 +0000

I’m going to write about a very obvious inspiration, which is Tim Van Damme’s site:timvandamme.com. This site very obviously has design cues taken from Apple’s design style, yet it feels it’s own some how. Rarely do I see a site and am compelled to design based off of that inspiration. It takes something special, something I’m not even sure of the recipe for, yet something I love to spark me to model one of my own creations based off of that creation. Tim’s site did that for me. I loved the simplicity and single focusedness of this site. I love that it serves one purpose. I love that it is clear and direct. I love that it is beautiful.

RogieKing.com

It is because of this site that I swiftly began construction of my very own site: http://rogieking.com. I think that you will notice the very obvious similarities, yet the ways that I made it my own. I hoped by making this site that I would honor the person whom I was inspired by, yet not dishonor him with blatant rip-offery (if that’s a word ;), and I appear to have honored him by this sentiment he echoed on twitter:

This is what I call inspiration: http://rogieking.com/ Looks great!

Tim Van Damme – link

Weightbot

Rogie — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:00:59 +0000

Being the first of it’s kind on my blog, I have to truly feel this iPhone/iPod app deserves it — and Weightbot does. I’ve been a fan of Mark Jardine’s work for quite some time now and this app is no exception. From it’s uber cute robotic theme to radtastic design to the pixel level, this is one of the few iPhone apps that makes me want to buy an iPhone in Montana even if I couldn’t use it as a phone. Then again, I could always fork out some dough for an iPod touch, even though I’d probably only use it for Weightbot.

If I were to pick two favorite features about the screens that I’ve seen in Weightbot, the first one would be the intro screen with the glowing robot and the second would be the icon. I am a sucker for that icon. It’s hot.

I think that both Mark Jardine (designer) and Paul Haddad (developer) did an amazing job, but only one can truly tell by using the app, which I haven’t yet. I encourage you to first, check out the Weightbot photo set on flickr, next check out the app on iTunes, and last, buy it for your iPhone or iPod touch to keep good designers/developers alive. C’mon…it’s $1.99.

Mac vs PC? Be Honest

Rogie — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:41:43 +0000

There’s a ton of biased bullcrap out there when it comes to Apple vs. PC arguments. While the current Apple ads may be funny to some and somewhat truthful to others, I can’t buy that PC’s just suck, even though I use a Mac in almost every capacity.

For years I used a PC to accomplish tons of tasks from CD and DVD burning to thesis writings to programming a 3D Landscape generator. Currently, I use Mac Pro by day for web design/development and a Macbook Pro by night for web design, illustration, coding and blogging. In my previous job, I used a PC for design and coding and I managed FreeBSD (which I loved) servers for our local College.

I’ve seen many aspects of the computing world and I hate the biased reviews from all ends. It seems to me that once someone becomes a fanatic, follower, or “brand loyal”, all balance of opinion is lost. They seem to defend their turf no matter what the cost. What I want are some realists, some people that are willing to voice a balanced opinion on a feature of any hardware setup or OS feature that are truly innovative, truly helpful, no matter what brand name is slapped on it’s case. I’m looking for a few good men and women to tell me what you love about a Mac, PC or both.

Please comment below and let me know what you love about your favorite computer and why. Possibly tell me what that feature, say 2-finger scroll, etc. is worth to you (how much money would you pay extra to have that feature). Also, let me know your favorites, say Dell XPS, MacBook Pro 17 inch, Windows XP on a MacBook, whatever. Be specific.