We Are Scientists' "After Hours" has been stuck in my head for days. I do not get this video — that is, it's perfectly entertaining as a short film, but it has nothing to do with the song. In my head the video is really the Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist trailer, since … [Read more...] about Earworms of the day
DirecTV, Apple TV, Boxee, Hulu, and the fight over who decides what I get to watch on my TV
DirecTV, and some backstory Last week we had a thunderstorm. Not even an especially notable one, really, except the lightning was close enough that we unplugged the laptops before we went to bed, just as a precaution. When we went to watch TV the following evening, we … [Read more...] about DirecTV, Apple TV, Boxee, Hulu, and the fight over who decides what I get to watch on my TV
In defense of readers
In defense of readers — Excellent article on designing pages that are meant to be read instead of skimmed. (Most web pages are the other way around.) There's an important point in here about what happens at the end of your page. Do you give the reader places to go, or do … [Read more...] about In defense of readers
10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites
10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites — these words are made of solid gold, people. That goes for higher ed, too. … [Read more...] about 10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites
Book reviews: The Agency, Beguilement
The Agency, by Ally O'Brien What a snarky, raunchy, sharp romp of a book. It's the story of a woman who works in a big London agency. Her biggest client is a somewhat dotty old lady who writes brick-thick environmentalist children's books starring pandas, but her favorite … [Read more...] about Book reviews: The Agency, Beguilement
Position: Absolute — the Ultimate Web Dev Action Movie
Position: Absolute — the Ultimate Web Dev Action Movie — "Mos Def would be the token #000000 guy, named mos:def;. And Alyson Hannigan would play the spunky love interest of the story named Fire Fox." … [Read more...] about Position: Absolute — the Ultimate Web Dev Action Movie
Design tweaks
Couple of minor tweaks to the new design: I've put the search form back (it's in the footer), and I've added some feeds. If you'd like to subscribe to the main posts without the elsewheres, you can now do so. The feed links are in the footer and will also be shown in browsers … [Read more...] about Design tweaks
The once and future e-book: on reading in the digital age
The once and future e-book: on reading in the digital age — "Indeed, it seemed that Apple, and Apple alone, had the complete package: a mass-market reading device to target–one that they owned, no less; an online store with millions of customers who'd proven their … [Read more...] about The once and future e-book: on reading in the digital age
New design!
Just a quick note to my RSS and LiveJournal peeps: there's a new design here. Among other things, my Twitter feed is now integrated into the page. Unfortunately there are some bugs in the way WordPress caches tweets, so you'll occasionally see "no public tweets" until that gets … [Read more...] about New design!
New WordPress plugin: Mass Format Conversion
Mass Format Conversion applies all content filters to posts and comments and saves them back to the database. This is useful if you have been using Textile or Markdown (for example) and you want to switch to plain HTML. Use it with caution! … [Read more...] about New WordPress plugin: Mass Format Conversion
