This is what happens when you find out about the .gy domain at the bar.

Using wordnik to make metaphors more fun.

I thought no, but then I did the poll, and like nearly everyone else, found the solid easier except in the case of the chat bubble. Surprising.

I suspect it has something to do with the total number of lines, since all the others already had cutouts, etc.

I'm pretty sure you can just output the components/markup you need, though?

Basic grid already created; basic responsive features; you can use as little or as much as is useful. Why not?

Wacom++ + magic trackpad for when I want the gestures (web browsing mostly)

Next / previous page mapped to the arrow keys. Best thing Tumblr ever invented and now I miss it everywhere else.

Great question.

My degree is in literary and critical theory, and originally I was going to grow up to be a writer and work in publishing. Now I am the head of user experience for a small company, which means I do a lot of the graphic design too.

I have fallen into this job by job and step by step. When I was the managing editor of a small press, I needed to be able to work with our Quark files, then I started laying out books with the help of our designer, just for speed. When I left publishing to be an advertising pm, I learned what UX was and thought "I can do that" and had a boss who was awesome enough to let me try and coworkers who were willing to help.

I went to a bigger agency and learned more. I wound up at a design studio full of trained designers and learned even more. Each step I was expected to make higher fidelity wireframes, till by the end I was creating designs within a pre-established system. This was helpful because it meant I had to replicate good design and extend it, but I had a framework. That combined with very high expectations meant I spent about 18 months freaking out and working hard and finally now I know enough about design to do a good job.

That said I do feel always a little behind my colleagues in design understanding. I would never be right for a job that didn't draw on my strengths in UX. I spend a lot of my free time shoring up my design knowledge with books and personal projects and sometimes continuing ed classes. I can see the value in the education and confidence & knowledge it engenders.

I'm not necessarily sorry about my winding path because I have had a chance to do a lot of fun things and learn a ton (and that gives me some confidence of a different sort — I know I can always "figure it out"), but if someone knows they want to be a designer and they have the opportunity to go to design school, they should.

Yes, it looks neat but till there is an alternate login, I'm afraid it is not for me.

It lives again!

My friend helped me out. Friends who send pull requests are the best kind of friends. But Allan, what did the deleted user do to get deleted? That seems like the interesting story.