Ryan Trembath (dot) Information

Toooo much shi~ on the go for this cowboy.!` OR too much personal pressure? F*cK if I know!`

Making rap music, trying to ‘run a label’ - maintaining 7 myspace accounts, recording/mixing the music, learning/doing PHP, sending press kits, paying for promo, playing shows - running a day job, maintaining a clean space, staying fit, planning a bachelor party, eating well, saving money & still being a good friend who you can have a beer with;:-> is burning my dumb a$s out.

Though, now that I’ve put the b!tch down to the internet I am feeling a little better. While I’m on the ‘cry about the good life’ stint;;;;; Some bullets. that suck:

• the washing machine in my building went up $0.19. It is now impossible to clear the cash off your card completely. smoooth move SmartCard:::>> Card abandonment $crilla on the incline.
• Jumbo Pizza Winnipeg - sent us vegetarians an all meat pizza then refused to admit a mistake.
• The little button on my phone has started to work 68% of time => Cool; if it wasn’t essential to almost every function@!#$%^!
• I’m 26 => talented => and not rich!

These r m@ t3arz. One tidbit of real information 4 u:

One thing that I have noticed about both my sense of humor;; and the DEAFWISH style communique;; is that no one realizes that it is based heavily on the principles of text messaging culture;:> & Neoism?! duh!#

I promise the next post will be more coherent. Thanks for reading.

At my old job, the “Lifestyle Shot” was a topic of hot debate in the boardroom every time a new site was being designed.

Unfamiliar with the term?

It’s used to describe the main photograph, usually involving people smiling and doing something, on the homepage of a site. The “lifestyle shot” is supposed to help your customers feel comfortable and “see themselves” in your site. Check out how happy you are about insurance, or meet a friendly dentist up close and personal.

Get it?

If you’re designing a site with this look/feel, always keep in mind that your users may not perceive the image(s) presented the same way you do.

For example, I worked on this online pharmacy site. The call center staff said that our customers would often ask why we had two gay old men on the front page. From the perspective of the design team, it had just been two friends, healthy and strong, saving on their medications.

Another example is this vegetarian dating site. Some guy grinding a model holding a bowl of uncooked tofu? Seems a bit…lame. Do they really know their audience?

Bottom line here would be: people like to see themselves in your content, just make sure you’re on target with who “they” are or you might be doing more harm than good.

Sorry the site was down. Let this be a lesson in redundancy. If your site is important, make sure it’s on the web in more than one place or you’re in trouble when things go wrong.

The most recent issues came about when I used Fantastico to manage my wordpress installations for this site and another site I have.

It seems re-installing Wordpress on my other site caused the database for this one to be deleted without me knowing. A little TOO quick and easy. I managed to scrape the one post that wasn’t backed up from the Google cache of this page.

Thanks G, you’re always looking over my shoulder when I need ya.

I had never searched the word ‘hogzilla‘ until about 3 minutes ago when I found out that he had fallen to number 2.

Monster Pig reigns supreme.

Captivated by Jamison’s victory hunt, I knew the full color autographed poster would have to be mine. Jamison’s dad had registered his domain with Godaddy, so their fast shopping cart was an obvious choice for e-commerce. He just wants to share his boi’s triumph in 11 x 17 color!

Quick, easy & accessible right?

Things could have gone better…

1. It was ugly and clunky looking. I don’t trust that.
2. I put my Paypal information in the login page 2 times before realizing the text stating I didn’t have to login to the store. My mood drops thinking I’d been phished again .
3. I entered my billing information only to be told that my Canadian postal code was invalid. WHAT?!

Had I not been carrying the momentum of Jamison’s courageous kill with me as I made my payment I may not taken the shot. Channeling MacGuyver episodes gone by I used the only American postal code I know, 90210, and put my explanation in the “special comments”.

It’s unfortunate that the most accessible tools purchase are often the least accessible to use.

I’m left wondering about my poster and waiting; dreaming of the day I land that 11 footer lurking the Manitoba praries.