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- Sugar/Smack
- I’m one of those people who really don’t have many childhood memories to speak of. The years just blur together, bound by images, places, feelings. But the memories I do have—the clear ones—are about candy. by Kristina Halvorson
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- Pixy Stix
- Our house edged a woods. We said the lady who lived there was a witch by Jeffrey Zeldman
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- Retrick/Retreat
- If you wish to see a maniacally enraged, completely unhinged seven-year-old, ask him to dress up, promise him candy, have him come to your door step, and then give him school supplies. By Frank Chimero
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- Announcing A Book Apart
- I’m very pleased to present A Book Apart, a new publisher of brief books for people who make websites, founded by Jeffrey Zeldman, Mandy Brown, and myself.
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- To Sweet Hereafter
- To Sweet Hereafter, a poem By Jim Coudal
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- Mathematics of the Tootsie Pop
- Nothing was more contested in our neighborhood than how many licks it took to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. By Liz Danzico
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- All Things Nice
- I remember the candy cigarettes most fondly, not because they tasted better, but because they were grown-up. By Mandy Brown
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- Make Yourself Presentable
- My first time speaking professionally in public was back in 2005 at the first An Event Apart in Philadelphia. Let’s just say it could have gone better.
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- Royal
- I enjoy slowing things down and reflecting on past methods of creation and how they’ve brought about our modern means.
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- Deadlines
- I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they go by.
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- The Death Throes of Print?
- With print publications ailing, is this finally the time mainstream publishing to take the web seriously?
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- Cultivating Conversations
- Is there a way to make comment threads more useful, and more usable?
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- Haunted
- Happy Halloween!
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- Meat & Cheese Combo Proves Edible
- On September 27th, a group of intrepid explorers sought one goal on the streets of New York City, to find a decent cheesesteak. This is their story.
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- Change of Heart
- Quotes from Jan Tschichold, master typographer, designer, writer and infamous design flip-flopper.
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- Oh, Snap
- Shortly before writing my Polaroid post, I got the itch to buy one of the original cameras. Thanks to the modern convenience of eBay, I quickly found a great deal on a near mint condition Polaroid SX-70.
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- Explain Yourself
- Contemplations on the utility of “graphic” in the title “graphic designer” for someone who designs websites.
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On the Subject of Me
Jason Santa Maria is a graphic designer living and working in sunny Brooklyn, NY. More »
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- “Insightful, witty and practical, Responsive Web Design points us in the direction of a new web.”
—Mark Boulton
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Oddities & Diversions
Design Is History, created as a teaching tool for young designers just beginning to explore graphic design and as a reference tool for all designers. Chock full of great info. †
Education at FontShop, a great resource for tips, tricks, and type knowledge. †
A List Apart: Issue 311, Start web design projects the right way. Learn when and how to say no. Articles by Whitney Hess and Kevin M. Hoffman. †
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