About time. And product. And being more deliberate.
Multiple projects have me using Windows more than I’m accustomed to, so I picked up a copy of Parallels and Windows Vista and loaded them up on the MacBook Pro. My relationship with the MacBook Pro has been trying these past few weeks. Like an aged sitcom introducing a new character – this recent addition …
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As I mentioned over at the Kernest blog, I sent out the first batch of emails announcing a sneak preview of Kernest – the @font-face, type-as-a-service project I’ve been working on. If you’d like to check it out and give your blog a font upgrade, drop me an email and I’ll reply with a password. …
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You know I’m a big fan of WordPress. For nearly 5 years, I’ve considered it the only online publishing platform worth considering. I’ve built a number of plug-ins for it over the years(WP-iPodcatter, WP-iCal, WP-GotLucky, and WP-CaTT) of which I only use WP-iCal these days. Since then, WordPress has taken off. While they still have …
I’m pleased to announce the launch of RealTimeAds.com – a advertising product now in beta testing at MinnPost.com Karl and I have been building and testing the system for a couple of months now and I’m quite happy with it on three of fronts; It feels like it makes advertising approachable to people and organizations …
CagedTweets.com is a Twitter archiving service for businesses. Founder Andy Schroepfer and I designed, built, and launched in 6 weeks (in time to announce it at 140conf). Got a crazy project you’d like to launch this summer? Call me – 612 345 9110. Let’s make it happen.
“Yet, Google’s system makes no distinction between people who have malsites and people who get hacked and then fix their sites. Neither Google nor Twitter notified me at all, despite the fact that both have my email address via my respective accounts at those services, nor did they give me any fair warning to remedy …
Attention web designers – Sure. Helvetica is a fine typeface. Just stop using it in your CSS stylesheets. Or at least stop specifying it first. Second. Or third. There are more readable, more appropriate, and more distinctive, available for your website. If you must specify it, how about putting it on the other side of …
I’m floored it’s been 3 weeks since I’ve written anything here. Feels more like 3 days. I’ve been working with a number of very cool start-ups and Kernest is the only one I’m able to talk about. Thankfully, all 3 are on track to go public this month. And I hope at least one does …