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Robert Palmer
who really ought to be working right now Joined over 10 years ago via an invitation from Allan G.
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- Hermann Zapf has died at the age of 96 (deutschlandfunk.de)
- Black Friday Death Count (blackfridaydeathcount.com)
- If you like the design of The Magazine, you're guaranteed to like their Kickstarter funded book (kickstarter.com)
- GoDaddy acquires Media Temple, MT to remain independent and autonomous (bin.mediatemple.net)
- Ask DN: When your clients get acquired
- Microsoft releases cross-platform VMs for testing IE 7-10 (modern.ie)
- I’m a freelancer who had a stroke, survived, and didn’t lose my business. (the-magazine.org)
- The machines we work on will never be this beautiful when they're old (youtube.com)
- FriendDA: Slightly more than a hearty handshake (friendda.org)
- Form Follows Function: A collection of HTML5 experiements (fff.cmiscm.com)
Posted to Ask DN: Which car do you drive?, in reply to CJ Cipriano , Dec 17, 2014 Posted to X to Close, Aug 12, 2014 With no mention of NextStep ... about four years ahead of Windows 95, but three years behind the Atari example.
Posted to Coolest loading .gif you've seen?, Aug 01, 2014 
Posted to ASK DN: Show me your business card, May 28, 2014 I had these made a few years ago at a place called Shinebox Print that specialized in these little booklets. They work great, and always get a little "hey I like your cards" when you do the little ceremony of tearing one out for someone.
Shinebox Print sadly went out of business. I wonder what I'm gonna have to do when I run out of these. :(
Posted to Who's Hiring in London?, May 23, 2014 You might find a match here: http://uk.heyavailable.com/
Good luck!
Posted to How to Work Long Periods at Your Desk and Come Out Healthy, Apr 27, 2014 Very periods. Such desk. Much stretch. Wow.
Posted to Can you share your bookmarks with us?, Apr 20, 2014 Posted to Ask DN: What should Dropbox acquire next?, Apr 18, 2014 Sync.com. A fully-encrypted, zero-knowledge Dropbox? Yes please.
Posted to Cult of Busy, Apr 16, 2014 I find myself strategically using the "too busy" response out of politeness. Cheap zombie client returning from the past? Cropping and resizing 20,000 JPEGs? Sorry -- "I'm booked with work just now." It's a lot easier (and it feels nicer) than saying "pff, I don't want to do that."
This is why having a good network of people you can refer work to is important. Refer the good clients (in cases where you are, maybe, genuinely, too busy) to your talented friends. Refer the terrible clients to colleagues you don't like. ;)
Posted to The Complimentary Co-Founder, Mar 26, 2014 The flattering co-founder, or the complementary co-founder?
- Can you share your bookmarks with us?
- Cult of Busy (mattknise.ly)
- Ask DN: Freelancers, what's your daily schedule like?
- Update (from H&Co): Tobias is a liar (typography.com)
- What the fuck is my wearables strategy (whatthefuckismywearablestrategy.com)
- Tobias Frere-Jones is suing Jonathan Hoefler, for being denied a 50% stake in their business. (iapps.courts.state.ny.us)
- Site Design: DonorsChoose.org (cardsagainsthumanity.com)
- What My Mom Taught Me About Client Services by Mike Monteiro (the-pastry-box-project.net)
- The Sad Cushion of Design (the-pastry-box-project.net)
- Exxon Mobil sues FX Networks over the FXX logo. (bloomberg.com)
Same here! Same color even. :)