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Never show an idiot unfinished work.

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:05:06 -0500

After presenting the first draft of a case study template, my client distributed the pdf to his staff for comments. His Account Manager came back with amongst others, these two examples of genuine constructive feedback (and by constructive feedback, I mean hilarious drivel):

1. I like the design, but I’m not sure latin is the best language to use in the case study.

2. Who placed these statistics? I have no idea why we would want to track the most popular domestic pets in Afghanistan and present this as a pie chart in our case studies.

Buy Bad Code Offsets Today!

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:44:17 -0500

Buy Bad Code Offsets Today!:

Let’s face it: we all write bad code.

But not every programmer does something about the bad code they’re polluting the world with, day in and day out. There’s a whole universe of…

Seriously, fucking stop it

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:44:17 -0500

Seriously, fucking stop it:

Fun with Out of Bounds Photography

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:44:17 -0500

Fun with Out of Bounds Photography:

Tim Verpoortenn (@Surfbits on Twitter) tweeted about these 50 neat pictures , and that inspired me to try this technique called Out of Bounds Photography . I found this tutorial and spent the…

"I need a website, FAST. I want it set up so that I can add, edit, and delete content when I need to..."

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:19:08 -0500

“I need a website, FAST. I want it set up so that I can add, edit, and delete content when I need to and I need it done as soon as possible. How do we go doing thist? It should not cost that much, as there are so many free websites available these days.”

- This guy should just sign up at wordpress.com or Tumblr and start creating content.

(via clientsfromhell)

Cody is enjoying my new deck

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:53 -0500

Sent from my iPhone

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Whiteboard

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:08 -0500

clientsfromhell:

After presenting a new design for a company website, the owner leaned over, asked if she could suggest some changes to the layout, got out a black marker and started drawing the changes on my MacBook’s screen. I was stunned.

oy vey.

In reference to a photo shoot of a client's new office building...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:22:45 -0500

clientsfromhell:

Client: We love our new building and we thought it would be great to have pictures of it in all four seasons from the exact same angle.

Photographer: That sounds like a really cool project.

Client: Great! So what are the chances having those ready for our convention next month?

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Windows Phone Thoughts: Mobius 2009: Fascinating, But Little...

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:07:12 -0500

Windows Phone Thoughts: Mobius 2009: Fascinating, But Little That Can Be Shared

Notice the laptops at this Microsoft hosted event.

Former evangelist: Religious right 'trawling for assassin'

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:06:54 -0500

Former evangelist: Religious right 'trawling for assassin':

Rachel Maddow is concerned that Obama’s trip abroad has served to bring out “the unhinged among the president’s critics.” A new slogan has began appearing on bumper stickers, reading, “Pray for…

Fun with Out of Bounds Photography

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:31:19 -0500

Fun with Out of Bounds Photography

Collection of shopping carts

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:23:40 -0500

Outside the back entrance to my condo.

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beaucolburn: Where do they do the electric slide...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:28:05 -0500

beaucolburn:

Where do they do the electric slide though?!?

briandigital:

Great shot from inside Apple’s just opened Upper West Side Apple Store, that gives you an idea of the architecture in context with it’s customers and surroundings. Beautiful. This may be my favorite Apple Store design, yet. (via petervidani)

Note the difference between this and the Microsoft store. In the Apple store the customers outnumber the employees. In the Microsoft store, there are so few customers that the employees can start dancing without anyone to get in their way.

sufferbus: New Animal Collective song “Graze” from upcoming...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:30:45 -0500

sufferbus:

New Animal Collective song “Graze” from upcoming Fall Be Kind EP

Nice song. I’m really looking forward to this, along with the new Vampire Weekend & Arcade Fire coming next year.

r-y-a-n: randa-bear-is-smitten: fuckyeahalvareo: (via fuckyesm...

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:23:57 -0500

r-y-a-n:

randa-bear-is-smitten:

fuckyeahalvareo:

(via fuckyesmusic)

YES

It’s a terribly sad fact :(

DA BRITNEY SONG.
DA JAY Z SONG.

This is why I never listen to the radio.

Palin Floats Glenn Beck as a Possible 2012 Running Mate

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:53:45 -0500

Palin Floats Glenn Beck as a Possible 2012 Running Mate:

In an interview with Newsmax, Sarah Palin floated Fox News host Glenn Beck’s name as her running mate for 2012. Palin said, “But Glenn Beck I have great respect for. He’s a hoot. He gets his message…

★ The OS Opportunity

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:37:48 -0500

★ The OS Opportunity:

A few weeks ago, in a piece here titled “Herd Mentality”, I argued that PC makers who want to succeed should create their own OSes:

It’s not just that Apple is different among computer makers….

‘I’m Going to Tell My Son the Worst Swearword in the World’

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:37:48 -0500

‘I’m Going to Tell My Son the Worst Swearword in the World’:

Jon Ronson:

My eight-year-old son, Joel, comes into my office to ask if there’s a worse swearword than fuck. “No,” I say.

There’s a silence. “You’re lying,” he says.

“There’s none worse than…

Library workers fired for colluding to keep graphic novel from being checked out by 11-year old girl

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:37:48 -0500

Library workers fired for colluding to keep graphic novel from being checked out by 11-year old girl:

Two workers at a Lexington, Kentucky public library were fired after it was discovered that they had teamed up to keep a copy of Alan Moore’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The…

Cocoa open source

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:19:50 -0500

Cocoa open source:

Collection of open source cocoa projects