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Post Card: Bahrain from Spencer

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Post Card: Colorado from Mike and Kerry

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Font: Engravers Gothic Bold

I’m starting a new category, and while technically it should be called a typeface, I’m using fonts. I’m a fan of typography. I think all great designers are. I’m not a great designer, but I have aspirations of being a better one than I am now. Anyway, I see fonts that I enjoy I will [...]

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Bad Dialog UI from E Text Editor

I started using the E Text Editor. Today I wanted to change the font to try something new. (I’m not a huge fan of Courier) Anyway, I get into the theme editing dialog (because that is where the font is stored, even though the font seems to be for all themes). It turns out that [...]

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Post Cards Are Awesome!

I’ve long had a thing for paper. I always carry around a notebook and pen, just in case I want to write something down. One thing I’ve noticed about my notebooks is their wear pattern. The more you use a notebook the more the corners begin to dull, the more creases in the pages. This [...]

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Dr. Oliver Ludwig

A week ago Sunday one of mentors passed away. Oliver Ludwig was my friend, teacher, mentor, brother, and advisor. He passed away after a three year long battle with cancer, and in true Doc fashion, kept it from most of us while he fought it. Only in his passing were we made aware of his [...]

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Kathy Sierra At Business of Software 2009

This is a great presentation about how to get users excited about your product. I saw it on Ignore The Code and it really is worth the hour to watch.

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Minority Report UI

From uiandus.com

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Photo Of The Day: First View of Yosemite

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SmugMug Regularly Scheduled Maintenance

Dear Smugmug, I’m a user of your service, and while I’m very happy with the services provided, I started following the status update page and am a little concerned. Do you really need to have a regularly scheduled maintenance window where you can bring down your entire site? I understand that you are dealing with [...]

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