Clean Your ClockDid your clocks change this weekend? If so, Big Medium needs a little nudge to make the Daylight Saving Time adjustment, too.
Gotta Have a Helipad: Banality and Betrayal in DesignA neighborhood landmark gets a garish transformation, and thoughts wander to designer responsibility and online communities.
London CallingI'm crossing the channel for the Future of Web Apps conference, October 3 and 4.
Making the Hard Copy EasyOn the hunt for a cheap, easy way to distribute hard-copy versions of PDF documents.
On the RoadA road trip is in order. Back in a few weeks.
OpenSearch: Add Your Site to Browsers’ Built-in SearchLet visitors search your site directly from their browser’s search field.
We Have Liftoff: Big Medium 2 Is Feature-CompleteIf you’ve been considering Big Medium 2 but have been waiting for a stable update, this is it. This release-candidate version is ready for mainstream use.
Big Medium 2 (Almost) Ready for Blast OffWatch the horizon, the first release candidate for Big Medium 2 is launching this week.
Fun with robots.txt and .htaccessKeep search engines well fed and, along the way, improve security to boot.
Buggy Behavior at the LouvreThe Louvre lifts a photo ban, and visitors go insane. A small change in the rules can spark dramatic behavior shifts, not always for the better.
Pay To Play: Fair Price for Good CommunityA new bike-sharing program in Paris suggests that a modest fee buys good behavior.
And speaking of version control...Neil Fraser's diff library makes it easy to compare blocks of text.
Promises, Problems and Product DevelopmentAs you build a product or service, identify the important features that are
not being requested.
Genie Five-Oh! A Big Medium Progress ReportToday’s beta update marks the 50th pre-release version of
Big Medium 2. Yep, count ‘em... Fifty. What's left to do?
Stefan Sagmeister’s List of “Things I Have Learned”For anyone working to craft a happy and creative existence (and who isn’t?), this seems like a good list to crib from.