One of my favorite designers, Emily Henderson, said this in today’s blog post (emphasis mine): I like how it looks like nutcracker terrorists, blindfolding and torturing these poor drum beaters. (i apologize for that sentence that doesn’t make sense. it should say ‘I like how WE look like nutracker terrorists’. The problem is Squarespace, my… Continue reading Going to WordPress after Squarespace
Category: tech
Comment-free zone
I’m experimenting with something new. Although I’m nowhere near as famous or rad as Marco Arment or John Gruber, I’m going to copy their style and eliminate comments from future blog posts, starting now. My experience in my extremely intermittent blogging over the years is that comments rarely add much value, and most discussions about… Continue reading Comment-free zone
Blog design identity crisis
Recently I signed up for Amazon affiliate links and Google AdSense, for no apparent reason. And in doing so, I had to define my blog’s main category/subject matter. Um. Help. I’m a gal who inherently wears too many hats, and I started like seven different blogs (see sidebar) to avoid this very type of boxing-in.… Continue reading Blog design identity crisis
Apple’s lack of accessory diversity
On this week’s The iPhone 5 episode of The (New) Talk Show, John Gruber mentioned that Apple is perfectly happy to leave battery pack accessories up to third-party vendors. He’s right, of course, but what stuck with me is that they’re STILL leaving a vast number of important peripherals up to third-party folks. Back in… Continue reading Apple’s lack of accessory diversity
PAX recs for out-of-towners
Here are my PAX 2012 tips for out-of-towners, since I found myself giving them verbally to many people. Hope they’re useful! Stay sane, well hydrated and fed, and above all enjoy your PAX experience. And wash your damn hands! CLOSE • Noc Noc (Goth-ish bar) for drinks. Try the chili; surprisingly edible. • Cupcake Royale… Continue reading PAX recs for out-of-towners
I was on House of Turquoise!
Back when Erin from House of Turquoise went on vacation in July, I had my humble little home office featured on her amazing blog. I got lots of helpful interesting input from fellow commenters, but I was bummed that I couldn’t actually post that that was happening here since my site was down at the… Continue reading I was on House of Turquoise!
FINALLY back in action.
Yay! My blog is back! My site is back! Let me back up. (So to speak.) A couple months ago, this website and my cooking blog framboi.se were compromised by a weird and vicious hack. I couldn’t figure out how to tackle it, as the usual troubleshooting steps didn’t seem to function. I finally traced… Continue reading FINALLY back in action.
Metrics gone wrong
While I admit that I’ve learned to value data and metrics more in my decision making, I still think metrics can go very, very wrong. People can be misrepresented when they are reduced to a set of data points, and companies can make insanely stupid mistakes relying on numbers instead of common sense. Case in… Continue reading Metrics gone wrong
Foreign language auto-correct death
Working in a multilingual environment sometimes makes using normal Office products difficult. This is quite possibly the most useful and least random blog post I’ve ever composed ” can you tell I’ve been running into some bilingual frustrations lately? This weird little polyglot guide will help you fix the auto-correction insanity that sometimes takes over… Continue reading Foreign language auto-correct death
Siri, sync my sh*t.
I was a relatively early adopter of the Cult of iPhone. Grant bought me a first-gen model a few months after it was released, and I’ve been an addict ever since. (I’m sure there are some fantastic other smartphones out there, but my 1st gen, 3GS and now 4S have never made me want to… Continue reading Siri, sync my sh*t.