According to InformationWeek's article, the U.S. government has granted a broad-reaching patent that encapsulates AJAX, Flash, and anything else that could be construed as a "rich internet application".

Buckle your seat belts, everyone. This could get ugly.

I suppose it's time I spilled the beans.

Four days ago, I started working for GoDaddy.com as an Interface Designer / Usability Specialist. And so far, it's been fantastic. The people are great, I can work without being interrupted all the time (which I could never do at my previous position), and everything is so organized here that, for once, I feel completely on top of my projects. And the really great news is that I'll be working directly with the Web team to gradually improve the site.

I don't have to fight my boss to get things done right, either. My boss is the former Usability Specialist, and it's his goal to get the team built up and develop the process to make sure everything we put out is as good as it can be. So my boss is the one driving the whole thing!

I couldn't possibly be happier with this gig.

Ironically, Flash isn't part of my job description. It's not even installed on my machine. I'll probably use it later on for prototypes, but my days of writing code 90% of the time are over. No more bug reports. No more gremlins. Just good, clean, vigorous design and usability work. I've been dying to shift into this position for a long time, and I couldn't have chosen a better company with which to do it.

Time to settle in and get some great work done.