Apr 16

Proximity Matters

On a recent road trip, we drove past a sign that looked like something like this:

Image of a Road Sign showing two destinations with arrows pointing in opposite direction.

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The Acorn: Archives from the Blog

Proximity Matters
April 16th, 2008
Two Dot Five
March 31st, 2008
Career Path: The Scenic Route
February 12th, 2008
Meeting Pet Peaves
February 1st, 2008
Refactoring
November 20th, 2007
Let’s Be Honest
November 12th, 2007
What’s in Your Bookstack?
November 6th, 2007

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Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks

New book by Luke Wroblewski ... looks like a keeper.

Get Satisfaction

A webapp for "People-Powered Customer Service". Just started poking around in here and boy, it is robust and very well designed. A lot of thought went into this. Nice.

FamSpam — The Best Way to Keep in Touch

Perhaps not the best name in the world, but ... a cool idea that has been pulled off elegantly.

Great Numbers, Not So Great Design

Khoi Vinh suggests that design doesn't scale well. He also contends that large design teams often times cannot produce the quality that a smaller team can. I couldn't agree more.

Coda Clips

If you use the elegant text editor, Coda, then you're familiar with its code clips feature. Sam Brown and Andy Lobban created this library of common code clips. I love that they categorized the clips by type (css, js, html, etc). A great time-saver!

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Recent Work: Mommy Stories
The recent redesign of my wife's blog. I'm most proud of the cartoon representations of my family, which I drew in Fireworks. See more.