Monthly Archives: October 2007

end of year self-reflection

By {ns} | October 29, 2007

it’s about that time of year and i can already feel it coming on… the multi-week period where i reflect upon where i’m at now in life, what i’ve done and where i’m heading. last year it turned into a two-week period of depression, or funk, due to the accumulating stress from my highly uncertain [...]

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all it’s cracked up to be?

By {ns} | October 26, 2007

working from home definitely has its advantages and perks… working my own hours, having a more flexible schedule, a greater variety of work. however, recently i have been feeling the ill effects of working from home, especially the isolation and lack of workplace camaraderie. just talking to friends who work in an office and have [...]

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if architects had to work like web designers

By {ns} | October 20, 2007

this is a repost from this article i came across this morning, which i can completely agree with:
“This seems a little too appropriate since I’m currently ending a really terrible client relationship with an architect, but I thought other designers might enjoy. I’m sorry if this seems spammy, I really needed to share with people [...]

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9/11 is over

By {ns} | October 2, 2007

i just came across this good nytimes article discussing how stupid and ridiculous america has become since 9/11 and how we have become “The United States of Fighting Terrorism.”
“9/11 has made us stupid. I honor, and weep for, all those murdered on that day. But our reaction to 9/11 — mine included — has [...]

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iphone hackers… you deserve it

By {ns} | October 1, 2007

it seems that the recent iphone firmware update that apple released has caused iphones that have been hacked to work on other networks to freeze up or cause third-party applications to stop working altogether. of course this has caused an outrage by the hackers and users of such applications, so much so that some may [...]

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