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Don’t Make Me Think… of Ways To Ignore You.
Feb 1st
In October I was all gush and good feelings about Steve Krug’s “Don’t Make Me Think” seminar that I attended in Chicago. I even wrote about it, I had so many good things to say, and try to remember.
A fantastic offer Mr. Krug made at the seminar was, “If I don’t cover your website at the seminar, then I’ll make myself available to you for a phone call to go over it afterward.” That’s quite an unbelievable offer; an expert, looking at your stuff, giving you pointers!
No, really. Unbelievable. As in, “Did not happen”.
Ray Nagin: New Orleans and God’s Wrath?
Jan 17th
Heard an audio clip of Ray Nagin – Mayor of New Orleans – saying during MLK day (paraphrased): “God is angry with the US… likely over the war in Iraq… and that’s why He sends hurricane after hurricane to beat up New Orleans.” I was driving, I couldn’t write it down or record it.
But I couldn’t help but wonder… “Mayor Nagin, are you sure that wrath isn’t over… Mardi Gras? God’s got pretty good aim. I’m pretty sure he’d punish our presence in Iraq in… um, Iraq. After all – when He was upset over Sodom and Gomorrah, he didn’t torch Jerusalem.”
New Year Randoms
Jan 3rd
It’s not a resolution, It’s WordPress 2.0
I don’t make New Years Resolutions. The fact that my site looks different as of the first of the year is related more to a software update than real effort on my part. I upgraded the software, it hosed how I used to do things, so I pulled an off-the-shelf theme out of the box, and here we are. More >
