Month: May 2013

[Mr. Blanc on writing][1]: > I wait to get started because I assume that if I don’t write something magical and clever as I’m typing it for the first time then I certainly won’t be able to improve upon it in the editing and re-writing process. I’ve only felt the fear that Shawn describes when […]

You know what to do, donate like a mofo to take down a patent troll and [“save podcasting”][1]. No brainer. [1]: https://supporters.eff.org/donate/save-podcasting

[Nick Guy posted an update to his ice cube tray post][1] on Sweet Home, following the challenge from [Dr. Drang][2]: > I wanted to prove or disprove if using different ice cube sizes from our recommended Tovolo trays (big and small) would make a difference in taste. I’m glad this came back up again because […]

I love [this passage from Karen McGrane][1] talking mobile websites: > It’s frustrating and confusing for them if you only give them a little bit of what you offer on your “real” website. If you try to guess which subset of your content the mobile user needs, you’re going to guess wrong. Deliver the same […]

[Glenn Fleishman’s ending to the press release announcing the sale of The Magazine][1]: > MARCO ARMENT is an ostensibly carbon-based life form currently residing in Hastings-on-Hudson, declared the Williamsburg of the North by the New York Times, whence he produces podcasts, blog entries, jeremiads, and software. He and his wife have one child and one […]

[Dr. Drang debases the current douchebag-bourbon drinker trend of big ass ice cubes][1] ((I’m not saying all bourbon drinkers are douchebags, just the ones that drink it because it is the “in” drink at the moment. People who do that are clearly douchebags. It just so happens that this class of people get all hot […]

[I want to offer a huge congratulations to my wife,][1] as she will now be featured in Nordstrom’s wedding boutiques and Nordstrom.com for her work at her company [Serephine][2]. I know first hand all the long nights she has pulled to make this happen and I am very proud of her. [1]: http://blog.serephine.com/post/51243668813 [2]: http://www.serephine.com

[Mitch Joel][1]: > My niece is nineteen years old. When she was sixteen, she would come home from school, take out her laptop, plop down on the couch, lift the computer lid, turn on the TV, plug in her iPod earbuds, and set her BlackBerry down next to her. From afar, it looked like she […]

[Matt Gemmell on how to not design your blog like a douchebag, I mean, well no, that’s actually what I mean][1]: > The design should serve the text. Text should never be made to conform to a design for any purpose other than legibility, on a personal blog. I almost entirely agree with Matt and […]

People, today we have [Keyboard Maestro 6]() and oh baby is it awesome. A few new features that are killer: – Safari Actions to grab the URL and Title. I had a ton of actions that grabbed this data by using a slew of different methods, but I just went through and changed them to […]

I totally missed this, but the Congressional Bi-Partisan Privacy Caucus [sent a letter to Google CEO Larry Page][1], posing eight specific questions about their privacy concerns with Google Glass(es). I doubt Google will answer these truthfully, so let me go ahead and do that *for* them. > In 2010, it was discovered that Google was […]

[Over the weekend Yahoo! acquired Tumblr.][1] (What the fuck do I do here, place a double period? *Jesus*, these names.). I didn’t think I had much to say on it, then Yahoo! went and Yahooed ((Should “yahooed” have an exclamation point? This shit is so confusing.)) it up. In the announcement, CEO of Yahoo! Marissa […]