The most frequent mistake I’ve seen (and the one I’ve made most frequently) is client sign-off of a website interpreted by its authors as commitment to design integrity, when the reality is the purchaser’s transfixed by beautifully-balanced, pre-assembled jigsaw puzzles restricted by fixed arrangements. Eventually somebody’s going to take it off the shelf and shake it. …

Cartoon of Neil Gaiman quote by zenpencils.com. This is really hitting home for me right now. … →

I need to remember to take the long cut; I’ll get there eventually. … →

Samba had a good day at Concord, getting her first rally leg, and going Reserve Winners Bitch. Reggie said she would have won if he hadn’t stepped on her foot. :) (We didn’t see that happen, not sure if he was kidding or not.) I am thrilled with how well she did with all the chaos of Concord– 1500 dogs, hundreds of people, being groomed and handled by folks she only met briefly a couple of weeks ago. She is exhausted, and so am I. All 3 of us took a 2 hour nap, woke up to eat, and probably...… →

Holy crap, this really resonates: The Slow Web by Jack Cheng. Having recently about had a breakdown caused by the fast web and our fast culture, I am glad to see that I am not the only once thinking about this. I love the graphic of the hummingbird vs. the snail. I need to be a lot more snail-like these days to get a grasp on the thread of my life. … →

For some really want to have an archive of all my online data. Maybe because I don’t have kids or something. But I think just like how we like to go through old letters to learn more about our ancestors, someday someone will want to go through this stuff to learn more about me or the crazy time I live in. I just feel like I need to have a personal history. …