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Archive for May, 2006

Road Runner

I’m launching the redesigned/realigned/whatever you want to call it/new look today in conjunction with CSS Reboot. Good luck following that link today – it seems to be getting pretty hammered.
Truthfully, the new look isn’t quite ready for prime time, and I know it. More tweaks and enhancements are coming. My excuse? I have a new […]

I put a spell on you

With a new wave of highly effective (and funny) commercials touting the Macintosh’s resistance to viruses, and a new wave of critics insisting Apple is ripe for the malware writer picking, where does the truth lie? Are Macs susceptible to viruses?
Yes. No. Possibly. Probably not.
It is possible for a Mac to catch a virus, […]

Words

From Gaping Void:

I don’t think any comment is really necessary, but let me ask:
What kind of conversation are you having with your customers?

Bitter:Sweet

Two new favorite bands: Bitter:Sweet and She Wants Revenge.
If I’m lucky, by the end of the year I’ll have enough for a Top 10 list.

Yin and Yang and the Flowerpot Man

On the web everything is marketing and marketing is everything and, yet marketing is nothing and nothing is marketing.
That’s the kind of paradox that could make a Zen master wobble, but not understanding the basic truth in the paradox is a surefire way to make sure your web marketing will fail (and probably your web […]

Killing in the name

Too many people do what they’re told. Worse, too many people do what they’re told without ever asking why. They blindly follow, unquestioningly, whatever mandate they’re presented with.
Which is why we’re surrounded by bad ideas, poorly executed.
Derek Powazek suggest that designers should try asking “why” instead of just saying “no”. Designers, both in print and […]

Birth Tree

I just found out my birth tree is the Walnut Tree. I’ve never heard of this whole “Birth Tree” concept before, but it was interesting:

Walnut Tree, the Passion
Unrelenting, strange and full of contrasts, often egoistic, aggressive, noble, broad horizon, unexpected reactions, spontaneous, unlimited ambition, no flexibility, difficult and uncommon partner, not always liked but often […]