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by Ralph!
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“EXPENDABILITY: Kirk, Spock, McCoy, and Ensign Ricky are beaming down to the planet. Guess who’s not coming back.”
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I agree: the writing in this is really engaging!(tags: email-newsletter writing)
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“Generation X, it would seem, is in danger of turning into the Prince Charles of the American workforce: perpetual heirs apparent awaiting the keys to the kingdom.” ::sigh::
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“Our readers aren’t lazy or stupid, it’s just that their eyes hurt.”
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interesting reference work….(tags: web_dev)
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find this in the college library….
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don’t care about Vista, but would like to get at least one computer with a dual-boot setup(tags: it@home to-install)
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use this to display my protest photos on the planboly site
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drool drool drool. maybe next year?
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maybe a take-off on como square?
links for 2006-08-15
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smart new blog on higher ed web issues(tags: academia blogosphere)
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I could use this for my side projects (as Paula can attest).
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It would be interesting to develop a “user experience” team for student services, or as part of student services….(tags: usability)
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“that ability to suffer fools, to tolerate annoyance, that’s literally the one single thing that makes you a human being” (related, I think, to Andrea’s comment about curmudeonliness & depression)
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“the percentage of adults who were unsure increased, from 7 to 21 percent” — that’s what that “teach the controversy crap” does to us. fscking embarassing.
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lots of excellent tips in the comments. (we have been fighting ants all summer.)
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even my stick figures are poorly drawn. will this help?
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(tags: photography design)
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hmmmmm….(tags: mac to-install)
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Turned out pretty tasty, although it didn’t take anywhere NEAR 30 minutes!(tags: recipes)
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The article uses Drupal as their example!
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“Oh, I’m sorry, was wiping out our entire Pacific fleet supposed to intimidate us?” heh.
links for 2006-08-14
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cheap, attractive, environmentally friendly planting containers
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from consumer reports
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of peripheral interest to me at the moment (someday I’ll be a writer again)
links for 2006-08-13
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I’m starting to think of adding actual colors to my site. 🙂
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…for later…
links for 2006-08-12
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from email list conversation.
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combination of content issues and UI…pretty sad, really, that an intern could whip up something more useful.
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Python, alas, but otherwise looks to be a very interesting project.
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via ux-discuss list.
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clear, thoughtful, and well-organized
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“Let’s say that fighting sexism is like a chorus of people singing a continuous tone.” yes!
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droooool. if I had ANY interest in relocating…..
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“Zillow’s flaw exposes a deeper problem with the Web 2.0 mashup model.” The problems of relying on other people’s data…..
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“Picking an important part of the site and redesigning just that portion will more likely succeed”
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“It’s like we’ve been eating healthily and exercising regularly, and finally we’re able to keep up at Frisbee with the kids […]” I have this sort of experience fairly regularly. (with web design, anyway.)
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“Frankly, the whole thing is so socially awkward that I do nothing.” which is why social hacks work.
links for 2006-08-09
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sounds maybe something like The Avalanches. try out the downloads later.
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sounds fascinating. quote from interview: “Right. It’s like Emergence if the slime mold had started killing people in Chapter Three.” 🙂
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“when the first thing said in the meeting was positive, the discussion turned out more constructive” no kidding.(tags: productivity depression)
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what a lovely piece.
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I wonder if this would be a good way to structure a local higher-ed-people get-together?
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nice (almost) liveblogging roundup. some ideas I’ll be following up on here.
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a process to consider in redesigning workflow for bulletin/catalog(tags: academia bulletin-catalog)
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sounds really nice.
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how exceptionally weird… “fan” submitted merchandising? (fan in scare quotes because the movie HASN’T COME OUT YET.)
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clever combination of techniques!
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bascially, that’s what I figured out last week.(tags: php javascripty)
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I wish I had the budget to buy this. 🙁
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(tags: recipes)
links for 2006-08-08
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yet another reason to continue improving the directory(tags: intranet)
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Neither my house nor my car has air conditioning. Come to think of it, I’ve never lived in a house with air conditioning….(tags: eco)
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laminated paper jewelry. very pretty.
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I’d like to reread this later, and think about some possible changes.
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I want to try growing veggies through the fall this year. (Fall?! ack!)
links for 2006-08-07
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for a project?
links for 2006-08-06
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“This ‘hair trigger’ style of perceptual sensitivity may be one reason why highly anxious people experience greater conflict in their relationships […]†hmmmmm.(tags: depression science)
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strangely beautiful.
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just posted as an inspirational note. I’ve been thinking about the idea of the link-rich home page, and how we might make it work attractively.
links for 2006-08-05
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link goes to comment with sooper-hard-core init function.(tags: javascripty)
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for highlighting/removing link to current page. could be really nice integrated into a drupal template!
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“Gender Bias, you see, was the elephant in the BlogHer living room.” Fascinating take on this from someone outside of the usual circles. (Also one of my personal heroines.)