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Neil Gaiman: “Trigger Warning”
"I want all children's literature that I write to have hope in it," says Neil Gaiman in this wonderful interview on the Diane Rehm Show.Posted on January 2, 2016 in Pop CultureCheck it out:...
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Programming Isn’t Manual Labor, But It Still Sucks
Quite possibly the greatest article I've ever read describing the emotional state of programmers.Posted on January 3, 2016 in Web DesignCheck it out: http://mashable.com/2014/04/30/programming-sucks/
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Reclaiming Your Brainspace: 3 Productivity Tools for Email, To-Do Lists, &...
In this post, I'd like to walk through the tools and organizational strategies I've come use to keep sane despite the constant influx of data.Posted on January 15, 2016 in FreelanceEight years ago—oh...
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The Maiden Boston
Chic South Boston oyster bar meets WordPress-powered, modern design.South Boston’s newly launched, modern oyster bar The Maiden reached out to Catherine Bergen and I to launch their web presence....
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Masters of the Universe Recut Into The Force Awakens Trailer Is Awesome
Here’s some further proof that the full The Force Awakens trailer model works for everything: Masters of the Universe recut into the same trailer style.Posted on February 2, 2016 in Pop CultureView the...
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Museum of Science Fiction publishes first issue of scholarly journal
Sci-fi needs more voices like these to take the genre forward.Posted on February 3, 2016 in Pop CultureCheck it out:...
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Will Google create the computer that beats a Go game master?
AlphaGo attacks the last vestige of human superiority: the Chinese game of Go.Posted on February 4, 2016 in Pop CultureView the video: https://youtu.be/SUbqykXVx0A“We trained the neural networks on 30...
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How Lord of the Rings is like Every Enterprise IT Project
IT guy Remy Porter explains why Lord of the Rings reminds him of every nightmare enterprise project.Posted on February 5, 2016 in Web DesignView the video: https://youtu.be/i9oU7rfb-doThis guy’s...
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Like Totally Whatever
Melissa Lozada-Oliva's spoken word piece "Like Totally Whatever," performed at the National Poetry Slam 2015, in Oakland, CA. (via Pro Choice America)Posted on February 8, 2016 in Pop CultureView the...
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Definitely adding this one to my Amazon wishlist…
Every scifi writer needs to know what it's really like in space. Ariel Waldman interviews real life astronauts to find out.Posted on February 8, 2016 in Pop CultureCheck it out:...
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Automatically art-directed responsive images?
A potential nightmare for development, but a huge win if implemented properly.Posted on February 10, 2016 in Web DesignCheck it out:...
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Yet another reason to start watching The Expanse
Learn how a linguist who speaks a couple dozen languages helped shape the Belter common tongue in new hard scifi "The Expanse."Posted on February 11, 2016 in Pop CultureCheck it out:...
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Common Sensing
Effective communication employs clean, performant, cross-device design.Design Director Matt LeGrand of Common Sensing approached me to redesign his startup’s one-pager in anticipation of the launch of...
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Calvin & Hobbes Plus Dune
No greater pairing than Calvin & the Muad’Dib?Posted on March 7, 2016 in Pop CultureCheck it out:...
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Unfold by Laura Oxendine
Check out my dear friend and techno-poet Laura Oxendine's latest videographic creation, which won Best of Show at RAW Artists, Texas.Posted on March 8, 2016 in ReviewsView the video:...
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Imaginary Worlds and When Cthulhu Calls
Here's a fantastic episode of Imaginary Worlds, where Jeff Emtman hunts for the "real Cthulhu" and makes some otherworldly discoveries in the process...Posted on March 24, 2016 in Pop CultureView the...
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Okay Chris Carter, We Need to Talk About the X-Files Season 10 Revival
Some secrets need to remain buried, and the 2012 Mayan apocalypse is one of them. X-Files love runs deep for me, as it does for many fans. Here are my thoughts about the revival.Posted on March 24,...
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Four Sets of Identical Twins Staged a Time Travel Prank on an NYC Subway
I love this one. Too bad the Internet has already primed us for staged events like this. I have a feeling that if actual time travelers showed up, hardened NYC subway riders could still care...
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To Boldly Go: Rare Photos from the TOS Soundstage
If you're looking for a coffee table book that involves spaceships, this is a classy one to check out. Gerald Gurian takes us behind the scenes of classic Trek in his book To Boldly Go: Rare Photos...
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28-year-old Programmer Breaks npm; Trademark Trolls Beat Open Source
11 missing lines of code can do a lot of damage in the spaghetti nightmare of repositories that is npm. But what's worse is npm (corp) siding with Kik in a trademark dispute.Posted on April 5, 2016 in...
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