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To Sweet Hereafter
To Sweet Hereafter, a poem By Jim Coudal
To Sweet Hereafter
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In Sugar We Trust
When I was growing up, holidays offered early indications that communication design was in my future. By Rob Weychert
In Sugar We Trust
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Pretty Sketchy
Sketchbooks are not about being a good artist, they’re about being a good thinker.
Pretty Sketchy
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What the World Needs
“Art?! As soon as there’s a war or recession, art will be the first thing to go. And when that happens, you’ll be right back here washing dishes. People will always need cooks.”
What the World Needs
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Cultivating Conversations
Is there a way to make comment threads more useful, and more usable?
Cultivating Conversations
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Hello, My Name Is
Badges are often a decidedly unfun and necessary evil of attending conferences. I have a pile of the things, some too big or too small, and others so garish they feel like a punishment. I can deal with an ugly badge, but I hate an unusable one.
Hello, My Name Is
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Annotated
My name is Jason, and I’m a chronic forgetter. Seeing as how there isn’t time to reread everything I like, I’ve taken to a new practice: annotating.
Annotated
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