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A Decade of Blogging

A Decade of Blogging

A decade ago, as I was sitting at my desk at Google, waiting for blaze[1]to run its suite of testing and compilation tools on my relatively minor commit, I wasn't exactly feeling the excitement of having…

In Retrospect

In Retrospect

Okay, so I do recognize that talking about how you redesign and update your own blog belongs somewhere on the 3rd level of navel-gazing hell. That said, I do spend a few weeks every couple of years refreshing the paint…

Consumption Begets Creation

Consumption Begets Creation

I'm closing in on a decade of keeping this blog around. What started out as a self-marketing mechanism on the side has become more of a sketchpad of thoughts and opinions, a playground and practice area for communication,…

103 Months of Blogging

103 Months of Blogging

Engaging in a little bit of meta-blogging reflection here... It's been 103 months since I've started this blog, on what in retrospect was a valuable creative outlet that counterbalanced a mundane role I had in Google.…

The Utility of Writing

The Utility of Writing

Surprise—the guy who's kept a blog for over a decade[1] and spends most of his work hours inside of an email client thinks that writing is important. But while reminiscing about the role that writing plays…

Types Rule Everything Around Me

95% of the information on the web is written language. It is only logical to say that a web designer should get good training in the main discipline of shaping written information, in other words: Typography. This was written in…