January 2012
3 posts
“President Bill Clinton would have eased the moment with a joke – handed her a...”
– Did Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer disrespect President Obama? ( video) - CSMonitor.com
December 2011
6 posts
“Programmers (who are used to learning new syntaxes, and enjoy pain) didn’t mind...”
– A List Apart: Articles: Getting Started with Sass
November 2011
2 posts
“HERE ARE THE DANGER SIGNALS. ANY TIME TWO CHARACTERS ARE TALKING ABOUT A THIRD,...”
– David Mamet’s Master Class Memo to the Writers of The Unit | Movieline
“One thing UBS notes is that it would be much, much cheaper for Germany to simply...”
– Could Germany just leave the euro zone? Not easily. - The Washington Post
October 2011
2 posts
“In the absence of information, people make shit up. Worse, if they feel...”
– Twitter / @rands: In the absence of informat …
I’m tattooing this across my forehead so I never forget it.
September 2011
8 posts
“Others might argue that Michael Jordan was more important to the Toon Squad than...”
– Jumping Off the Colts Bandwagon - The Triangle Blog
“I’ve printed out the pages of the website, and both my wife and I agree that it...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
“That’s not a witty acronym, and it doesn’t hide the fact that this user goal is...”
– The S.M.A.R.T. User Experience Strategy - Smashing Magazine
“In retrospect, people like to point out that signs of overreach were always...”
– Letter from China: China’s Iceland Moment : The New Yorker
...so I have a new job.
Feel free to skip the long-winded interlude and scroll down to the to the good stuff.
The Long-Winded Interlude
As you may know, I was until recently a, and eventually the (and then a again) Web Designer at what was once called Agency ND and is now Marketing Communications, an internal marketing agency at the University of Notre Dame.
I was lucky enough to work with some really awesome people...
August 2011
6 posts
“It’s nice that you’re spending time on this one issue, but try to look up from...”
– The Macalope Weekly: Gotta know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em | Tablets | MacUser | Macworld
“It was as if you could see two little 5-year-old kids at their first Christmas....”
– Freed West Memphis 3: Like kids at Christmas - CBS News
“Of course, politicians of all stripes are not faring well among the public these...”
– Crashing the Tea Party - NYTimes.com
June 2011
1 post
May 2011
1 post
March 2011
1 post
January 2011
2 posts
October 2010
3 posts
Eric LeGrand Believe Fund
Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand suffered a spinal cord injury on October 16 during a kickoff return. He has been unable to move since. If you would like to support Eric, please direct donations to this address:
Eric LeGrand Believe Fund PNC Wealth Management Attn: Kimberly G. Kingsland, Senior Trust Advisor, 1 Palmer Square Suite 201, Princeton, NJ 08542
Learn more about the Believe Fund...
Chris' Crowd-Sourced 75 word Bio
Stranded after an air crash and raised by wolves in the Australian outback -oak
Chris Wilkinson realized that most any problem could be solved with peanut butter. - jude
His meteoric rise to international dignitary and champion speed eater shocked the world. - Nick
Now as a web support developer at the Agency, Chris holds the key to the Internet… and our hearts. - Jarett
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Chris Wilkinson's 75 word, crowd-sourced, bio
Stranded after an air crash and raised by wolves in the Australian outback -oak
Chris Wilkinson realized that most any problem could be solved with peanut butter. - jude
His meteoric rise to international dignitary and champion speed eater shocked the world. - Nick
September 2010
3 posts
i refuse to believe this could actually happen
clientsfromhell:
Client: ”We went ahead and copied your signature to a new contract with a few minor modifications, nothing big. Looking forward to working with you!”
[They cut the deadline from one month to one week, and cut the price by 40%. Somehow they were shocked when I said I wouldn’t honor the contract, even though I “signed” it.]
August 2010
7 posts
July 2010
8 posts
“KFC’s Double Down, an uber-fried bacon-and-cheese mega-sandwich with...”
– Double Down sales fall short of blockbuster status - Jul. 14, 2010
“That’s 19.4 million viewers for a Round of 16 game on a Saturday afternoon at...”
– Sports Business - World Cup Ratings Certify a TV Winner - NYTimes.com
“They’re counting on the Microsoft legacy browser to fail to work with some...”
– How Microsoft Is Busting Its Own ‘The Browser Is Part of the OS’ Myth — Redmondmag.com
