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Unless you’re willing to toss something in the garbage within about five minutes of getting it, without ever having really used it, you pretty much can’t get anything. — Colin Beavan, on Day one of the No Impact Man experiment Early in the 2009 documentary No Impact Man, the subject shows how much trash his [...]

When I initially set out to launch Small For Good, I made a show-stopping mistake: I stopped thinking like the client. Instead of getting oxygen to the idea as quickly as possible, I started kicking around ideas for layout, a logo, color choices, imagery, and so on. I’m a designer, I thought. Of course I’m [...]

When I first heard of Earth Hour, I was captivated by the idea of collective behavior at an individual level. If all of us did one thing at one specific time, what could happen? I find the spirit behind the question endlessly inspiring. As such, I’ve created smallforgood.com, a site that seeks out those small, [...]

Ever since the family photoblog launched, I’ve found the archives page design lacking. A photoblog archive page should be visual. It should not contain a long, boring list of titles and captions that only make sense when the picture is visible. Last week I found a handy little snippet of PHP for WordPress that could [...]

For frustrating days (like today) when you need to smile. There’s also more where that came from.

Posted this over at GB, but had to share it out because it’s just… that… good: Dance Movie Blogathon This may ruin your Friday morning productivity. If that upsets anyone, let them know how to vent their frustration.

After a year of planning, two of my close friends quit their jobs last month to travel the country in search of a new home city — an undertaking that strikes me as remarkably brave, though completely in character. Maybe you have friends like these; tirelessly curious, fearless, and fascinated by the aspects of everyday [...]

I remember my Dad running Prodigy on his computer in the early 90s, but 1985? Was Al Gore even elected then? (Two points deducted for lame Al Gore Internet reference. Sorry, it’s early.) http://www.jottings.com/100-oldest-dot-com-domains.htm