Some Random Dude Some Random Dude WorkHelloRSSTwitter View more hellip; Bridging the Gap mdash;Making Games Conduits to Real Accomplishment There has been a lot of talk on the gamification of reality, but the more interesting idea is to make the games we play extend to the real world. Read On hellip; April 17, 2012By P.J. OnoriFiled Under Art amp; Ideas2 comments Introducing Frank It has been a long time coming. The WordPress theme running this site, which I have named Frank, is now officially available to use. The theme has been available for some time now, but it was not up to snuff for public use. However, I made serious push in the last two weeks and I feel confident it #8217;s ready to go. This release is a big milestone because it signifies making good on a promise I made over 3 years ago to release all work for this site as open source. That promise brought about projects like Iconic, Cue, Off Franklin and coordy. The biggest project however, and the one I am most happy to give away, is the actual site I use to publish my work. Read On hellip; April 3, 2012By P.J. OnoriCurrent Events4 comments Some Random Dude is Now (More) Responsive In the past two weeks, I was able to update this site (and more importantly, the open source theme behind it) to have a responsive layout. This was the last big hurdle for me to get a final-ish version of the theme out the door.There are still small issues that need to be addressed, but this was the big one. The next goal is to get a project page up along with some simple starting guides, take a breath and see where the project goes from there. My current site is still imperfect, but I consider it to be a good reflection of how I view responsive web design. As I mentioned in an recently, responsive web design goes beyond a responsive layout. Our designs need to address limited bandwidth and processing power associated with mobile devices.My hope is this theme will continue to improve so that it can provide a viable option for bloggers who provide a fast, reading-centric experience for their visitors. Due to my limited schedule however, I need to rely on the community to help me push this project forward. If you have enjoyed this site and/or you would like to use this theme, I encourage you to do so. I also encourage you to help make it better for everyone else. So please, fork this theme and get in touch with me if you are interesting in contributing. March 19, 2012By P.J. OnoriCurrent EventsNo comments The Dichotomy of #8220;Simple #8221; The word #8220;simple #8221; has varied meanings. This is certainly common in the English language, but the broad definition of the word can create confusion within the design community. This is not helped by the word #8217;s influence and pervasiveness in the designer lexicon. However, the most challenging aspect is that #8220;simple #8221; can often have opposing, conflicting characteristics, creating situations where a design can simultaneously be simple and not simple depending on one #8217;s point of view. Read On hellip; March 6, 2012By P.J. OnoriDesignNo comments Design for Speed The homepage of Some Random Dude as of today is 39.6Kb spread across 5 requests (13.1Kb and 2 of those requests are Google Analytics). Over 30% of pages sampled load in 1 second or less. 74.5% of pages sampled load in 3 seconds or less. These numbers increase dramatically when you restrict the sample page loads to countries with high broadband adoption. This site performs this way not because of a plugin I installed or the server #8217;s Apache settings (although they help). It performs this way because of tough decisions made in the design process. This site was designed to be fast. Read On hellip; February 21, 2012By P.J. OnoriDesign11 comments About MeMy name is P.J. Onori and I am a design technologist by trade.This blog covers design and technology in the broadest sense possible. It's the place I collect my thoughts, work and findings to share with the public. Hosting by: Webbynode Older Entries This theme is open source. Help make it better. Fork Frank on Github.My Best Articles (IMHO)Making the Transition from Development to DesignJust how does a person with development background move over to design? Here are some tips as someone who has gone through the process.In Defense of HardDesign has become enamored with easy mdash;to a fault. With an overemphasis on easy, people are losing out on rich, meaningful experiences.Write Like You DesignGood designers make beautiful things. Why then do so many create such poor sentences?2,880 people follow me on Twitter. You should too. P.J. Onori Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.