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Ken Ziegler: As copywriters, we have a duty to our profession to remind our peers that there is no such person as a wordsmith in practically any office where copywriters operate with self-respect, dignity, and the freedom to express themselves in words without fear of being slandered by the most terrible of all imaginable portmanteaus. I don’t know…
I took a few weeks off of Instagram. Then, I thought, if I were to come back I’d like to have some reason to post. Something with a few constraints (beyond the square crop) and something regular. So, I’ll be posting #travelfeet for 365 days straight. I hope. I’m going to try. My niece and a few others…
Well, this is cool. Ello has raised some capital and in doing so they’ve filed as a “Public Benefit Corp.” and made everyone involved sign a mission statement. Jonathan Shieber for Aol/Techcrunch: The company filed in Delaware as a Public Benefit Corp., which Ello says makes it legally impossible under US law for investors to require Ello to show…
Google, yesterday: Today, we’re introducing something new. It’s called Inbox. Years in the making, Inbox is by the same people who brought you Gmail, but it’s not Gmail: it’s a completely different type of inbox, designed to focus on what really matters. That “years in the making” part screams “we thought of this before Mailbox but didn’t get it out…
Mike Hankey: Here’s the first astrophoto I’ve published since the spring. This is a spiral galaxy called NGC 7331 and its located approximately 40 million light-years away from Earth. This galaxy is similar in size and structure to our own galaxy and is sometimes called the Milky Way’s twin. The fuzzy dots surrounding the picture are also galaxies,…
Wine Library: Without fail, one of the greatest ‘hands-on’ approaches to learning about wine, spirits (or brews for that matter), is to coordinate a guided tour while enjoying the spoils that come with “vacation”. Actual vineyard growers, winemakers, and owners will more quickly and pointedly debunk myths and elucidate the most important facts about your beverage of choice…
I’m loving loving loving this. Andy Baio: So I think I‘ll try doing the same thing here. In the early days of Waxy.org, before I launched the linkblog, I used to blog short posts constantly. Multiple times a day. Twitter and Waxy Links cannibalized all the smaller posts, and as my reach grew, I started reserving blogging for…
Austin Mann: Apple’s sharing all kinds of software updates with us these days, and a few of them are especially exciting for power user iPhone photographers. Here are my thoughts on how the new features affect how we create and share images with our iPhones. People that muck about with photos on their iPhones / Mac should consider…
Speaking of John Gruber, he just published his review of the iPad Air 2 — a review I’ve been patiently waiting for. I spent a lot of time in this review comparing the new Air 2 to the iPad 3/4. I think that’s fair, because normal people aren’t supposed to even consider replacing their iPads on an annual…
Yesterday I watched John Gruber’s presentation at XOXO via YouTube. I’m very familiar with the Daring Fireball story — having been a member and supporter of John’s excellent site since the very beginning — but his presentation was great nonetheless. One bit he spoke about was an analogy between hairpieces and web design. It was funny. And he…
I love that Toni Schneider is blogging regularly. In a recent post he tries to find the balance of having an open, collaborative office space and one that allows for private time to execute. Ideally, an office would offer both. Open spaces for collaboration/inspiration and private spaces for taking that inspiration and turning into action. Depending on the…
Will Stauffer-Norris: This is the fourth pig carcass that has washed up in Dead Pig Eddy. The bloated creature rocks gently up and down against the beach about 10 feet away from our brewing morning coffee. The pig must go, it’s decided, so Lao Tang and Bob tie a piece of p-cord to a stiff leg and offer…
Nearly a year ago I jotted down some non-tech podcasts that I was enjoying at the time. However, today I was tagged by Joe Casabona (Cassy) to jot down those that I’m listening to currently. Here is that list: Astronomy Cast Inspiring Adventurer FreshAir Planet Money TEDTalks Hardcore History Sea Kayak Podcasts The Tim Ferriss Show Just like…
Starting today, Product Hunt allows following and I’m right here. You know what to do.
Pretty cool trick from _David Smith. Since getting my iPhone 6 a few weeks ago I’ve been continuously trying to optimize the configuration of my home screen. The larger screen means that I now have an extra row of icons to fit onto the screen, but the physical size of device means that I can’t actually comfortably reach…
Dave Winer recorded a short podcast in response to Marco’s argument about whether or not we should trust Twitter. He says: Apple screwed their developers too. It happened more than once. Good to listen to the other side of this. We’ll see how it plays out over time.
Marco says no way. Even though the WSJ is reporting that Twitter is going to try to appeal to developers this week at a conference… he writes: Twitter will never, and should never, have any credibility with developers again. Enjoy it while it lasts, but be ready for it to disappear at any moment. I’m with him. For…
Daniel Jalkut on finding the right stuff to publish to a personal blog: I find it sort of charming when people write “whole person” blogs that may contain material spanning from their personal emotions, to the culture they appreciate, to the work that they do, and the politics they believe in. But I also find it kind of…
Finally, a meet up that is going to be less about technology and more about blogging. I’m excited for next month’s NEPA WordPress Meet up. Don’t let the name fool you, this one is simply a place for bloggers to chat and enjoy each other’s company. At Coalwork. I have very fond memories of blogger meet ups of…
Elizabeth Speirs: Over the years I’ve ended up hiring and training a lot of people in their first jobs as a manager, and I always tell them they have two responsibilities: to set clear expectations and to reduce uncertainty for their teams. I try to do the same thing with my team and also with our clients.
Last night I was reading Empire Magazine’s awesome piece with the cast of The West Wing (my favorite TV show of all time). I caught this nugget from Bradley Whitford: Early on in my career I got a part in Revenge Of The Nerds II: Nerds In Paradise. If I hadn‘t done that I wouldn‘t have met Tim…
Joe Casabona, fellow Coalworker, recently joined the Crowd Favorite team. I’ve “known” Alex King, the founder of Crowd Favorite, for many, many years. But since Joe joined Coalwork I’ve been digging around their stuff more. I’m digging what I’m seeing. I think Plain will begin using a few of their products and solutions for upcoming projects.
I’ve recently pushed passed 38,000 tweets and I’m not really sure how I feel about it. To continue to get the most value from Twitter over the years I’ve tried to change the way I use it as often as I felt as though I needed to. I’ve followed hundreds and thousands of accounts at a time, or…
Matt Mullenweg: It started with a tweet from Colin Devroe. You go Matt.