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a complete list of domains I own. i’m not doing anything with most of these. if you’re interested in any, let me know. the last one’s creepy. i know. don’t judge.
Mar 2014
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(Source: Spotify)
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Jan 2014
NYE Fireworks
Early adopters usually turn into early quitters.
Ship, and stop taking yourself so seriously.
(via davemorin)
We all know someone who’ll tell you that “no one reads on the Internet” in a flippant, off-handed kind of way. Don’t believe them! I’ve sat through dozens of user interviews that would wipe that smarty pants’ smirk off their face.
Daniel Burka on the importance of high quality writing in interface design.
If you’re designing a product, you are responsible for every word of copy the person using the product sees.
My favorite tip from the article
Write before you start “designing.” Words should never be filler.
And the difference between information and knowledge is that knowledge is about having a point of view based on what we know.
We interrupt conversations for documentation all the time. […] Technology doesn’t just do things for us. It does things to us […] We don’t experience interruptions as disruptions anymore. But they make it hard to settle into serious conversations with ourselves and with other people because emotionally, we keep ourselves available to be taken away from everything.
(via soxiam)
It’s not a coincidence that the download is facing the CD’s past struggles. A music format’s appeal doesn’t last forever.
