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Posts Tagged Design

Calling All Designers: Learn to Write!

I recently had the good fortune to work with a client who asked me to, in addition to doing my…

The Art of No

Being a designer is all about embracing the word “no.” When we sit down with a blank slate and a…

What I’m Up To Now

Two months ago, I posted about leaving Technorati and starting a design studio. I also lamented how hard it was…

The Wisdom of Browse

There’s some drama afoot lately as bloggers pick apart Digg’s user-controlled editorial system, looking for evidence of editors lurking in…

Design for Selfishness

In 1996, Paulina Borsook wrote a story that, frankly, really pissed me off. In “Cyberselfish,” published in Mother Jones and…


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Hi, I’m Derek. I used to make websites. Now I grow flowers and know things. I’m mostly harmless. More.