Tactile

I posted draft one of my writing page, dotkalm. It will work as the storage space for dotkalm blog. Any pieces I get published or refer to here will be linked to there. It’s also where I can send someone who simply wants to read my stuff.

The design is my effort to bring back the analog desktop. Right now it is just a background image, but one I can easily subtract to and from. Eventually you’ll be able to click on the various items I leave on my desk. Maybe flip through it with Flash. Maybe I’ll start a timeline. What was on my desk back in October of ’09?

I like that it feels tactile. I can jot on a post-it with a crayon and stick it up there or truly cut and paste a clipping. I can scribble. I also like that it’s chaotic. Just like I might find something hidden on my desk that I forgot and get inspired, so might the random surfer bumpspark against something they didn’t expect.

It’s messy. That’s the idea.