A portfolio made in MS-Paint
I had 315 respondents before I closed off my survey on font terms. In general, the results were along the same lines I would have quessed, but less strong/clear in many areas, and there were a couple of surprises.
Over the years, novelist Neal Stephenson, has had at least a couple different pages where he’s explained why he’s chosen to limit the access he provides via email, interviews, and phone calls. It appears to be something he’s given a lot of thought to.
The things that are meant to make you feel more connected today often turn out to be insubstantial time sinks — empty, programmatic encouragements to groom and refine your personality while sitting alone at a screen.
Zine is a personal publishing platform a.k.a. weblog engine written in Python. It's Open Source, free and developed with a focus on security and usability.
open source twitter - yay!
Anonymous is the source of 91% of all internet truth and justice.
allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML)
an alternative and exciting mmog approach
10 tips on creative writing
blog by a GNOME hacker/UI designer
el digg de galicia
dying business models suck for those who expect a lifetime of turnout
wordpress wisdom
silverlight on linux/mono
found poetry
We're Big John and Holly Bergevin, and together we built this site to explain some obtuse CSS bugs in modern browsers, provide demo examples of interesting CSS behaviors, and show how to "make it work" without using tables for layout purposes.
It doesn’t stop after graduation.
I've also been spending a lot of time lately mulling over questions from undergraduates asking how they can be me and worrying about elder academics who tell me that i don't deserve the attention that i get.
your infobase for PDF magazines made all over the world.
do web developers just complicate the process of getting an online presence? excellent food for thought.
Silkscreening is such a great happy medium — nestled comfortably half-way between hand-drawn and mass production, more colourful than photocopying and with an aesthetic all its own.
Once upon a time, computers were controlled by commands. The interaction paradigm was based upon a control language. Then graphical user interfaces (GUI) appeared.
good pov on the kathy sierra case and o'reilly's code of conduct
Making the World a Better Place, One Evil Mad Scientist at a Time
I've started a large handful but no one knows about most of them because they were (in no particular order): dumb ideas, unsuccessful, too hard for me to complete.
"The most addictive comic on the web"
Comics are great because as they get older not only do they get more valuable (at least my future children hope so because they ain't going to no college unless a certain Mr. Spiderman can afford to send them) but they also get funnier.
Talk to someone who has worked in IT for decades and more often than not, they'll regale you with stories of the "good old days," when the workplace was lively and creative juices flowed.