life|organized http://nickshontz.com/blog Thoughts. Considerations. Aspirations Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en An island from ikea. http://nickshontz.com/blog/an-island-from-ikea http://nickshontz.com/blog/an-island-from-ikea#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 05:19:47 +0000 Nick http://nickshontz.com/blog/an-island-from-ikea

An island from ikea., originally uploaded by jakonavitch.

]]> http://nickshontz.com/blog/an-island-from-ikea/feed Its for real. http://nickshontz.com/blog/its-for-real http://nickshontz.com/blog/its-for-real#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:00:55 +0000 Nick http://nickshontz.com/blog/its-for-real

Its for real., originally uploaded by jakonavitch.

]]> http://nickshontz.com/blog/its-for-real/feed Jeep in the sky http://nickshontz.com/blog/jeep-in-the-sky http://nickshontz.com/blog/jeep-in-the-sky#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2008 01:41:54 +0000 Nick http://nickshontz.com/blog/jeep-in-the-sky

Jeep in the sky, originally uploaded by jakonavitch.

]]> http://nickshontz.com/blog/jeep-in-the-sky/feed OMG Montana Standard http://nickshontz.com/blog/omg-montana-standard http://nickshontz.com/blog/omg-montana-standard#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:20:43 +0000 Nick http://nickshontz.com/blog/?p=188 really. really, a little bit of journalistic professionalism. just a little bit. lack of professionalism

]]> http://nickshontz.com/blog/omg-montana-standard/feed Life…. it happens http://nickshontz.com/blog/life-it-happens http://nickshontz.com/blog/life-it-happens#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:32:13 +0000 Nick http://nickshontz.com/blog/?p=186 It has been a long time since i’ve written anything here. and i have to admit a Lot has happened in my life.

For the past several months we have basically dedicated all of our time to designing and creating a new web presence for The University of Montana. You can go there and use the comments boxes on each page to tell us what you think. I have to say i think this is one of the best things we did in the process of redesigning the site. At the university we serve a very diverse demographic, practically every age group, men and woman, those currently attending UM, Those considering it and all the parents in between. We have Alums coming to the site looking for things to do and ways to help out their Alma Mater. I will say that the site was largely designed by committee, which posed it’s problems but all and all it turned out ok, and everyone, well almost, who has a stake in the homepage has their link.

Give us some feedback if you like, good or bad, please though, if you think it sucks tell us a) why, and b) and what you would do to fix it. This process has given us all pretty thick skin.

Aside from a new home page we also implemented a Content Management System, check out the alumni site, and see Gordy’s post about the launches. The CMS will and already has provided us with a way to 1) allow non technical users to quickly create and update web content, with no expensive software, and 2) start to create an overall branding for the university.

In personal news, the wife and i just bought a new car, its a Chevy Malibu LS, coolest features:

  • 25 mpg in town, 35 highway
  • CD player (yes we have finally joined the rest of the world)
  • enormous trunk, with folding rear seats.
  • did i mention 25 mpg in town, 35 highway?

We will be in Seattle for Thanksgiving and we are excited to get it out on the road and see what it can do.

]]> http://nickshontz.com/blog/life-it-happens/feed Really? http://nickshontz.com/blog/really http://nickshontz.com/blog/really#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:54:06 +0000 Nick http://nickshontz.com/blog/really

Really?, originally uploaded by jakonavitch.

Seriously folks, use the trash can right behind you!

]]> http://nickshontz.com/blog/really/feed Sharps http://nickshontz.com/blog/sharps http://nickshontz.com/blog/sharps#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:48:56 +0000 Nick http://nickshontz.com/blog/sharps

Sharps, originally uploaded by jakonavitch.

Not like the non-alcoholic beverage…

]]> http://nickshontz.com/blog/sharps/feed Sushi Leaf http://nickshontz.com/blog/sushi-leaf http://nickshontz.com/blog/sushi-leaf#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:38:40 +0000 Nick http://nickshontz.com/blog/sushi-leaf

Sushi Leaf, originally uploaded by jakonavitch.

]]> http://nickshontz.com/blog/sushi-leaf/feed Google Chrome http://nickshontz.com/blog/google-chrome http://nickshontz.com/blog/google-chrome#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:38:20 +0000 Nick http://nickshontz.com/blog/?p=181 Having the analytics for a site with over 1.6 million votes a year is kinda fun. the trend that are shown are pretty good, and have a pretty wide demographic. Today i noticed that in the past 3 days the number of users using google chrome (168 or 0.41%) is nearly twice that of Opera’s usage (88 or 0.21%) but still far below the big three: IE (29,250 or 71.07%), FF (7,811 or 18.98%), Safari (3,721 or 9.04%)

It’s only 3 days of data, and its at the surge of Chome’s release but it is still interesting. I will attempt to blog in a month or so about how the trend is doing.

]]> http://nickshontz.com/blog/google-chrome/feed Ice Cream, Coffee and poor acoustics http://nickshontz.com/blog/ice-cream-coffee-and-poor-acoustics http://nickshontz.com/blog/ice-cream-coffee-and-poor-acoustics#comments Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:25:18 +0000 Nick http://nickshontz.com/blog/?p=179 I checked out the new Cafe Dulce today. a co-worker had come back saying he would never go back because it was terribly noisy. I thought i’d try it for my self. and wow the acoustics are Terrible. the place was practically empty and the noise was awful. I can’t imagine it during the lunch hour. I chatted with one of the barristas and she said it was worse before they put up the sound absorbing panels.

A place like that can only survive by providing a pleasing atmosphere, the coffee, food, and the gelato are all Too expensive. they need to do something. It is a Beautiful building! great windows and a nice high ceiling (which will probably have to be changed to account for the noise) .

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