Firerift has Launched!!

That's right! Firerift has launched!
It is finally here! I am soooo excited and relieved to have this beast finally out the door :)

Head over to www.firerift.com to check it out!

You can read up on a little Firerift History and such on the first blog post at the …

(via Drew Wilson)

Macificent has Launched

Hey everyone!
I am super excited to announce the launch of my latest project: Macificent!
What is Macificent? Macificent showcases a collection of hand picked OS X Apps that really shine above the rest.

You can read more about it by going to the Macificent site. But …

(via Drew Wilson)

New Photo Website

Hey everyone!

Just thought I would drop you an update and let you know I just re-designed my Photo site!

The coolest part is... it is running on Firerift!! I am super stoked with the progress of Firerift, and I am very confident it will be out before the end of …

(via Drew Wilson)

Brutal Honesty

Hey Everyone!

Again thanks so much for stickin' with me on Firerift!! I appreciate it sooo much!

As the title suggests, I am gonna give you the brutal honest truth on where Firerift stands:

I work on Firerift every single day. It is no way abandoned, nor will it ever …

Firerift is Coming

Thank you sooooo much to everyone who has been keeping tabs on Firerift. I cannot tell you all how much I really appreciate it :)

A lot of you are getting annoyed at the delays.. and believe me .. I am too :) But I guess it is better than nobody caring about Firerift …

Firerift on Vitamin

Hey Everyone!

A month ago Adam Howell asked me to do an article for Vitamin on my project Firerift (previously Firebolt). It is now live on the Vitamin site, check it out!

Adam is a great guy and I really appreciate him inviting me to write about my project. My …

Firebolt Hold Up

My apologies to everyone waiting for the beta. Firebolt has been held up due to some legal issues. Nothing too serious, so don't worry it is still coming out.

I hate to be that guy who gets you excited and then says: "Delayed"
But it looks like I have to.

Expect an …

Want To Beta Test Firebolt?

Hey everyone!

The time has come to take Firebolt out from under my microscope, and put it under your's.
I will be accepting 200 applicants of all web skill levels (zero to code ninja) for this closed beta round.
Please email me at: beta[at]valioinc.com with your brief …

FireFox 3 Text Bug

FireFox 3 has been a pain in the neck ever since I downloaded it. Please tell me I am not the only one.

I continually come across a nasty text rendering bug when using this browser. At first I expected to see this bug being written up all over the internet. But I never …

What do you want to know?

Hey everyone!

I have spent part of today witting my 2nd article for Vitamin. Thanks a ton to Adam for the invite :)

I am writing about Firebolt, CMSs, and my experience through the whole project. I know some of you will be reading it, so I wanted to throw out this …

Another Rip Off

Yep,

The pirates strike again. My old site's design has been ripped off, and the guy is a... freelance designer??? what!?
I think he should swap that title with SCAM ARTIST.

I would love to see someone design a site that is inspired by my work.. that would be awesome. …

The Design Meltdown Book

I recently got an email from Patrick McNeil from Design Meltdown letting me know that his new book "The Design Meltdown Book" is up for pre-sale.

Why am I telling you this? Because I am in it! :) On page 24 to be exact.

A big thanks to Patrick for putting my site in …

Free Javascript Snippets

Hey everyone!

Just wanted to pass along some code (PHP to be exact) to you all:

If ($time == "available"){
  switch ($meal) {
  case "breakfast":
    echo "Party at my place!!!";
    break;
  case "lunch":
    echo "Party at my place!!!";
    break;
  case …

Is the World Over Populated?

Not even close.

I randomly started thinking about this and spent a few minutes doing some basic research. Here is what I found.

First you need to define what is a comfortable amount of space for a person to live in. For this example I am using San Francisco. It's not …

New Firebolt Holder Site

I just finished a new holder site for Firebolt. It gives you a sneak peek, as well as some feature descriptions.

Check it out: GetFirebolt.com

Peace,
Drew

I'm On Twitter

If you haven't already signed up for Twitter... do it! I never had the desire to sign up, but I did... and it is actually fun :)

Check out my page here: http://twitter.com/drewwilson

I will update the blog soon, but I have just been beyond swamped lately... and still …

Join Me at BarCamp San Diego

Hey Everyone!
It has been a while since my last update, and the reason is because I have been just slammed with work and business. It's all good stuff, but finishing up a couple projects and looking forward to the very near release of Firebolt!

I wanted to invite you …

Biggest Rip EVER!!!!

Thanks to Rafael for this tip.

Check out this guy: dleskins

Shamelessly ripping my CSS/JS/XHTML files and design!!!
He even stole my Photos from my portfolio, and even my ACTUAL PORTFOLIO WORK!!!! Unheard of!!!!

I am in complete disbelief that someone would even …

Anatomy Vector Set

Anatomy
My new vector set at YouWorkForThem.
Check it out at the Buy page.

Peace,
Drew

Copy, Copy, Copy

Well That last guy to rip off my design has taken it all down. SO that is awesome, and thanks to him for doing it so quickly.

Check this out: http://www.midnightsoftware.co.uk

This guy is trying to sell hosting with my design. I didn't bother with the screenshot, …