Archive for July 2005

Justice, Cole Valley Style

In Cole Valley, Justice on 31 July 2005 with Comments Off

Today I made peace with the fact that, yes, I am one of those neighborhood busybodies. Someday I will have the city complaint line on speedial. I’m okay with that.
It’s just that I have this innate sense of justice. And when I see the jerks of the world getting away with their jerkiness, it [...]

How to Make Coffee 2: Revenge of the Nerds

In Coffee, How to on 29 July 2005 with Comments Off

There’s no better way to learn a few things than to tell the internet that you know a few things. Case in point: A couple weeks ago I was having a low self-esteem day. So instead of focusing on what I was bad at, I focused on what I was good at. Coffee. So I [...]

How Tags Happened at Technorati

In Blogging, Folksonomy, Internet, Powazek, Technorati, Weblogs on 25 July 2005 with Comments Off

It’s been six months since we added Tags to Technorati (where I’m Senior Designer), and as it turns out, it was a pretty big deal. So before we get too far away from it, here’s the story of how it came about. From my perspective, anyway.
Firstly and most importantly, Technorati did not invent tagging. We [...]

My New Glasses

In Photos, Powazek on 23 July 2005 with Comments Off

Uploaded by Heather on 22 July 2005, 8.30pm PDT.
Someday I’m gonna write a post called, “So I Married a Photoblogger.”

Jon Stewart on The Couch

In Design, TV on 20 July 2005 with Comments Off

Jon Stewart mentioned the Bring Back The Couch Campaign on the Daily Show tonight. He said:
Apparently there is a campaign … to bring back the couch to the program. I’ve got some bad news. The couch … died. It was surrounded by family. Assorted recliners and such. It was a terrible whoopie cushion accident. But [...]

Jon Stewart fans prefer Minima

In Blogging, Design, TV on 14 July 2005 with Comments Off

Today I wondered what people were saying about Jon Stewart’s new Daily Show set. So I did a Technorati search for “Daily Show” “Jon Stewart” “New Set” Desk Couch. The top three results were all within the last 24 hours:

Jon Stewart II: What a Difference a Set Makes
A couch, a couch, my kingdom for a [...]

How to Make Coffee

In Coffee, How to, Powazek on 11 July 2005 with Comments Off

Some days I feel like I really know what I’m doing. Some days, not so much. But no matter how bad the lapse in self-confidence, there’s one thing I always know: How to make coffee. And since this site has my name at the top of it, I’m here to tell you the Derek Powazek [...]

And only six months late!

In Design, Geek, Powazek on 2 July 2005 with Comments Off

It’s my little tradition to redesign the ol’ dotcom around the new year, just to keep things interesting. And today, I finally got around to it. For those playing along, yes, that’s only six months late. A new record!
Being a remedial CSS student, the grey boxy design this site was sporting until about five minutes [...]