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Archive for July 2008

Wayward No Longer

The Pathfinders
Of all the memes wriggling across The One True Web (that social network that includes and exceeds the digital), I suggest that the greatest compels some to describe helpful normative domains, and compels others to seek such out.

Redundancy

As if we need more URL-shortening services, a la TinyURL or (the defunct) URL Tea, there is yet another: ZombieURL. I mention it because I have a soft spot for shambling flesh eaters…and zombies, too.

Not Even Wrong

I’m afraid to write. I’m afraid to sketch. I’m afraid to math. Sometimes, I’m afraid to put on a shirt.
This isn’t a story about neurosis. This isn’t about *phobia. This is a story about how it’s wrong to want to be right. That I’m concerned about cliché is only [...]

Seriously

This is why designers are craftspeople, are artisans, are necessary (despite this being weak evidence).
I have been sitting at my computer for roughly six hours trying to work through, in parallel:

an Inkscape comp of a site design, including creating a vaguely floral centerpiece;
looking for this one particular vector file from iStockphoto that I bought, but [...]

Bring Your Leader to Me

Tell Them I Sent You
Next week, in all likelihood, I’ll be on the phone having a conversation like this.
“So, you’ve been hanging around for years, resisting my hints and jabs. I’m going to ask again, one last time: are you, or are you not, going to start managing this team?”
Silence. Like it’s a [...]

For Better or For Worse

Is Incalculability a Defense for Ignorance?
We talk a good deal about pragmatism. It’s as if being pragmatic sidesteps more difficult issues that require time and cerebral resources to sort. Time and cerebral resources we hope to apply to something else, something of more immediate resolve. Some might say, “Don’t worry about the [...]