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Upgrade Madness

So this weekend I upgraded all the Macs in the house to Tiger and I upgraded Ephemera to Movable Type…

Redesign madness

Caroline strips down her old site and relaunches at Each Man. (Aside to Caz: I got the reference.) Tom goes…

Come here often?

Jeff Veen makes a great comment about intimidating interfaces and I couldn’t agree more. My favorite recent example of this…

Ephemera Archive by Base Color

I’ve been posting photos to Ephemera for over 15 months now (666 photos as of today – creepy!). Any content-based…

Bloggers Don’t Let Your Children Grow Up to Be Journalists

Here’s a fun thing to try: Ask your typical blogger what they think of journalists. “Hacks!” They’ll scream. “Journalism sucks!”…

The Big Mirror

Here’s a little experiment you can do right now. When you reach the end of this paragraph, turn off your…

New: Just a Link

A new feature to the ol’ dotcom: Just a Link. Approximately three years after everyone else got one, I’ve added…

A short history of my affliction with weblogs

I’m honored to be a nominee for the 2005 Bloggies in the category of, get this, Lifetime Achievement. Seriously. If…

The Real Heroes of the Web

With all the hoopla in the news about the Google IPO, let’s take a moment to remember the real heroes:…

Google Creates Comment Spam

There’s one central culprit that’s gone unacknowledged in this whole comment spam discussion: Google. Google is the central motivating force…


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Hi, I’m Derek. I live in San Francisco. I’m the cofounder of Fertile Medium and editor of Fray. I sometimes post things to Flickr and Twitter. My dog’s name is Bug. More.







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