A (movie) 'picture' is worth a thousand words, but a picture with an excellent sound system is worth a million, or perhaps it makes you wordless for a while.

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A weblog by Ovi Demetrian Jr that puts the state of technology into a real-world perspective.

The Content Management System that wasn’t

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:39:09 +0000 - As I’ve been reflecting on this past year, get ready for the new one I’ve been thinking about some of the projects I’ve worked on in the past. One of projects that came to mind was my own take on a content management system which I worked over two and a half years ago. At [...]

My switch from Android to iPhone

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:50:03 +0000 - A few months I made a list of what I wanted in a new phone as my two-year contract with my Droid was almost up. Last week I looked at the options available and went back to my original list. I mainly looked at what Apple announced for its iPhone 4S and what Android announced [...]

Realign your site or web app for mobile devices with CSS3

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:19:10 +0000 - Here are the slides from my Desert Code Camp presentation. A big part of the presentation was just looking through the HTML/CSS code which you can refer to by just going to the links in the demo slides and going to your browser’s ‘View Source’. To view the notes for some of the slides which [...]

Developing a web app

Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:07:26 +0000 - My side project, Indie Aisle has been online for a few months now and as I did with designing the web app, I’d like to share my thoughts about the development process. Layout and structure I first started coding the HTML and CSS of the design. I used the opportunity to do some experimenting with [...]

The Chrome notebook and really working on the web

Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:12:04 +0000 - It’s been over a month since I got the Chrome notebook and I wanted to share my thoughts on it so far. Before I even get into it, I think I should mention that just the idea of a web-browser-only computer I was already sold on since the Chrome OS was announced and I’ve already [...]

Wrong default web cursor

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:16:28 +0000 - This past year, I’ve tried an experiment on the site. I’ve replaced the ‘text select’ cursor that shows when mousing over text on a website with the default arrow cursor. It’s almost an unnoticeable change, which is the point. It seems to me that changing to the text select cursor is somewhat of a distraction. There [...]

Developing web apps across devices with HTML5 + CSS3

Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:01:38 +0000 - Below are my presentation slides from Desert Code Camp. View Presentation: Previous Slide | Next Slide

Designing an online app

Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:10:21 +0000 - Indie Aisle is a project I’ve been working on and off for a couple of years now. This past year however, I really got going with it, spending most of my available time outside of client work. Since the beginning the visual design for it has gone through quite a few iterations that I thought [...]

South by Southwest Interactive 2010 Notes

Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:30:45 +0000 - They may not be as creative as all the sketch-based notes out there, but here’s what I got out of some of the South By Southwest Interactive panels I went to this year: Sketching: Mood boarding for getting a good sense of the style Concept sketching for early stage visualizing of various pieces Process: Design, [...]

Tech trends shaping habits and social interaction

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:12:51 +0000 - Two kinds of technologies have in recent months changed my daily habits and how I interact with people: web-based apps and smartphones. Let’s start with web-based apps. For email I’ve been using Gmail for over three years now and is in my opinion the best email app around, web-based or desktop-based. For keeping track of [...]