derek derek derek

Welcome to my new domain, derekderekderek.com!  I really wanted derekjones.name, but it’s owned by someone whom that name doesn’t even belong to, and the procedure for petitioning a .name’s release for that reason is laborious and costly.  In the end, this domain is more fun and memorable.

It marks the permanent and official closure of the domain (and business) koruproductions.com though I will retain that domain name for nostalgia.  If you came here from an old link through that domain, hopefully you were redirected to the right content.  If not please and I’ll get the redirect fixed up.

My old blog heavily focused on ExpressionEngine Add-Ons, which was appropriate since at the time I was a hobbyist third-party developer.  It doesn’t make sense for me to retain that focus on my personal site, though, since I know a guy that helps maintain the Add-On Library.  So this blog will turn to a more personal focus, and be a playground for me to work with new ideas and technologies not directly related to my professional work.

For instance, you might be saying "Derek, this site is ugly!".  Yes, I know, it’s different from my previous design.  And it may have some elements that look awkward in your browser.  But it’s not because I’m lazy or because I lack the ability and creativity.  I certainly don’t compare my own design work to that of people who do that for a living, but I think it’s aesthetically pleasing, and fits with my current minimalist kick.  This site will look better visually over time, but less as a result of effort I expend, and more of a factor of browsers catching up.  If it doesn’t look like this (popup image) in your browser, well, the browser you are using is further behind than I care to bother with on my personal site.  Living in the bleeding edge, this site is serving HTML5 and using CSS3 features as if they were ubiquitous enough to pick them up at the drug store.  So, apologies for the rough edges as I tread into waters that are clearly marked Swim At Your Own Risk, No Lifeguard On Duty.  And yes, I’m cheating on a couple tags because no browser currently will let me style <section>, <aside>, etc.  But as soon as one browser does, I’ll dump the temporary <div>s.  I have a feeling WebKit will be first, so I probably will not have to switch, I will just have to wait.

If you find it unpleasant to use, you can subscribe to the RSS Feed, which contains full content.  I’m also not enabling comments as of yet, but you can always if you like.