"Nigger" It’s that time of year again where we discuss the word “nigger.” Seems like it was just yesterday when Oprah popularized the daytime-TV-safe “n-word”—I’m surprised that it didn’t make Word of the Year, but then again, I’m not. No matter how much you try to sugarcoat it, “nigger” makes…
At a project’s start, the possibilities are endless. That clean slate is both lovely and terrifying. As designers, we begin by filling space with temporary messes and uncertain experiments. We make a
Kristian Dowling/WireImage Originally published in the March 2011 issue Nick & Toni's Café, Upper West Side, lunch, December 3, 2010. SCOTT RAAB: Is that your iPad? CHRIS ROCK: Why would you go anypla
You can’t fight something with nothing. But as long as Democrats refuse to talk about the almost unprecedented buildup of income, wealth, and power at the top – and the refusal of the super-rich to pa
Wed, 3 Nov 2010 : This is a little tool we created for our Analog holding page. It inserts a layout grid in web pages, allows you to hold it in place, and toggle between displaying it in the foregroun
RSS is dead. Blogs are dead. The web is dead. Good. Dead means that they are no longer interesting to the drive-by technorati. Dead means that the curiousity factor has been satisfied, that people hav
How do you stand out amongst the vast sea of designers? How do you get potential clients to pick you over others? You need to be remarkable . Being good is, well, not good enough. You need to be the p
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There's a way we could cut abortion rates in half in the United States, but the religious right is against it! Why? Because it requires us to be honest and open about sex with our children. It means w
October 14, 2010 Related topics: Sales Strategy Communication Budget Money Greg Hoy @hoyboy CEO / Partner Greg’s articles Feed Laying the groundwork to earn a respectable wage in any service business
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My brother and I were awfully nerdy. In our pre-teen years we spent a lot of time on an Atari 520ST, playing clumsy video games and momentarily forgetting just how hard the fates had hit us with the “
A few good links on email… So, I’m working on something that has me looking at a lot of posts that I have read and enjoyed over the years concerning email. Specifically, how to get and stay on top of
Champagne Pedaling in the dust of rocket designers such as Ethan Marcotte or Andy Clark , I made this website's layout react to your browser window's width. If you play with the resize handle, you'll
Or: how and why I bought a house at this particular moment in time. (Please note that this post will probably only be of interest to you if you’re my friend, thinking about buying a house, or some saintly patient combination of the both.) Introduction About six months ago, in May, I moved from San…
Dear Reader, This post was updated in 2013 with a fancy screencast. You should go there now. ------------------------------------------------ Here is one thing that has been driving me crazy for some
‘Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.’ ~Albert Einstein Post written by Leo Babauta . Follow me on twitter . A lot of people in my field write about how to be s
[There was a video here] On Morning Joe today, MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan gave a phenomenally, remarkably, uncommonly honest and incisive rant about the fallacy of America's "War with Islam," calling it "a
The Win Without Pitching Manifesto The book that launched a revolution. Learn The 12 Proclamations of a Win Without Pitching firm and move from a firm that operates from the vendor position to one tha
Treehouse writes on August 7, 2012 Do you remember your first form? The first time you realised you could send emails through your site, thanks to a hosted service like Bravenet (remember them?!). Or
“I hate vermouth.” – you You don’t hate vermouth. You hate the nasty, musty liquid that was vermouth when you opened it a year ago then pushed it to the back of the pantry until recently, when you dus
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‘Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.’ ~Lao Tzu A lot of people come to Zen Habits (and read other p
As freelancers, our biggest assets are our minds and bodies. If we get sick, we can’t do any work . If our minds are foggy, we can’t produce our best. Therefore, we don’t make any money or as much money as we could. Unfortunately, the care of our bodies is not always a top priority for many…
My father always told me that the day we stop learning is the day we die. I wrote this as a sort of preparation for my 35th birthday last week. Some of these are poignant, others are simply trite; I a
I no longer work with busy people. I work with people who have a lot on their plates, a lot to do, are inundated with opportunities and projects, and who find it useful to have an extra brain and an e
When I was young I thought busy people were more important than everyone else. Otherwise, why would they be so busy? I had busy bosses, busy parents, and I assumed they must have meaningful things to
Permalink Tweet In my last post, I wrote about buying design . That was mostly for potential clients, but a designer might learn a thing or two from it as well. Now, let’s imagine that you’ve been lucky and good enough (It takes both, chum.) to sell your services to someone. You’re now in the…
7 Lessons From Navy Seals August 14, 2010 Bruce Temkin, CCXP I just read a post that I liked called 7 Lessons Entrepreneurs Should Learn From The Navy Seals . The author highlights seven lessons from
Exploring What Our Clients May Not Know, or Want to Hear Designers bring a fresh, practiced eye to their client's stated business problems. We are oft informed by the tacit knowledge we've gained from
About The Author Nathan Ford is a Texas-born designer/developer happily working at Mark Boulton Design in Penarth, Wales. His free time is consumed creating things – some you … More about NathanFord …
Text playlist Frank Chimero keeps a text playlist: [O]ne made of the best writing on the web I come across. I take this list and revisit and reread it every 4 to 8 weeks. You could almost consider it
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