Dealing with some designers is hell. I’m talking about designers who think they know what a good design is and blather on about their superior knowledge. They don’t know what good design is. There’s no way they could. They might have a better idea of what might work, but it’s just [...]

Nothing this stupid ever goes away.
The .xxx idea has been kicking around almost as long as the unworkable schemes to create a rigidly hierarchical domain name system based on trademark classifications. Anyone for .SOAP or .PAIN?
On May 10, ICANN announced that it would not allow the proposed .XXX to go forward. [...]

I found neat little neat little app by yet another bright guy Google hired (George Steinbrenner, you got nothin’ for stars) that lets you show where you’ve visited in the world. Here’s mine:

create your own visited countries map
It looks a little pitiful. I’ll have to visit Russia and India to get the surface [...]

Planetizen called my attention to a mashup of Web 2.0, crops, bricks, mortar, trees, earthworks, walls, anything you can think of, as long as it’s big enough.
It’s an advertisement, of course.
Did your neighbor beat you out for that $3500/month rental of your roof for cell-phone transmitters? You can still use [...]