Monthly Archives: December 2010
One of those days
I don’t usually get personal and sentimental on my blog, but today I’m feeling exceptionally poetic. Maybe it’s the rain or the holidays or the fact that I only slept four hours last night. Maybe it’s because the year is … Continue reading
Posted in random | Tagged life, personal reflections | 1 Comment
College Publisher to start charging and supporting WordPress
Well, folks. I didn’t think I’d see this day coming, although I probably should have: For $4,500/year, College Publisher will host and maintain a WordPress install for college publications. This is good news and bad news. But first, a little … Continue reading
Posted in college publications | Tagged cmn, college media network, college publisher, open source, progress | 1 Comment
Comic Sans Criminal – Helping people like you learn to use Comic Sans appropriately
Visualize your email inbox
Today my friend Denya guessed that she must have sent and received 400 emails related to a project she manages for the annual SF Chronicle wine competition. “There has to be an app for that,” we thought. Sure enough, there’s … Continue reading
Posted in tech | Tagged google, inbox, tips, tools, visualizations | 1 Comment
Design trends in the Google Chrome app store
My latest 10,000 Words post outlines the latest news design trends in the Google Chrome app store, many of which I believe could be pointing at a future of news design. Notably, I point to: Grid layouts Keyboard shortcuts Full … Continue reading
Posted in design | Tagged awesomesauce, future of news, google, ideas, trends | Leave a comment
This tweet by Joey Baker hits it spot on:
Newspapers: classifieds got Craigslisted, coupons beat by Groupon. Next to fall is syndication to aggregation, last will be investigation.
Setting yourself apart 101
This weekend I received an email from an eager young lady, Elizabeth Krupka, at Cabrini College who asked me how I set myself apart in college. (I asked her to post her question on Kommons so I could publicly respond). … Continue reading
Posted in two cents | Tagged advice, answers, life lessons, questions | 1 Comment
Guess who has a Cr-48 Google Chrome OS Notebook?
You know those late nights of surfing the interwebs that land you at a random page with a random link and the next thing you know you’re filling up a form or signing up for an account? I did that … Continue reading
Posted in tech | Tagged awesomesauce, chrome OS, google, review | 2 Comments
Los Angeles is the next big tech hub
It’s no secret that the tech scene in Los Angeles is lacking. But know what that means for those of us in tech? An amazing opportunity to lead a wave of technology evangelism in the city of angels. I have … Continue reading
Posted in tech | Tagged buzzwords, los angeles, tech, technology | Leave a comment
The stuff I put on my face
After a personal IM conversation with my good friend Greg Linch, in which we were talking about keeping track of our personal data, I started thinking about what kinds of substances I’m putting into and on my body in my day-to-day routine. Then I realized that, just in putting on my face every morning, my routine creams and lotions are ridiculous. I shocked myself after listing them out. I put a lot of crap on my face every day. Continue reading
Posted in random, two cents | Tagged health, hygiene, ingredients, life, nutrition, personal reflections, preaching | 2 Comments
Shout out of the night: Nacin
This afternoon I did a terrible, terrible thing. I upgraded to WordPress 3.0.2 without backing up anything. There were two key things I did not realize. Which totally screwed me over: When editing your child themes in wp-admin (not via … Continue reading
Posted in design | Tagged andrew nacin, awesomesauce, whoops, wordpress | 6 Comments