Archive for December 2007

links for 2007-12-29

In Links on 29 December 2007 with Comments Off

Webbyist Quotes Me Dissing Digg
Let’s test the truism that the best way to get to get to the top of Digg is to talk about Digg.

(tags: digg twitter kvetch)

Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard » The value of coming clean about mistakes
“Do not lie” is good advice when you work with humans in any capacity.
(tags: donotlie business)

Mac [...]

Rhymes with “Neener”

In Elsewhere, Magazines, Weblogs on 26 December 2007 with 3 comments

Introducing The Magazineer, a blog for people who make and love magazines.

I Love You, Too, V-Moda

In Bravo, Business, Customer Service, Technology, iPhone on 24 December 2007 with 2 comments

Blogs are so often used for the “I’m outraged at this company” kinda posts, I thought I’d go out of my way to mention companies doing it right. A couple days ago I professed my love for Uline because of their excellent customer service. Today I thought I’d give a little love to V-Moda.
Shortly after [...]

Uline, I Think I Love You

In Bravo, Business, Customer Service on 22 December 2007 with 2 comments

Uline is total packing porn. Anything that needs to go into another thing to go in the mail, you can get there. Uline catalogs are cherished items in our house. Favorite items in the last one: box of rags, air in a can, bogus paper, strapping tape.
I knew I liked Uline for the sheer packaging [...]

In the Test Tube

In Education, Video on 22 December 2007 with 1 comment

Via Beau.

Making “Hand” Bags

In Craft, Fray, How to, Magazines on 20 December 2007 with 6 comments

A while back I scored a Gocco from a friend. A Gocco is a novel screen printing kit from Japan that’s no longer in production. I stowed it away in our office, waiting for a good project to bring it out. Today was that project.
I wanted to do something cool for Fray’s first subscribers. Since [...]

links for 2007-12-20

In Links on 20 December 2007 with Comments Off

Apple, Think Secret settle lawsuit
If by “settle” you mean Apple has stomped all over a little publisher and shut them down for good. Boo, Apple. Booooooo.
(tags: fuckers apple boo)

Meat to Wrap the Mind Around
Sasha and Meat Paper in the NY Times!
(tags: meatpaper magazines woot)

links for 2007-12-18

In Links on 18 December 2007 with 1 comment

NY Times: Clause and Effect
“Refreshing though it is to see punctuation at the center of a national debate, there could scarcely be a worse place to search for the framers’ original intent than their use of commas.” Really fascinating.
(tags: legalese guns commas)

Dooce: Because I couldn’t say it on the phone
True personal storytelling is a kind [...]

Rule 1 for Collaborative Media: Ask First

In Business, Community, Creativity, Crowdsourcing, Internet, Justice, Photography, Technology on 17 December 2007 with 27 comments

Here’s what happened, as far as I can tell.
Lane Hartwell is a fantastic photographer. She recently went full-time with her photography career.
A few weeks ago, an acapella group called the Richter Scales did a parody of Billy Joel’s song, “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” with new lyrics about the internet. They made a music [...]

I Grow, Boy!

In Elsewhere, Family, Interviews on 12 December 2007 with 4 comments

I did a fun interview with Gayla Trail of You Grow Girl about my burgeoning orchid habit. Check it!