May 2013
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April 2013
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March 2013
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“There are thousands and thousands of people out there leading lives of quiet,...”
– - Nigel Marsh in his TED talk, How To Make The Work Life Balance Work
Or, you know, Henry David Thoreau in Civil Disobedience and Other Essays…
Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.
…and Chuck Palahniuk in Fight Club:
I see all...
February 2013
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January 2013
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A Brief Guide To Life
From Zen Habits’ A Brief Guide To Life:
less TV, more reading less shopping, more outdoors less clutter, more space less rush, more slowness less consuming, more creating less junk, more real food less busywork, more impact less driving, more walking less noise, more solitude less focus on the future, more on the present less work, more play less worry, more smiles b r e a t h e
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December 2012
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“Fill your mind with the meaningless stimuli of a world preoccupied with...”
– Marianne Williamson (via simplyfulfilling)
November 2012
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“How in the hell could a man enjoy being awakened at 6:30 a.m. by an alarm clock,...”
– Charles Bukowski
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“For all of the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a...”
– Timothy Ferriss, The 4 Hour Workweek (via collinmnewman)
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October 2012
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September 2012
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July 2012
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June 2012
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10 essential items to do business at the beach →
Gee, I was just thinking about this. #alwaysthinkingaboutthis
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Wafflings on graphic design and the queer...
jamesalexander:
This kind of counts as doing my essay, right? Even though I probably won’t mention any of this stuff, much as I’d like to?
After the cut I ramble for about 800 words about my design politics and how they intersect with my queer politics. It is probably boring and makes no sense to anyone else but I had to get this stuff out. I really need some queer designers to talk to and...
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We're 17 in Seattle's Top 100 Startups! →
I’ve been contracting at OneWed.com for asdfasdjf many months now. Loving it. Great challenge. Although it’s funny that we’re 17, above a bunch of other way more funded companies. I think it’s because our team is awesome.
May 2012
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“You look confused, developer. Clearly, you should be using...”
– From a Smashing Mag article. Found it relatable.
April 2012
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"Gangbang Interviews" and "Bikini Shots": Silicon... →
As if women in tech don’t feel alienated enough, enter the “Brogrammer”. The article suggests some interesting social trends that I’ll be on the look out for.
What I find most interesting about the Brogrammer is that it seems to stem from two obvious possibilities: Geeks feel ostracized from the larger male community or someone thought this would be a good marketing...
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Sex Sells - Or Does It? →
Interesting article on when sex does and doesn’t sell.
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Your Survey About Gender Roles Could Be Better →
I just wrote this suggestion to Tailored.co, a really cool site that shows you wedding-related products and images based on a short quiz and your behavior on the site. I’m super envious that they have a survey about Gender Roles In Relationships, because I really want to know how much gender roles are changing (especially in regards to the wedding industry, which I am now a part of).
I was...
March 2012
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CSS Nerdery
And sometimes you come upon something you have totally not seen yet and you go, WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!!!”
-webkit-column-count: 2;
-webkit-column-gap: 1.5em;
Mind blown.
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A Survival Guide for Beating Information Addiction →
I’ve been trying to assess everything in my life (but especially information coming from social media) against whether it makes my life more fulfilling or not. Rainbow cupcakes and lolcats are fun to look at, but I think they actually take away from my overall well-being (if for no other reason than they waste time I could be learning, feeling or creating).
We have to become more picky if...
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I Am Not A Bride →
This article inspired me to action (again) to encourage the company I freelance for to consider inclusiveness. Seriously made me cry - read it!
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Can your mainstream company benefit from a more...
Currently I’m working at a wedding-related start-up with a group of really cool people. We want to be more inclusive but the concern is that it’ll alienate or confuse our mainstream audience.
Here are the realities that we’re working with:
Heterosexual relationships are the majority.
Women in heterosexual relationships are still the primary decision-makers on weddings.
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Invent a new category, charge more →
It’s articles like this that make me think I must be in the wrong field. I suppose I don’t mind the idea of small companies essentially gaming the system (it’s effed, we live in it, may as well try to make some money), but the idea that large corporations manipulate us in so many ways drives me up a wall.
And I feel icky living in the kind of culture that accepts this as...
February 2012
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December 2011
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Should I Work For Free? A Flowchart →
Clever flowchart that most freelancers will appreciate. Bonus: It’s built purely out of HTML and CSS.
November 2011
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September 2010
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The Inmates Are Running The Asylum
I’ve just started reading Alan Cooper’s “The Inmates Are Running The Asylum” as work homework. I’m only on page 14 but I have a gripe even before really hearing the thesis or explanation.
After giving a number of examples of products that are more complex and clumsy now that they’ve been digitized (the blame is put on software engineers), he says:
Acceptable levels of quality for software...
March 2010
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5 Ways to be More Productive by Being Less...
This is for everyone who listens to music, chats and surfs the web while they work, checks Facebook during breaks and watches Hulu while eating a meal. This is for anyone who ends the day feeling so full of information that they find it hard to focus on a one-on-one conversation with a friend.
Don’t get me wrong – I’ll be the first to praise the vast availability of information on...
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The Personal is the Political is the Professional
Start Here Designs is Getting a Makeover
Last night at 2:47AM, I had an epiphany. It dribbled out for over an hour as I lay there, occasionally rolling over to scribble something in a notebook that I could barely see. The epiphany was this: My personal, political and professional lives are deeply related, and my ability to understand just how is something I can uniquely offer to the world.
On...
