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Dear American Airlines

Dale Mugford — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:35:46 +0000

An oldie but a goodie: Dear American Airlines by Dustin Curtis. Thoughtful discussion on customer experience, design, & the wax in the ears of it all: corporate culture.

An Even Better W7 Launch Party

Dale Mugford — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:24:29 +0000

We giggled.

Using Facebook?

Duane Storey — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:21:17 +0000

Then make sure you follow along with BraveNewCode’s official fan page!

Wanna Be A Rocketeer?

Dale Mugford — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:48:06 +0000

Kiwi jetpack invention gets ready for domestic takeoff.

“People will be able to fly a jetpack about a metre above the ground at no more than 10km/h in a carefully controlled outdoor area. The price will be around the same as for adventure activities such as bungy jumping.”

Old Browsers: Do they still exist?

Dale Mugford — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:25:37 +0000

Snook asks whether we should care about older browsers when developing websites. A great read exploring the considerations we make when we design & develop in 2009.

mezzoblue -> Switched

Dale Mugford — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:00:07 +0000

mezzoblue – Switched. Dave Shea’s great article about choosing to go HTML Strict vs. XHTML. Worth a read if you’re geeky like me.

Front-end Editor for WordPress

Dale Mugford — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:49:48 +0000

Edit in place…. at last what I always wanted! Flickr-like editing power with WordPress. Using it on this site and it’s killer.

erraticwisdom: Computers and God

Dale Mugford — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:38:15 +0000

Computers and God. I would be remiss if I didn’t post this thought-provoking article. 01010101, I say.

Red Sweater Blog – Tweet Quality

Dale Mugford — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:29:48 +0000

Tweet Quality. A great post from the Red Sweater Blog.

“Twitter is filled with people who care that their thoughts be expressed with accuracy and meaning. And it’s also filled with people who, because of boredom or lack of attention, are hell-bent on causing rifts that invite confrontational interchange. This is a recipe for lots of misunderstandings and escalating hostility.”

We couldn’t agree more.

Microsoft’s Latest Ad Smut

Dale Mugford — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:18:03 +0000

Microsofts latest ad attacks Mac aesthetics, computing power. But it does a piss poor job of it. Prince McLean eats up the ad right good and without a laxative, lets it go runny all over the webpage. Ridiculous, Microsoft- to think I once sort of respected you.

Shadowbox.js Media Viewer

Dale Mugford — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 06:58:50 +0000

Sexy sexy. There’s lots of you-name-it ‘box’ JS stuff out there, but this package has to be one of the best. Serious work.

Thematic, A WordPress Theme Framework

Dale Mugford — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:57:23 +0000

Holy schnikes. Ian, you’ve outdone yourself and many of us. Incredible for WordPress theme designing without too much muss + fuss.

Not So Secret: Most Common Passwords

Dale Mugford — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:02:44 +0000

Most Common Passwords. A great article explaining why your password probably sucks (in terms of security) and what you can do about it.

Yes, You Can Get Anything as Potato Chip

Dale Mugford — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:20:15 +0000

Savour the flavor. Seriously, I myself ate chicken wing flavored chips not so long ago, and they were actually good.

Toronto Saves 455 Megawatts for Earth Hour

Dale Mugford — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 17:30:45 +0000

Toronto made big energy strides this year. Way to go T.O.

MailSteward: Archive Your Mail

Dale Mugford — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:12:23 +0000

MailSteward— makes it easy to archive and find in those archives the piles and piles of e-mail you might have. We run some pretty fat IMAP accounts, and it’s nice to set a smart search in Apple Mail for ‘older than a year’, then archive with a click using Mail Steward.

iPhone OS 3.0 Preview

Dale Mugford — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:24:40 +0000

Apple’s stream of the Christmas-like event— for all the iPhone boys and girls. Seriously, Apple delivered most of the public wish list.

50 Excellent Icon Design Tutorials

Dale Mugford — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:39:42 +0000

A great resource for designers. But if you’re anythign like us, where the heck are you going to find the time to practice?

What of the Soul?

Dale Mugford — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:32:27 +0000

erraticwisdom: What of the Soul? A thoughtful article from one of Dale’s favourite non-tech sites. Worth a read, as is much of the content on erraticwisdom.

What is 140 characters?

Dale Mugford — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:27:19 +0000

Twitter Development Talk. Are we sending 140 character, or 140-byte tweets?