Diary of a RockStar » Development

A Large Update – About Me

Mike Caputo — Thu, 05 May 2011 03:39:42 +0000

I just got myself a fancy new netbook to take with me on tour, so I don’t have to lug around my 17″ Macbook Pro, and I’m on the bus back from Hamilton, so I figured i’d give a blog post a shot.

A lot has gone on in the last few months, I’d say that the last 8-12 months have been a pretty big transition period for me. I’m one year older (yay 28?) and i’ve doven gone deeper into both my professional career, and also my other career. It’s really turned into two jobs, and I feel like i’m getting close to an equilibrium between the two. It’s a scary, but very exciting and refreshing point, because sometimes I feel like each feeds off each other – strangely, there’s a balance right now, and I don’t mind it at all. (Yes I realize i’m being a bit vague, but if you’re reading this, and you know me, you probably know what i’m talking about).

The band is progressing at an amazing rate. Shit is happening. We’ve booked some pretty major tours, and will hopefully be breaking into American or other markets by the years end (wishful thinking?). This new project was probably the most measurable shift in my life in the last few years – it really is a 2nd job – prior to now, I hadn’t really been at this level of commitment, nor would I have wanted it to. I guess somewhere in my gut I knew it wasn’t worth it to fully throw myself in, until it was really worth it.

All this, and I can say that professionally i’ve been confidentally pushing myself further than I ever have, which is really awesome because i’ve been trying to set goals for myself in regards to skill development and progression making myself more valuable, and skilled – I think during the last few months, i’ve kind of broken away from a stale spot I’ve been in professionally for quite some time. I’ve been pushing myself, and that’s awesome.

I’ll try and write a little bit about what the future holds in a few days I guess.

Under Construction

Mike Caputo — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 23:04:29 +0000

I’ve been spending a bit of time working on this site design and layout, its been a really long time, and i’ve been wanting to try some new CSS3 stuff out here.

If you’re viewing in an older browser, you won’t be able to see everything in all its glory. Please do me, and all of my web developer friends a favor and upgrade your out of date browser.

Trying Something New…

Mike Caputo — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:03:00 +0000

Trying the whole photoblog thing, maybe it will spark sone creativity. But i’m going to try it differently… Only from my iPhone, that way, I won’t have an excuse NOT to post a photo every day.

Stoked about WordPress 2.9

Mike Caputo — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:36:43 +0000

Ok, this is a major sign of my geekdom – being this excited about a content management system… Maybe its just cuz i’m on the brink of doing some major web rebuilds – and seeing the new feature list is going to make things a lot cooler, easier, and just really awesome.

Things i’m looking forward to:

Better image uploads – cropping images in the admin panel
Better plugin upgrades
Trash instead of Delete
Better embeds for posts

This is all really exciting stuff for me (Nerd). Check out the new release, and download it here: http://www.wordpress.org.

New Macbook Pro!

Mike Caputo — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:56:08 +0000

I ordered a new Macbook Pro this morning! Thanks to the sale that Apple has going for ‘Black Friday’ which is actually more of an American thing, but it seems to have infiltrated Canadian consumer culture as well! Wahoo!

I haven’t had an actual computer available to me at home for a few months now – i’ve been working from the office a LOT – so this will be a nice change for me, being able to get stuff done from home, instead of having to be in the office every waking moment – not that its so horrible.

I’m looking forward to the 7hr battery life (supposedly), and also the SD card slot that has been integrated into the body of the Macbook Pro’s.

I’ll try and post a review once I get it – i’ve also got to catch up on some blogs about my new Guitar!

Happy black friday everyone!