7 Jun
2009

Posted in: Musings
By Eddie    2 Comments

What I Tweeted for 2009-06-07

• RT @Terje_Lindblom: Metro sells off US newspaper business http://bit.ly/fcn1S (via @Journalism_) #
• RT @timakimoff: RT @NiemanLabNew video at the Lab: the New York Times R&D group envisions version 2.0 of the newspaper http://tr.im/l0qO #
• RT @bookpublish101: Can e-reading save the newspaper industry? http://bit.ly/m31S9 #
• RT @mediasunrise: Newspapers missed their opportunity… Kurtz “Lack of Vision To Blame for Newspaper Woes” http://twurl.nl/a0ughq #
• RT @hoogs: The Kindle will not save the newspaper industry anytime soon: http://bit.ly/JlyQM #
• Finished up a couple skins for brightcove players (our UGC players). And still waiting for systems to install my Wacom tablet. Come on!!!! #
• Time to break out a newsletter, PSD to HTML. #
• Reading an article. Not sure how the author can say Christ’s sacrifice same as sacrifice of a man joining military. Very wrong (no offense) #
• Wife and kids are sick, so I’m home for the day if you need me. #
• Don’t know why but I just watched Celtics v. Magic (I’m neutral). 1. Ref’s are consistently bad. 2. Basketball is boring zzzzzzzzzzzz #
• Final note on the game. Celtics Paul Pierce is the NBA’s equivalent of Chelsea’s diving damsel, Didier Drogba. (EPL fans will understand) #
• RT @ilovetypography: RT stircreative Apple’s response to those PC shopping ads: http://bit.ly/gHAj6 #
• RT @exljbris: Retweet this if you disagree with Twitter’s decision to hide replies to people you don’t follow. #fixreplies #twitterfail #
• Very nice list indeed. RT @smashingmag: (Correct link) The Do’s and Don’ts Of Modern Web Design – http://tinyurl.com/dkhwp4 #
• RT @Vonster: Great MAC ad on the NYT homepage LOL http://www.nytimes.com/ #
• Walks to and from work for the next two weeks are brought to us by a re-reading of John H. Yoder’s “The Politics of Jesus.” #
• Sometimes I really hate Lost. How in the friggin’ world can they hold me in dire suspence for 7 friggin’ months? How? They so own me. #
• doing a leaderboard ad. presented with absolutely shoddy idea. I made a good looking ad that stuck w/ comp. profile, website, etc. … #
• early response to the ad: “nice but want the look of the other (shoddy, ugly) one.” Boy…I thought our standards were going up. Ho Hum. #
• Working on a logo where I need to try hard not have an apple in there. #
• also working up a site redesign for these folks: tehachapinews.com. I promise it will be good and clean. With apples at a minimum. #
• home sick today. I finally got whatever’s going on w/ wife and kids. It’s nasty. Wife may still need to go see the doctor. #
• RT @whiteafrican: Excellent new documentary on mobile phone culture in Africa: http://vimeo.com/4664795 #
• up at 4 am coughing my lungs out. very painful stuff. #
• Exploring new monasticism and mustard seed house. #
• Currently considering the idea of a mustard house (or something like that) here in our town with like-minded/hearted friends. #
• sicker today than all weekend. argh! #
• trying to celebrate our 7th wedding anniversary. I so got the better end of the deal. #
• is it just me or is alex rodriguez getting a free pass? on suspicion, Bonds was cast to the wolves. A-rod admitted and lied and is a hero? #
• Still sick. Up at 3 am coughing. Can’t lay down. Can’t sleep. #
• incredibly sick at work. Wifey called few minutes ago. The ducks are here. She and kids will go pick them up this afternoon. Quack! Quack! #
• RT @smashingmag: 7 Quick CSS Enhancements for Better User Experience – http://is.gd/BH1z #
• Sweet. Birds are cool. RT @bdivine: Goose Photographed Flying Upside Down, http://digg.com/d1rga2 #
• I guess I have to recreate these folks logo. I wonder if they know they have the grim reaper’s sickle on there (sure don’t look like a tree) #
• RT @smashingmag: #000 is not good on white background because of too much contrast. It’s better to use #111 instead – for legibility. #
• fixed up a leaderboard ad exactly the way the customer wanted. Sure…but this one’s definitely NOT going in my portfolio #
• RT @missional: Font lovers, check this out:
  http://bit.ly/7iGvs #
• RT @smashingmag: Free Vector Patterns Ideal for Print and Web Design – http://is.gd/C17L #
• RT @sitepointdotcom: Focus On Typography, Part 3 : Size http://tr.im/m0Bm #
• RT @VECTORTUTS: Illustrator’s Pen Tool: The Comprehensive Guide http://bit.ly/vCjWC #
• today’s production and creation of online ads (even the bad ones some people insist on ) brought to you by eleventyseven. Nice! #
• Back to working on a logo. #
• Just uploaded a logo concept for a local paper here to LogoPond. Early concept. Would love your thoughts: http://bit.ly/ppTgL #
• Been absent from Twittering. Sicker today than any other time the past few weeks. Makes for not so fun holiday #
• DVRd a History Channel show, Antichrist. Going to watch it. Looks fascinating! #
• Keep an eye on California news today. The high court is ruling on Prop 8, Gay marriage ban. They could uphold Prop 8, w/ limits. #
• CA supreme court decision on Prop 8 will be announced at 10 PST (1 EST) #
• CA supreme court server currently being hammered! #
• CA Supreme Court upholds Prop 8, but says the same-sex marriages before Nov 4 ’08 (18,000) will stay. #
• Thomas the Tank Engine helps autistic kids identify emotions – http://bit.ly/ckm3e #cnn #
• Still looking for more entries for the Survey: Christians and Torture http://bit.ly/TrY68 Only takes a few minutes, can be anonymous #
• RT @magnumphotos: Today’s Pictures: Nuclear Graveyards http://tinyurl.com/qsywmn #
• RT @smashingmag: 45 Step-by-Step Tutorials on Web Design with Photoshop – http://is.gd/Ifui #
• Trying to fix our print.css. Oh wait…I mean, trying to create our print.css. Don’t have one right now #
• RT @PSDTUTS: 12 Common Photoshop Mistakes and Malpractice http://bit.ly/co0g4 #
• using lots of folders in Photoshop doesn’t seem to work out if you’re not labeling them. What the heck is in Group 7? Oh yeah…Shape 35! #
• Lawsuit targets ‘rip-off’ of ‘Catcher in the Rye’ – http://bit.ly/15bCR6 #cnn #
• I was saying that that that that that man used was proper. #
• Finished up a new Twitter listing for the newspaper, displaying all the (sanctioned, approved ) twitters for newspaper staffers. #

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