So just before Twitter was brought to its knees a few minutes ago, my whole stream was full of mourning for a successful business leader who made some really cool products and died today. I thought this was maybe a little much, so I went looking for a list of people who’ve died this year to provide some perspective, and found out that Wangari Maathai died last week, which doubly brought home the point I was trying to make in that I hadn’t heard about it until just now. RIP, Wangari. You did real good.
Category Archives: Miscellany
New Coat O’ Paint
WordPress tells me it’s been a year and a day since the last post I published on this blog, so I figured, “hey, what a great time to roll out a new theme.” I’ve been digging responsive web design in … Continue reading
Is it Going to Be OK?
On a whim, I registered isitgoingtobeok.com today. I’m hoping to turn it into a collection of reasons to believe that it’s going to be ok. I’m off to a very small start. If you have any suggestions, I’d love to … Continue reading
Awesome, but Useless
Andrew Tetlaw, my boss at SitePoint, has just launched a new micro-blog: Awesome but Useless. It’s a celebration of the coolest technological wizardry on the Web that couldn’t possibly serve any practical purpose, like animated cloth simulations built in JavaScript … Continue reading