December 2009
4 posts
Dec 22nd
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Late Start, Late End
In an interview (via @gruber), Scott Hansen a.k.a. ISO50: What is a typical day like for you? Late start, food, long bike ride, food, coffee, design, music, coffee, design, food/bar, music, late end. The world would be a better place if more people did that, and people who already do that were more unapologetic about it.
Dec 14th
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New social networking rule
mrgan: dwineman: No one, under any circumstances, for any reason, is ever obligated to defend his or her “following” list to anybody.* *Especially people who aren’t on it. I don’t know what people expect to hear when they ask me why I don’t follow them on whatever website. The answer is simple and obvious: I don’t find what they’re saying interesting.
Dec 11th
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How I Choose a Blog Theme
When I choose a blog theme, there’s really one thing that really matters to me: block quotations. I discovered that the criterion alone can filter out about 95% of the themes offered by a blog service or a theme chooser. Previously I attempted to use criteria such as font family (sans serif typefaces for blogging in English; serif ones for blogging in Traditional Chinese) or overall design...
Dec 10th
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