March 2009
Huffington Post steps up →
Seeds an Investigative reporting fund with $1.75 million - this is a good sign
Wondering if one’s physical and personality traits dictate a career or are they a result of it (e.g., sales people with booming voices)
Wondering if one’s physical and personality traits dictate a career or are they a result of it (e.g., sales people with booming voices)
Web typography →
Good resource site from a SXSW 2009 panel
Reflow and repaint performance issues →
General overview on some client-side things that slow a Web page
Publishing analogies that encourage blanket generalizations about a people, apparently, is not racist act anymore
Canadians: are you seeing IHT (NYTImes Global Edition) or NYTimes.com when viewing nytimes.com? http://bit.ly/6yHU2
Publishing analogies that encourage blanket generalizations about a people, apparently, is not racist act anymore
Nirvana is gourmet poutine served from an Airstream trailer on cold, grey day
Capitol Hill bus map →
Modelled on London’s transit maps, this bus map shows the routes centred on one of Seattle neighbourhoods
Nirvana is gourmet poutine served from an Airstream trailer on cold, grey day
It’s not that Macs crash less, they just do so less obviously (which isn’t always a good thing)
The Strange Final Days Of The Seattle... →
As experienced by a former reporter
How to Become a "Death of Newspapers" Blogger →
(Alert: Meta-Meta) How to join the ranks of Jeff Jarvis, Paul Gillin, Jay Rosen and Clay Shirky in competing to see who can use the most jargon to describe something everyone knows is happening.
Wolfenstein 3D Classic Released By Id To The App... →
Earlier this week Id Software released an iPhone port ofWolfenstein 3D as open source, but at the time it wasn’t in the AppStore for download. Wait no longer, it’s there!
It’s not that Macs crash less, they just do so less obviously (which isn’t always a good thing)
The Toronto cocktail @ Seattle’s Oddfellows - Photo: http://bkite.com/05SKE
Oddfellow’s anyone?
Oddfellow’s anyone?
Drug testing reporters →
The final indignity against Seattle P-I reporters? They now have to pass a drug test to stay employed
Boeing bodies outside my window - Photo: http://bkite.com/05RHi
As annoying as email sorting is, it’s a great tool for procrastination
Exploring MoMA online →
The Museum of Modern Art relaunched with a compelling new design
As annoying as email sorting is, it’s a great tool for procrastination
Realizing what I was about to say was far too cynical to be limited to 140 characters
Proposing a new global currency →
China wants the IMF “SDR” unit to replace the U.S. dollar as a global reserve currency (let the conspiracy theories begin)
Grid overlay →
A simple mac-based tool for refining grid based layouts
Realizing what I was about to say was far too cynical to be limited to 140 characters
Perfection. #BSG
Canadian accused at U.S. border of 'stealing... →
A B.C. sales representative who markets equestrian products in Canada was barred from crossing the U.S. border to attend a trade show last month by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer who…
Perfection. #BSG
This is what I fear every time I cross back into the U.S. - http://ping.fm/hGFG7
This is what I fear every time I cross back into the U.S. - http://ping.fm/hGFG7
Bowman leaves Google →
In his goodbye post, Doug Bowman articulates the perils of designing for a big company
Forgoing Twitterrific for TweetDeck in an effort to create more signal and less noise (of course, I just added to your noise)
Micrsoft releases Internet Explorer 8 →
This very good browser does a lot of contortions to not offend anyone, and almost succeeds
SuperPreview →
Stupidly literal name, cool tool: allows you to overlay different renders of a Web page
Surprisingly difficult to find a landline to use for a teleconference
Jogging Pants Guy is so frustrated, or so he told Jogging Pants Girlfriend as he swore down the hallway
Jogging Pants Guy is so frustrated, or so he told Jogging Pants Girlfriend as he swore down the hallway
Surprisingly difficult to find a landline to use for a teleconference
Despite the $2 Guinness and $2 Jameson’s yesterday, today’s results were not the result of a hangover
Despite the $2 Guinness and $2 Jameson’s yesterday, today’s results were not the result of a hangover
March 17, 2009 - the end of the P-I →
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the city’s oldest business, will roll off the presses for the last time St. Patrick’s Day
Thankful for all the year’s of insight from @joeclark
Thankful for all the year’s of insight from @joeclark
Natalie Schonfeld, Varley Art Gallery |... →
AFter 15 years, my razor handle broke - shaving with just the razor’s head isn’t the same
Someone’s secretly moving mailboxes from one street to another
AFter 15 years, my razor handle broke - shaving with just the razor’s head isn’t the same
