Latte printers

I really want to make one of these. It would be perfect for social media events. You could print event logos, hashtags, Twitter handles...

Twitter background love

I was really pleased to see my Twitter background featured on Twitter Backgrounds Gallery this week. Thanks for the votes and comments.

I'm excited that more sites like this are popping up. Anything to help inspire folks to make their backgrounds more unique is …

25 reasons I won't take part in the Facebook 25 Things meme

Photo by Jodi Roventine

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Chinese New Year Resolutions

Photo by SteveB!

I've never been much for New Year resolutions. Traditionally, the beginning of January is not the best time for me to turn over new leaves. I usually fall off whatever wagon I've aimed for by the end of the month anyway. So this year I decided to try …

Make face time with Dentyne

I saw a Dentyne commercial this evening that caught my attention. I don't know why I missed it earlier, apparently the campaign has been around since the fall of 2008. The pitch is that true "face time" is much more important than time spent socializing online. And, of …

My Musical Christmas Gift to You

I've been making holiday mixtapes as gifts for years. They've evolved into two distinct themes: that warm and fuzzy feeling the holidays can bring and the darker, more stressful and confused condition that can too easily befall us during this time of year. Which camp do …

Election Day-inspired logos

Inspired by Mashable's round-up of Halloween-flavored logos, I've collected some interesting examples of website logos inspired by the US election last week. Here are some of my favorites:

Yahoo - Added a vote button and turned theirs into a poll.

Cafemom - had a nice …

Support World Aids Day with a cup of coffee

Starbucks is running a special promotion until January 2, 2009 to donate 5

Historic Homepages

When I saw this tweet last night, after chuckling at the HTML joke, I started thinking about all the folks who'd be stocking up on paper copies of newspapers today. That lead to some surfing of major news sites and, ultimately, to the collection below of post-election …

I voted, have you?

The most important thing you can do today is get out and vote. Google can help you find your polling place. Starbucks will even give you a free cup of coffee. Follow the action at Twitter Vote Report. All that's left is for you to go and make the world a better place.

Election Day design goodness

Photo by Staciaann Photography

A bunch of these posters by Stacy Schwartz were taped up in the neighborhood around my office this morning. Aside from being incredibly cool on its own, the concept was inspired by a 1960's draft resistance photo featuring Joan Baez.

Election night coverage 2.0

Social media and traditional media collide tonight as Current TV shakes things up again. They successfully integrated Twitter with live broadcasts during the recent presidential and vice-presidential debates. Now they've turned they're attention to US election night …

Has social media influenced your vote?

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So much of this most recent election cycle has taken place across the social web. Twitter and SocialMedian have created …

Blog Action Day: What shapes your potential?

Photo by Meshl

"Free the child's potential, and you will transform him into the world"

- Maria Montessori

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about my daughters' potential. The world they've entered seems to be constantly on the edge of crisis. The environmental, …

Blog Action Day 2008

On October 15, over 8,000 bloggers with a combined reach of almost 9 million readers will post about poverty. I love the concept of many small voices helping to raise awareness of a global problem. I'll be taking part. There's still time, have you registered your blog …

If Sarah Palin was a font...

Which one would she be? That's the question I posed earlier today.

I got a great response via Twitter and Facebook. Lots of votes for simple san serifs and a few dingbats. My favorites were the decorative fonts, chosen for their name (Chiller - wr3n) or appearance (the …

I told you I was working on a solution to the economic crisis

Recently, I suspended my blog to tackle the economic crisis. Apparently I'm making progress.

To distract from the dearth of depressing financial news today, The Consumerist kindly suggested readers cheer up by checking out my 2007 State Fair set on Flickr. Check out …

Hack the Debate - The best of both worlds

Al Gore may not have invented the internet, but he's doing a hell of a job to make it better. Gore's cable network, Current TV has mashed together two of my favorite vices: politics and Twitter.

Hack the Debate is an innovative use of the two mediums. During each …

I am suspending my blog

Photo by Mike PD

This week, America's financial system faces an historic crisis. If we do not address this crisis, we will be forced to borrow from other countries and relatives we haven't seen since the last family reunion. This will be incredibly awkward as well as …

Scrabulost (0 points)

Photos by Leo Reynolds

Hasbro finally took out Scrabulous today. The incredibly popular Facebook application had been dancing on the toy company's intellectual property for almost a year now, so not many were shocked. It was a play straight from the book. The problem …