Is this thing on?
I'm contemplating starting to blog more regularly. Trying this on for size.
I'm contemplating starting to blog more regularly. Trying this on for size.
As of about 15 minutes ago, the blog engine here is a brand new rewrite of what was before. The new system may not look much different on the surface, but it's all new underneath — and hopefully a lot easier to make gradual improvements, going …
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I had covered the groundbreaking of the minaret — the first to be built in St. Louis. The mayor had been there to praise pluralism and throw a little dirt around for the cameras… Now I wrote a second story, which was maybe twelve column-inches …
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My mind has been chewing on this blog post from Steve Yegge for about a week now. I think I finally figured it out.
It's not that I have a horse in the methodology race (though I'm fond of "agile" for it's "manifesto-like properties" and general non-…
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I've been wanting to re-do the blog in Rails, since well before the recent re-design. It was one of those "Oh, I want feature X and Y, and Liz really wants to do Z, but... Rails..."
So, rather than add feature X or Y or whatever to the existing PHP site …
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I'm no longer reading any Web site or blog that doesn't offer an "About Me/Us/This Site" page or section or blurb or something that eludes to the notion that (a) human being(s) made the site for a purpose.
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Is the media lying about the state of Iraq? I don't know, but Howard Kaloogian did. From Editor &: Publisher, a newspaper trade magazine:
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From Jason Santa Maria's blog:
Do you ever wonder why designers have trouble gaining respect while helping clients understand the importance of their services? It's this mentality (from the LogoYes site):
In just a few minutes, you can build an original …
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