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No More Fail Whale?
I have been away from Twitter for a good long while. When did they retire the Fail Whale? In 2009, the Fail Whale was a constant presence on Twitter.
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Maichingen Hallenbad Flyer
This is not inherently bad or awful, but it is a bit difficult to look at.A hallenbad, or indoor swimming pool, as I translate it, is a type of facility here in Germany which is usually run by the...
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Careful With the Date
This is an informative 2-page brochure from the Food and Drug Administration. I looked at this on Scribd and I thought it was notable for one small problem in the lower right-hand column under the...
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Typography Made Wonderful
This is the front page of Playtype.com, and, I mean to tell you...wow.What a fantastic site. Everything you need to know about typography, everything there is to love about typography, and a fantastic...
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An Infographic on Tipping
There are a lot of things to like about this graphic, and it makes excellent use of space and organization. It's informative, and it's timely.I didn't know that you should tip someone who performs a...
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Careful With That Blog Title
There is the potential here for a misunderstanding, but I'm not going to draw attention to that potential.I wish to merely state that, when you're naming a blog, be careful. There are people out there...
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Creating a Habit of Your Very Own
This is a diagram which purports to show how you can create a habit of your very own. And while this may or may not be a good idea, it does help a person find the logical paths for habit...
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You Have to Jazz This Up
This is a handy item to hold onto and keep forever--it's the list of what inmate George Zimmerman has been buying from the Commissary in jail.It should have been divided into categories. Snacks,...
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Google vs Facebook Infographic
Well, there are some lessons here.First of all, I tend to follow photographers and writers and artists on Google+. Women are well represented in those ranks. I do not get into the whole "resharing" of...
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Fireworks Safety Letter, City of Lugoff, South Carolina
This is the opening paragraph to a letter published by The State, a South Carolina newspaper. In this letter, the fire chief of Lugoff, South Carolina warns residents of the danger of fireworks and...
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My Neglected Little Scribd Account
Scribd had such promise; where did that promise go?Well, the inclusiveness of sharing posts on Google+ has been a wonderful development for me, and that's probably the one thing that has been...
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Explaining With Images
This is a very nifty way to explain a concept with three simple pictures. The layout here is amazingly simple, but it had to have taken some planning to execute this so well.The image on the top, being...
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All Hail the Font Known as Georgia
Yes, someone ran an experiment and submitted numerous papers (not just a handful) in three different fonts; those submitted in the Georgia font did the best.Does that mean Georgia is the most reliable...
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When Did Goofy Hats Come Back Into Style?
This is a graphic that Complex is using to get people to believe that goofy fedora hats are somehow a positive style choice; truly, they are not.What I think brings this graphic down is the fact that...
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The Persistence of Spammers
Spammers are certainly nothing new in this world. Technical writers have to deal with an abundance of Spam each and every time they work their way through different projects, especially if it involves...
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A Note to Subscribers
In recent months, Google has made no secret of the fact that the Feedburner service is going to be "retired."Instead of waiting around and then having to scramble to disconnect the service that I use...
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Stand While You Write
Staying healthy in a line of work that does not exactly lend itself to being physically moving and on your feet all day long is a tremendous challenge. This is what makes me envy, in a way, people who...
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Why Retro Technology Never Dies
I suppose I could make this post about the effectiveness of the Frankenweenie poster, but, really, this is about technology.The demise of the pay phone came a bit after the end of the typewriter, but I...
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Everyone Loves an Amateur
I like where Mark Baker is going here--there aren't any novices anymore, and if they are, they are unprofessional hacks who are hiding behind something.The Internet has evolved quickly, and so has...
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Google's Penguin Update Infographic
I really like the intention of this infographic, but it fails on two key levels with me.First, it's simply too vertical. I love the design elements and the illustrations are exceptionally well done,...
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