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All work and no play makes email a something something

I used to send detailed, quality emails. Then I started having a lot of work to do. Then I had a baby. 2006: Hi Bob, Many thanks for your comment. We're actively working on a solution and hope to have it released within the next week. Please contact me if you have any further comments

This Ephemeral Year

The Project See it live. And don’t use IE. I haven’t tested it and I’m not going to! The Story In 2010, I rebuilt my website. As usual, I overloaded this project with far too many technology changes, forcing me to learn tons of new stuff before I could do any real work. I also

Why can’t I be honest with real people?

Yesterday I wrote a tweet questioning why I feel free to express myself on Twitter in the digital company of a bunch of strangers, yet I feel comparatively guarded and closed off on Facebook, which connects me to the majority of the people I actually know in real life. I received some interesting responses, but

21st Century Inspiration

I’ve been thinking about creative method and inspiration recently, mainly because I’m finally tackling a big project, but also due to my recent induction into Dribbble. To be clear, I think Dribbble is wonderful, for many of the same reasons Twitter is wonderful; it provides a wee goon such as myself an opportunity to share

The Maintainer’s Dilemma

The Maintainer’s Dilemma -Idiom the condition of being overwhelmed by minutiae, preventing significant accomplishments. So, I’m a Webmaster. What does that mean? I have to know about web design, programming, writing, information architecture, user experience, talking to people, and a whole mix of other miscellaneous technology. (I would prefer the title Web Magician, though in