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  • Boredom

    The other day I was making dinner and, as is my routine, I was listening to All Things Considered on NPR while moving about the kitchen. A story about boredom came on. If you haven't listened to it, the crux of it is that there is a lack of creativity because we are never bored anymore, thanks to our smart phones.

  • 2014 year end review

    2014 was a tumultuous year for me. What I was doing at the end of the year was nothing like what I expected when the year began.

  • The Manual, Issue 4

    <em>The Manual&#58; Issue 4</em> lives up to the high bar set by the first three issues of the publication.

  • Lucifer

    2014 will always be associated with comics for me. It was the year I started reading them, diving into <em>Fables</em> and catching up with current issues, then the entire <em>Sandman</em> series, <em>Saga</em>, and making a start on <em>Lucifer</em>.

  • CSS Animation&#58; An Interactive Guide

    I am woefully behind in reading a lot of tech books that I have purchased in the last 6 months. Between client work, getting ready to speak, and just plain old not wanting to always think about CSS, I've let things sit for a bit. But it's a new year and I'm back at it! Vicki Murley's book <em>CSS Animation: An Interactive Guide</em> is fantastic.

  • Angelmaker

    <em>Angelmaker</em> by Nick Harkaway is a great novel. The writing is magnificent, the characters are interesting, and I absolutely loved the mix of real history with some science fiction like changes.

  • Consistency

    My friend Kitt kicked off the new year of Pastry Box bakers with a great piece on consistency. I like the idea of consistency, it goes along with the idea of routine that I've written about before.

  • One year

    I can't quite believe that one year ago we were starting our last day together.

  • Speaking

    Last week I traveled up to Whistler, BC to speak at SmashingConf, giving my very first conference talk. It was a great experience, I learned a great deal, I met so many wonderful people, and I <em>think</em> my talk was a success.

  • The Book Theif

    Over the weekend I needed to disconnect and get away, so I dove into a novel. I've long had a fascination with World War II, so I gravitate to novels that take place in that era of history.

  • Responsible Responsive Design

    Last week, just before the holiday, I finished Scott Jehl's book, <em>Responsible Responsive Design</em> and it is a great book.

  • Americanah

    I sat down to read Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie because Mandy recommended it and well, Mandy's recommendation are usually always good. What happened while reading was that I got lost in the world of Ifemelu....

  • Enough

    Lately I've been thinking about the word enough quite a bit. Mostly because I look around at a culture of excess and many aren't satisfied that they have enough, so I've been thinking about what that means. What is enough?

  • Pulling back

    Over the past couple of months, the internet has been a hard place to be in some ways. Twitter is a part of it, but for me, the whole thing has been difficult.

  • The newspaper

    We get a newspaper delivered to our house every day. I know, an actual physical newspaper. After we get it off the porch, we make breakfast and sit down to eat and read. Yes, we are the fifties couple of yesterday, but living in 2014.