Well, I’m out in Phoenix at the moment, enjoying the heat and the lovely hotel view of fat people in the hottub! Its been a busy week, though quite rewarding, and a great opportunity to work with (and push pixels for) some excellent people! Off to Denver, land of the mountain people, tomorrow - I knew I should have packed something warm!It randomly dawned on me yesterday, whilst driving, that life is a lot like Grand Theft Auto - and that isn’t just a commentary on the standard of driving in Phoenix. Its weird how when you drive into the ‘ghetto’ part of town, that all the vehicles suddenly change into pick-up trucks… and when you reach Scottsdale they magically morph back into high powered sports cars and family sedans. Its definitely something you don’t get in England - even in the most upper class areas, you can usually find a souped up Nova kicking about. You also have to wonder about a country where you can’t seem to buy beer in the supermarket, but there is an entire aisle dedicated to incontinence aids!Annoyingly, poor hotel internet access however - with support phone calls usually consisting of “Yes, its a problem our end.” and “No, we don’t know when it will be fixed. Have a nice day!” - slightly annoying when you want to do some Typo geekery. At least in somewhere like New York or Denver you can usually hop onto a wireless network, but alas, its not something you find in the desert.Quite excited about a new project which I’m working on at work… for a start it is something AJAX/XHTML/CSS based, instead of Flash. But it also looks like something where I can sneak in some MicroFormats and XML feeds! I had better start brushing up on my hEvent.Expect an update once i arrive up in the mountains, and yes, I’m still working on the article I was talking about a few weeks back… perhaps I shall finish it on the plane… Until next time… Ciao! (more…)