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Screenwriter Tony Gilroy on working with people with lots of ideas.

By Nick Adams on 10.20.07

Tony Gilroy has had a better year than most people have careers. First up, The Bourne Ultimatum, which he wrote, premiered to extremely high expectations by an increasingly fan-boy driven audience and ended-up making like a billion dollars (give or take). Not only was his task of closing out the trilogy somewhat daunting, but at this point, they are so far from the source material that it is ba... Read More

Is A Four Hour Work Week Possible?

By Nick Adams on 05.02.07

Disclaimer: In case you were wondering, I do see the irony in talking about eliminating distractions and being productive with a blog post, that will be read in an RSS feed, that links to a hour-long podcast, that could ultimately distract you from your work and become part of the problem. So, just make sure you read this on your free-time. I am always interested in hearing about people who... Read More

Thoughts On Tags And How They're Used On Our New Blog

By Nick Adams on 03.21.07

I've always had a problem with the tagging craze. But my problem is not with the concept itself, only the way it's commonly executed. Tags are often misused as a replacement for navigation instead of a tool to provide context to content. I'm sure everyone is familiar with the tag clouds that show up on many sites (often it seems, just to maintain buzzword compliance). Very rarely do these ... Read More

The Exact Same But Different?

By Nick Adams on 01.25.07

I am not a CSS wizard by any means, but one thing that has always bothered me was the inability of CSS to easily generate columned layouts. All you need to do to find evidence of this is to search for "css three column layout" or "one true layout" and count the results (though I'm sure you are well aware). Most of the solutions to CSS's column impotence require the use of float. Now, if I'm ... Read More

Blogs: The Wrong Tool?

By Nick Adams on 01.10.07

I'm starting to wonder if the blog format is really the best way to present the type of content we, and most other "bloggers," tend to produce. Basically, is displaying content by date, when most of the content is not date-sensitive, the correct format? Maybe it's time to reevaluate that convention. When you think of the type of content you normally write, is any of it really date sensitive?... Read More

In 5-9 Days (Or Tomorrow)

By Nick Adams on 01.04.07

Here is a tip: Don't waste $4 on upgrading from Free Super Saver Shipping to Standard Shipping at Amazon. The 3-5 day delay incurred by choosing the Free shipping option is pretty much bull. I'll explain a little further. I almost always buy things from Amazon in bunches in order to take advantage of the Free Super-Saver Shipping that's offered when your purchase is for at least $25. Choosin... Read More

Being A Better Host

By Nick Adams on 12.07.06

Though I am not as technically proficient as I should be for writing this post, my perspective might actually be a better representation of the norm. My question is this: Why aren't hosting providers held more accountable for providing information about server usage limits? For example, shared hosting providers boast about their 500GB's of storage space, their 1TB of bandwidth, and their fre... Read More

It's A Post 11-7 World

By Nick Adams on 11.08.06

A comment by Jeff Croft in this post over at the 37signals blog got my attention. The post was about election coverage graphics and data visualizations and Jeff's comment pointed to the Flash interface at Lawrence Journal World. It was apparently designed for the most part by Nathan Borror. I was really impressed by the fluidity and usability of the interface and thought it was worth mentioning... Read More

Setting The Mood

By Nick Adams on 10.18.06

The design of physical products can really have an impact on how we feel. The size, weight, texture, smell, temperature, etc. are all key in creating mood and dictating the experience surrounding the product. But on the web, the number of senses we have access to is limited. We basically rely on sight, sound, and indirect elements of touch to create mood (and most of the time sound tends to be ... Read More

Building A Better Desktop

By Nick Adams on 10.13.06

This piece of software brought me back to a post I've had peculating for a while now. It's called Overflow, and it's an application launcher for OS X that is kind of a hybrid between the Dock, and Quicksilver. I'm not going to explain it in detail, the best way to see what it's all about is just to watch the video on their site. But what this really got me thinking about, was that there has to ... Read More

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