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- July 29, 2008 (17y ago)
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Derek Powazek has worked the web since 1995 at pioneering sites like HotWired, Blogger, and Technorati. He is the author of “Design for Community: The Art of Connecting Real People in Virtual Places” (New Riders, 2001). He is the cofounder of JPG, the photography magazine that’s made by its community. He has also been Chief of Design for HP’s MagCloud, advisor to a handful of startup companies, and creator of Fray, the quarterly book of true stories and original art. Derek lives in San Francisco with his wife, two nutty Chihuahuas, and a house full of plants named Fred.
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And we all said in unison: cope.
I realize that. Writing that sentence gave me a cold chill. But I kept it in because I thought it was important to list some solutions, even if they were things Twitter would never do. Still, I think there are ways a…
Yes! This.
True! Brevity is only one part of the equation. But it's clear that being unable to explain yourself completely is one ingredient of a hot misunderstanding pie.
I posted it there, too. https://medium.com/from-powazek-com/ff85e8c2b2f7
This is absolutely true in my experience. I never connected it to SES, though. I just thought the fidgeter/groomer was probably just a jerk.
I've struggled with this, too, both in my web work and work for clients. What I've come to is, yes, you can use both, but only if the categories are tightly controlled. For example, a site could have main categories…
Heh. I almost qualified that to say "unless it's their company." But since the article is for those interviewing, it's a given that it's not their company, so that happiness won't be theirs.
If you don't use a contract, you have no protection when a client refuses to pay. Also, legally, the client does not own your work until you assign it to them. A contract covers both parties.
The 10th time out of 10 is the guy who doesn't seem like an asshole, but probably is.