Left Lane

More interoffice email. Not for the faint of heart.

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Posted in Work, StickyNotes.

When the “bad design is good” argument circled the web design community (again) a few weeks ago a lot of people were concerned. I was too fired up to stay quiet.

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Posted in Design, Rant, StickyNotes.

Powazek hits the nail on the head in his article The Art of No. The message? Try asking “why” instead of indignantly saying “no” to seemingly ignorant design requests to spawn positive design discussions.

Posted in Design, Business, StickyNotes.

Merlin from 43 Folders comments on the “wallet for people who hate wallets.” I have to admit I am a fervent supporter of the “less is more” factor when it comes to wallets. During college, I started carrying around a small leather ID case and that trend has continued to this day. Now, I carry around a Swiss Army leather business card holder that also holds cards and IDs, perfect for a pocket minimalist like myself. It was ten bucks. I rest my case.

Update: This guy found another use for the exact wallet that I have: carrying his iPod nano. The pocket revolution lives on.

Posted in Personal, StickyNotes, Organization.

Trying to prolong the life of my ThinkPad, I went to the store and bought a 1 GB memory upgrade for it, adding on to the 512 MB of RAM I already had. Now I power 1.5 GB of RAM under the hood, and things are speedier.

Posted in Personal, Gadgets and Hardware, StickyNotes.