June 9, 2009
by Julie • Grumbles
(I’ve bitched about this before. Feel free to skip if you’ve seen this grumble from me before.) So, ok – I understand that some few webcomic artists refuse to add an RSS feed to their sitrs, for fear that syndication = theft. (or perhaps they think it’s 1999). Anyway, I find it arrogant and dumb. [...]
June 6, 2009
by Julie • Grumbles
One of the nicer things about Twitter is that there are a multitude of third party clients out there to let you interface with the service. One of the worst things about Twitter is that most of these clients are not-completely-baked, so I usually feel like Goldilocks (this one’s too hot, this one’s too cold…). [...]
May 8, 2009
Manager: BigBoss is putting even more pressure on us to complete the database project of doom. You need to work faster. I may get a metronome or whip for this very reason. Me: I will bean you in the head with a metronome and the idea of you with a whip skeeves me. I will [...]
April 29, 2009
by Julie • Grumbles
…you are your main source of uniqueness. If everything on your blog can be found everywhere else in your niche, why should someone choose to read you? (link) More to the point, if everything on your blog can be found elsewhere, what the hell are you doing with a blog in the first place?
March 10, 2009
by Julie • Work
Things you don’t want to hear from a customer first thing in the morning upon asking for a color separated version of their? artwork: What does color separated mean? My 10 year old daughter made it. In PowerPoint. I’ve heard #1 many times, but #2 was a new one. Thankfully, it was a relatively simple [...]