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</header> <div id="container"> <div id="main"> <article id="post-1473" class="post-1473 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-asides tag-art tag-made-me-smile tag-marc-johns"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2013/01/23/be-afraid-of-rabbits/" title="Permalink to Be Afraid of Rabbits" rel="bookmark">Be Afraid of Rabbits</a></h2> <div class="comments-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2013/01/23/be-afraid-of-rabbits/#respond" class="spch-bub-inside" title="Comment on Be Afraid of Rabbits"><span class="point"></span><em>reply</em></a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/?attachment_id=1474" rel="attachment wp-att-1474"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1474" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/umbrella-afraid-rabbits-600_large.jpg" height="385" width="480"/></a></p> <p>Another great piece by Marc Johns. Are <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://www.marcjohns.com/blog/2011/03/the-umbrella-was-afraid-of-rabbits.html">rabbits</a> really that scary? Perhaps, they do <a title="Pipe Smoking Rabbit" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/26/pipe-smoking-rabbit/">control the world</a> after all.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <div class="entry-meta"> Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2013/01/23/be-afraid-of-rabbits/" title="1:23 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2013-01-23T13:23:14+00:00" pubdate>January 23, 2013</time></a> <span class="by-author"> <span class="sep">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/author/SheriBigelow/" title="View all posts by Sheri Bigelow" rel="author">Sheri Bigelow</a></span> </span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/category/asides/" title="View all posts in Asides" rel="category tag">Asides</a> </span> <span class="tag-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">tagged</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/art/" rel="tag">art</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/made-me-smile/" rel="tag">made me smile</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/marc-johns/" rel="tag">marc johns</a>. </span> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2013/01/23/be-afraid-of-rabbits/#respond" title="Comment on Be Afraid of Rabbits"><span class="leave-reply">Leave a reply</span></a>.</span> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-1498" class="post-1498 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-asides tag-art tag-typography"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/29/and-glyphs/" title="Permalink to And Glyphs" rel="bookmark">And Glyphs</a></h2> <div class="comments-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/29/and-glyphs/#respond" class="spch-bub-inside" title="Comment on And Glyphs"><span class="point"></span><em>reply</em></a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://www.letterheadfonts.com/fonts/noelsthesands.php" rel="attachment wp-att-1500"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1500" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/noelsandsglyphs.gif" height="1280" width="340"/></a>I love these. I’ve always had a fascination with ampersands—and the typewriter style “g” while I’m thinking about it.</p> <p>—via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://www.letterheadfonts.com/fonts/noelsthesands.php">letterheadfonts.com</a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <div class="entry-meta"> Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/29/and-glyphs/" title="12:29 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2012-12-29T12:29:15+00:00" pubdate>December 29, 2012</time></a> <span class="by-author"> <span class="sep">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/author/SheriBigelow/" title="View all posts by Sheri Bigelow" rel="author">Sheri Bigelow</a></span> </span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/category/asides/" title="View all posts in Asides" rel="category tag">Asides</a> </span> <span class="tag-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">tagged</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/art/" rel="tag">art</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/typography/" rel="tag">typography</a>. </span> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/29/and-glyphs/#respond" title="Comment on And Glyphs"><span class="leave-reply">Leave a reply</span></a>.</span> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-1497" class="post-1497 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-asides tag-art tag-inspired-me tag-typography"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/28/rising-every-time-we-fall/" title="Permalink to Rising Every Time We Fall" rel="bookmark">Rising Every Time We Fall</a></h2> <div class="comments-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/28/rising-every-time-we-fall/#respond" class="spch-bub-inside" title="Comment on Rising Every Time We Fall"><span class="point"></span><em>reply</em></a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/28/rising-every-time-we-fall/web/" rel="attachment wp-att-1499"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1499" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/POGO_typo_05.jpg" height="682" width="600"/></a></p> <p>Lovely typographic quote by Pogo. If I don’t fall when I ski, then I figure I haven’t tried hard enough.</p> <p>—?via <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://www.whudat.de/typographic-quotes-by-pogo-grose-zitate-in-perfekter-typo-6-bilder/">whudat.de</a></p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <div class="entry-meta"> Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/28/rising-every-time-we-fall/" title="12:28 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2012-12-28T12:28:15+00:00" pubdate>December 28, 2012</time></a> <span class="by-author"> <span class="sep">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/author/SheriBigelow/" title="View all posts by Sheri Bigelow" rel="author">Sheri Bigelow</a></span> </span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/category/asides/" title="View all posts in Asides" rel="category tag">Asides</a> </span> <span class="tag-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">tagged</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/art/" rel="tag">art</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/inspired-me/" rel="tag">inspired me</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/typography/" rel="tag">typography</a>. </span> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/28/rising-every-time-we-fall/#respond" title="Comment on Rising Every Time We Fall"><span class="leave-reply">Leave a reply</span></a>.</span> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-1468" class="post-1468 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-asides tag-art tag-made-me-happy tag-marc-johns"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/27/dont-forget-to-play-by-marc-johns/" title="Permalink to Don’t Forget to Play by Marc Johns" rel="bookmark">Don’t Forget to Play by Marc Johns</a></h2> <div class="comments-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/27/dont-forget-to-play-by-marc-johns/#respond" class="spch-bub-inside" title="Comment on Don’t Forget to Play by Marc Johns"><span class="point"></span><em>reply</em></a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/?attachment_id=1469" rel="attachment wp-att-1469"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1469" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/dont-forget-to-play-600_large.jpg" height="480" width="384"/></a></p> <p>Marc Johns describes <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://www.marcjohns.com/blog/2011/09/dont-forget-to-play.html">this piece</a> as spontaneity of a sketch—I love that. The message is such a good thing to remember. Art is play. More play!</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <div class="entry-meta"> Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/27/dont-forget-to-play-by-marc-johns/" title="12:27 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2012-12-27T12:27:08+00:00" pubdate>December 27, 2012</time></a> <span class="by-author"> <span class="sep">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/author/SheriBigelow/" title="View all posts by Sheri Bigelow" rel="author">Sheri Bigelow</a></span> </span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/category/asides/" title="View all posts in Asides" rel="category tag">Asides</a> </span> <span class="tag-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">tagged</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/art/" rel="tag">art</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/made-me-happy/" rel="tag">made me happy</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/marc-johns/" rel="tag">marc johns</a>. </span> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/27/dont-forget-to-play-by-marc-johns/#respond" title="Comment on Don’t Forget to Play by Marc Johns"><span class="leave-reply">Leave a reply</span></a>.</span> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-1476" class="post-1476 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-asides tag-art tag-made-me-happy tag-marc-johns"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/26/pipe-smoking-rabbit/" title="Permalink to Pipe Smoking Rabbit by Marc Johns" rel="bookmark">Pipe Smoking Rabbit by Marc Johns</a></h2> <div class="comments-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/26/pipe-smoking-rabbit/#respond" class="spch-bub-inside" title="Comment on Pipe Smoking Rabbit by Marc Johns"><span class="point"></span><em>reply</em></a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/?attachment_id=1477" rel="attachment wp-att-1477"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1477" alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/rabbit-600_large.jpg" height="480" width="384"/></a>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://www.marcjohns.com/blog/pipe-smoking-rabbit.html">pipe smoking rabbit</a> just makes me happy. This is one of my most favorite pieces of art.</p> <p> </p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <div class="entry-meta"> Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/26/pipe-smoking-rabbit/" title="12:26 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2012-12-26T12:26:00+00:00" pubdate>December 26, 2012</time></a> <span class="by-author"> <span class="sep">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/author/SheriBigelow/" title="View all posts by Sheri Bigelow" rel="author">Sheri Bigelow</a></span> </span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/category/asides/" title="View all posts in Asides" rel="category tag">Asides</a> </span> <span class="tag-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">tagged</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/art/" rel="tag">art</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/made-me-happy/" rel="tag">made me happy</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/marc-johns/" rel="tag">marc johns</a>. </span> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/26/pipe-smoking-rabbit/#respond" title="Comment on Pipe Smoking Rabbit by Marc Johns"><span class="leave-reply">Leave a reply</span></a>.</span> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-1490" class="post-1490 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-asides tag-math-is-fun tag-more-of-this"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/24/precipitation-avoidance-strategies/" title="Permalink to Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain?" rel="bookmark">Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain?</a></h2> <div class="comments-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/24/precipitation-avoidance-strategies/#respond" class="spch-bub-inside" title="Comment on Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain?"><span class="point"></span><em>reply</em></a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/3MqYE2UuN24?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>Precipitation avoidance strategies or jumping in puddles? I choose the latter.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <div class="entry-meta"> Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/24/precipitation-avoidance-strategies/" title="12:24 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2012-12-24T12:24:23+00:00" pubdate>December 24, 2012</time></a> <span class="by-author"> <span class="sep">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/author/SheriBigelow/" title="View all posts by Sheri Bigelow" rel="author">Sheri Bigelow</a></span> </span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/category/asides/" title="View all posts in Asides" rel="category tag">Asides</a> </span> <span class="tag-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">tagged</span> <a 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://www.marcjohns.com/blog/2012/08/seagulls-on-bicycles-leading-the-way.html">seagulls on bicycles</a>.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <div class="entry-meta"> Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/23/seagulls-on-bicycles/" title="4:17 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2012-12-23T16:17:16+00:00" pubdate>December 23, 2012</time></a> <span class="by-author"> <span class="sep">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/author/SheriBigelow/" title="View all posts by Sheri Bigelow" rel="author">Sheri Bigelow</a></span> </span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/category/asides/" title="View all posts in Asides" rel="category tag">Asides</a> </span> <span class="tag-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">tagged</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/art/" rel="tag">art</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/made-me-smile/" rel="tag">made me smile</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/marc-johns/" rel="tag">marc johns</a>. </span> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/12/23/seagulls-on-bicycles/#respond" title="Comment on Seagulls on Bicycles, Leading the Way by Marc Johns"><span class="leave-reply">Leave a reply</span></a>.</span> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-1435" class="post-1435 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-asides category-wordpress tag-serendipity tag-wordpress"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/" title="Permalink to WordPress Dashboards—1.5 to 3.4" rel="bookmark">WordPress Dashboards—1.5 to 3.4</a></h2> <div class="comments-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/#respond" class="spch-bub-inside" title="Comment on WordPress Dashboards—1.5 to 3.4"><span class="point"></span><em>reply</em></a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p> </p> <p>Something prompted me to look up how the WordPress dashboard has evolved over time, so I thought I’d post up a few screenshots. It’s neat to see the UI quantum jumps in 2.5 and 2.7—both happened in 2008, around the time WordPress took on a whole new meaning in my life. Serendipity.</p> <style type="text/css"> #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 20%; } #gallery-1 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-1 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } </style>  <div id="gallery-1" class="gallery galleryid-1435 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail"><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/wordpress-1-5-2-dashboard/" title="WordPress 1.5.2 Dashboard"><img width="75" height="75" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/WordPress-1.5.2-Dashboard-75x75.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="WordPress 1.5.2 Dashboard"/></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/wordpress-2-0-9-dashboard/" title="WordPress 2.0.9 Dashboard"><img width="75" height="75" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/WordPress-2.0.9-Dashboard-75x75.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="WordPress 2.0.9 Dashboard"/></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/wordpress-2-1-3-dashboard/" title="WordPress 2.1.3 Dashboard"><img width="75" height="75" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/WordPress-2.1.3-Dashboard-75x75.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="WordPress 2.1.3 Dashboard"/></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/wordpress-2-2-3-dashboard/" title="WordPress 2.2.3 Dashboard"><img width="75" height="75" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/WordPress-2.2.3-Dashboard-75x75.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="WordPress 2.2.3 Dashboard"/></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/wordpress-2-3-3-dashboard/" title="WordPress 2.3.3 Dashboard"><img width="75" height="75" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/WordPress-2.3.3-Dashboard-75x75.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="WordPress 2.3.3 Dashboard"/></a> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both"/><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/wordpress-2-5-1-dashboard/" title="WordPress 2.5.1 Dashboard"><img width="75" height="75" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/WordPress-2.5.1-Dashboard-75x75.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="WordPress 2.5.1 Dashboard"/></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/wordpress-2-6-5-dashboard/" title="WordPress 2.6.5 Dashboard"><img width="75" height="75" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/WordPress-2.6.5-Dashboard-75x75.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="WordPress 2.6.5 Dashboard"/></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/wordpress-2-7-1-dashboard/" title="WordPress 2.7.1 Dashboard"><img width="75" height="75" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/WordPress-2.7.1-Dashboard-75x75.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="WordPress 2.7.1 Dashboard"/></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/wordpress-2-8-6-dashboard/" title="WordPress 2.8.6 Dashboard"><img width="75" height="75" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/WordPress-2.8.6-Dashboard-75x75.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="WordPress 2.8.6 Dashboard"/></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/wordpress-2-9-2-dashboard/" title="WordPress 2.9.2 Dashboard"><img width="75" height="75" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/WordPress-2.9.2-Dashboard-75x75.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="WordPress 2.9.2 Dashboard"/></a> </dt></dl><br style="clear: both"/><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/wordpress-3-0-6-dashboard/" title="WordPress 3.0.6 Dashboard"><img width="75" height="75" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/WordPress-3.0.6-Dashboard-75x75.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="WordPress 3.0.6 Dashboard"/></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/wordpress-3-1-4-dashboard/" title="WordPress 3.1.4 Dashboard"><img width="75" height="75" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/WordPress-3.1.4-Dashboard-75x75.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="WordPress 3.1.4 Dashboard"/></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/27/wordpress-dashboards/wordpress-3-2-1-dashboard/" title="WordPress 3.2.1 Dashboard"><img width="75" height="75" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753im_/http://designsimply.com/wp-content/uploads/WordPress-3.2.1-Dashboard-75x75.png" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="WordPress 3.2.1 Dashboard"/></a> </dt></dl><dl class="gallery-item"> <dt class="gallery-icon"> <a 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class="comments-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/13/aea-sf-2012-day-2/#respond" class="spch-bub-inside" title="Comment on AEA SF 2012 — Day 2"><span class="point"></span><em>reply</em></a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Notes from An Event Apart San Francisco 2012—Day 2</p> <h3>Karen McGrane — Adapting Ourselves to Adaptive Content</h3> <ul> <li>NPR strategy: COPE — create once, publish everywhere.</li> <li>NPR saw an 80% growth in page views in one year. How did they do it? Their API.</li> <li>Deliver the right aesthetic for every device.</li> <li>Mobile is not a design and development problem – it’s a content problem.</li> <li>Write content in multiple sizes, meaningful metadata, written for reuse.</li> <li>Create content with expectation that it be shared and reused any and everywhere.</li> <li>Myth: there is a primary platform. Print.</li> <li>Teach content creators to write for the chunk, not the page.</li> <li>The only way content will get better is through better CMS workflow.</li> <li>“Truncation is not a content strate…”</li> <li>“Metadata is the new art direction.” Ethan Resnick</li> <li>Deliver a good experience for your content creators.</li> <li>“Better content management systems foster better content.” Matt Thompson</li> <li>CMS interfaces must be solved as if they were a UX design problem. (Because they are.)</li> <li>Smart publishers are creating well structured, presentation independent content and distributing it through an API.</li> </ul> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="550"><p>NPR’s Create Once, Publish Everywhere (referenced by @<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/karenmcgrane">karenmcgrane</a>) in more detail: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://t.co/qKO1yfwo" title="http://blog.programmableweb.com/2009/10/13/cope-create-once-publish-everywhere/">blog.programmableweb.com/2009/10/13/cop…</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/search/%23aeasf">#aeasf</a></p> <p>— Matt Wiebe (@mattwiebe) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/mattwiebe/status/268402057336217600" data-datetime="2012-11-13T17:16:51+00:00">November 13, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//web.archive.org/web/20130126155753js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="550"><p>Sketch notes from “Adapting Ourselves to Adaptive Content” by @<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/karenmcgrane">karenmcgrane</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/search/%23aeasf">#aeasf</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/search/%23madewithpaper">#madewithpaper</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://t.co/tRaVKjFJ" title="http://twitter.com/dbagchee/status/268413995202015232/photo/1">twitter.com/dbagchee/statu…</a></p> <p>— Dipendra Bagchee (@dbagchee) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/dbagchee/status/268413995202015232" data-datetime="2012-11-13T18:04:18+00:00">November 13, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//web.archive.org/web/20130126155753js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <h3>Jared Ponchot — Designing for Content Management Systems</h3> <ul> <li>DESIGN ON PURPOSE. Understand what you’re trying to accomplish – before you begin to design.</li> <li>Ask good questions.</li> <li>Create wonder!</li> <li>Discovery is never done, but always know your end goal.</li> <li>What are your users’ discreet groups of values, motivations, tasks, and privileges?</li> <li>Identify all user types and audiences.</li> <li>Identify the values, motivations, tasks and privileges for each user type.</li> <li>One of the most important roles designers play are to help the world prioritize things.</li> <li>Solve small pain points for content creators to ensure that your client is happy. Content creators are users too!</li> <li>Do a content audit: types, attributes, relationships, contexts, components.</li> <li>Content modeling.</li> <li>Start your design process with the most important content type.</li> <li>Proportion has the power to overcome position.</li> <li>Surprise amplifies our emotional response.</li> <li>“Design is the conscious effort to impose a meaningful order.” Victor Papanek</li> </ul> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="550"><p>Sketch notes from “Designing for Content Management Systems” by @<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/jponch">jponch</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/search/%23aeasf">#aeasf</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/search/%23madewithpaper">#madewithpaper</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://t.co/XKh0zxEv" title="http://twitter.com/dbagchee/status/268431905484062721/photo/1">twitter.com/dbagchee/statu…</a></p> <p>— Dipendra Bagchee (@dbagchee) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/dbagchee/status/268431905484062721" data-datetime="2012-11-13T19:15:28+00:00">November 13, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//web.archive.org/web/20130126155753js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <p><iframe src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753if_/http://player.vimeo.com/video/17084428" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <h3>Eric Meyer — The Future is Now</h3> <ul> <li>Images need improvement, in the mean time use icon fonts like <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://symbolset.com/">Symbolset</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://somerandomdude.com/work/iconic/">Iconic</a>.</li> <li>Min width recommendations for media queries: 30em 36em 44em 60em.</li> <li>Transparent is a little dangerous (in gradients).</li> <li>Order matters.</li> <li>It turns out math is hard, even for browsers.</li> <li>Gradients are just images that you can describe by writing CSS.</li> <li>FlexBox—assign order values instead of worrying about HTML placement.</li> <li>Grid-Layout—strong layout systems actually supported by browsers.</li> <li>Make it a personal goal to set aside 15 min per week to experiment with crazy user styles and browse the web to see how things look or to play with exclusions.</li> <li>Experimentation is the fastest way to learn.</li> </ul> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="550"><p>min width recommendations for media queries: 30em 36em 44em 60em <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/search/%23aeasf">#aeasf</a> via @<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/beep">beep</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://t.co/vIjZcRVz" title="http://twitter.com/mackleys/status/268440632429780994/photo/1">twitter.com/mackleys/statu…</a></p> <p>— Steve MacKley (@mackleys) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/mackleys/status/268440632429780994" data-datetime="2012-11-13T19:50:09+00:00">November 13, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//web.archive.org/web/20130126155753js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <h3>Josh Clark — Buttons Are a Hack</h3> <ul> <li>Let people be lazy.</li> <li>Browsers are not the web—just think about apps.</li> <li>The Paper app innovated picking colors.</li> <li>The Clear app is a basic touch model for how to manage a list.</li> <li>Take inspiration from the physical world and paper.</li> <li>Consider not only how pixels look, but how they feel.</li> <li>Gestures are invisible.</li> <li>Our job as designers is to remove uncertainty.</li> <li>Let the content be the label.</li> <li>Nature itself doesn’t have instruction and no one ever reads the fucking manual.</li> <li>Modern models of learning are by doing combined with coaching.</li> <li>Front-loaded instructions make apps feel HARDER to use.</li> <li>As soon as a user has demonstrated they’ve learned something, stop showing the coaching.</li> <li>A gesture without an interface is dead weight.</li> <li>Teach with coaching, level ups, and power ups—the learning model gaming uses.</li> <li>Want to be a better interaction designer? Play more video games.</li> <li>I love that Josh’s slides ended with, “I love you guys.”</li> </ul> <p><iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/pQHX-SjgQvQ?fs=1&feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <h3>Mike Monteiro — What Clients Don’t Know (and Why It’s Your Fault)</h3> <ul> <li>You cannot put the onus of doing your job on someone else, especially if they are paying you.</li> <li>It’s a gift to make someone feel smarter when talking to you.</li> <li>Helping someone through the process is an integral and core part of this job.</li> <li>Getting irritated that the client doesn’t get it is lame.</li> <li>Finding the right way to communicate with clients is important.</li> <li>If you don’t respect a designer, don’t hire them. If you don’t respect the client, don’t work with them.</li> <li>Empathy is key to doing good design work.</li> <li>Annoyance is easy.</li> <li>Assert yourself and make a positive contribution.</li> <li>Don’t sell the suit, sell the service.</li> <li>Every job you do becomes a sales pitch for the next job.</li> <li>Learn to say, “I don’t know.”</li> <li>You need to focus on making clients better clients.</li> <li>Hope’ is not a design word. “Empathy” is.</li> <li>Do everything in your power to be right.</li> <li><em>Everything that’s wrong with design today is your fault. Fix it.</em></li> </ul> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="550"><p>Sketch notes from “What Clients Don’t Know (and Why It’s Your Fault)” by @<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/mike_ftw">mike_ftw</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/search/%23aeasf">#aeasf</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/search/%23madewithpaper">#madewithpaper</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://t.co/sRksYc1f" title="http://twitter.com/dbagchee/status/268508162741657601/photo/1">twitter.com/dbagchee/statu…</a></p> <p>— Dipendra Bagchee (@dbagchee) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/dbagchee/status/268508162741657601" data-datetime="2012-11-14T00:18:29+00:00">November 14, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//web.archive.org/web/20130126155753js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <h3>Jared Spool — The Curious Properties of Intuitive Web Pages</h3> <ul> <li>Security questions make us feel stupid.</li> <li>We can create superheroes of our users when we have the right design.</li> <li>Intuitive design is invisible.</li> <li>Sudden, drastic changes creates a huge knowledge gap for users.</li> </ul> <h3>Asides</h3> <ul> <li>The overarching message at AEA SF 2012 was: content first.</li> <li>Strategically placed audio and video in presentations are a good post-lunch wake-up tactic.</li> <li>Loved Josh Clark’s tweets during his talk—useful and engaging.</li> <li>The best speakers are talented storytellers.</li> </ul> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <div class="entry-meta"> Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/13/aea-sf-2012-day-2/" title="8:39 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2012-11-13T20:39:54+00:00" pubdate>November 13, 2012</time></a> <span class="by-author"> <span class="sep">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/author/SheriBigelow/" title="View all posts by Sheri Bigelow" rel="author">Sheri Bigelow</a></span> </span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/category/conferences/" title="View all posts in Conferences" rel="category tag">Conferences</a> </span> <span class="tag-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">tagged</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/aea/" rel="tag">aea</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/aeasf/" rel="tag">aeasf</a>. </span> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/13/aea-sf-2012-day-2/#respond" title="Comment on AEA SF 2012 — Day 2"><span class="leave-reply">Leave a reply</span></a>.</span> </div> </footer> </article> <article id="post-1388" class="post-1388 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-conferences tag-aea tag-aeasf"> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/12/aea-sf-2012-day-1/" title="Permalink to AEA SF 2012 — Day 1" rel="bookmark">AEA SF 2012 — Day 1</a></h2> <div class="comments-link"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/12/aea-sf-2012-day-1/#respond" class="spch-bub-inside" title="Comment on AEA SF 2012 — Day 1"><span class="point"></span><em>reply</em></a> </div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Notes and main takeaways from An Event Apart San Francisco 2012—Day 1</p> <h3>Jeffrey Zeldman — Content First!</h3> <ul> <li>Zeldman talked about designing for content, going so far as to say that design is hostile to content.</li> <li>At WordPress.com, it’s not so much that design is hostile to content, at more basic level, users don’t even understand the different ways content will be displayed. The Reader is the most relevant example.</li> <li>I love the idea of educating users through the UI itself—meaning, as they write, give them ways to visualize various content views in context, right where they’re editing thereby minimizing the burden on users to have to learn there’s a need to test those thing on their own.</li> <li>Designing for content first makes a lot of sense in context of the Reader and other reading experiences like feed readers, various mobile devices, or apps like Instapaper, Readability, or Reader.</li> <li>Designers no longer control the visual experience, so put content first.</li> </ul> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="550"><p>Sketch notes from “Content First” by @<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/zeldman">zeldman</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/search/%23aeasf">#aeasf</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/search/%23madewithpaper">#madewithpaper</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://t.co/DczrEnRp" title="http://twitter.com/dbagchee/status/268052363602952192/photo/1">twitter.com/dbagchee/statu…</a></p> <p>— Dipendra Bagchee (@dbagchee) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/dbagchee/status/268052363602952192" data-datetime="2012-11-12T18:07:18+00:00">November 12, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//web.archive.org/web/20130126155753js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <h3>Samantha Warren — Faster Design Decisions with Style Tiles</h3> <ul> <li>Samantha Toy’s presentation was really about *listening* to clients and communicating design to them better and faster.</li> <li>“Humans make subconscious assumptions based on subtle visual cues.”</li> <li>“Generate a definition of success that is separate from taste.”</li> <li>“Design systems, not pages.”</li> <li>Setting expectations and improving communication along way gains trust with clients and a better client experience.</li> </ul> <h3>Jon Tan — Big Type, Little Type</h3> <ul> <li>Great typeface readability test string: <code>agh! iIl1 0O</code> :)</li> <li>Scan paths are really important for readability.</li> <li>It all comes down to emotions—emotion drives everything.</li> <li>“Type shapes our experience.”</li> <li>“Good typography induces a good mood.”</li> <li>“The Aesthetics of Reading” concludes “good typography induces a good mood.” <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://affect.media.mit.edu/pdfs/05.larson-picard.pdf">PDF</a></li> <li>Recommended book: What Is Reading For? by Robert Bringhurst.</li> <li>Good typography should enhance reading, not interrupt or distract.</li> <li>“There are 4.2 billion distinct colors. We have names for almost none of them.”</li> <li>“Type shapes our experience. It paints pictures that echo in our memory long after we’ve left.”</li> <li>“Designing for impact” vs. “designing for immersion” is important to keep in mind while working. What is the objective?</li> <li>To learn about good font use: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://fontsinuse.com/?filters=staff-picks-only">http://fontsinuse.com/?filters=staff-picks-only</a></li> <li>Jon Tan’s presentation made me want to do two things: study more about the intricacies of typography and continue to find ways to infuse typography best practices into our users’ experiences like we already do with Custom Fonts.</li> </ul> <p>Favorite slide: device sizes by pixels.</p> <h3>Luke Wroblewski — Mobile to the Future</h3> <ul> <li>Mobile has more buys, more subscriptions, more engagement.</li> <li>90% of eBay customer service calls were about how to log in to their mobile app until they added a “lost password” link to the mobile log in form.</li> <li>“Smaller ? Dumber.”</li> <li>Turn off autocomplete and autocorrect on password entry fields on mobile!</li> <li>“Security and usability are not opposing forces.”</li> <li>Mobile is a magnifying lens for your usability problems.</li> <li>If all we’re focusing on is making our *layout* responsive, we’re missing huge UX opportunities.</li> <li>Reducing effort will increase conversion.</li> <li>In 2011, 3/4 of all shopping carts were abandoned.</li> <li>MAKE MOBILE LOGIN AND CHECKOUT EASIER. Think outside the desktop.</li> <li>When you think of mobile as a new form of mass media instead of as just a smaller screen, there’s a lot more you can do.</li> <li>Reduce the number of controls/inputs, i.e. no city/state fields needed if it can be extrapolated from the</li> <li>Reducing effort will grow conversion—case in point: Amazon Prime.</li> </ul> <p>Favorite slide: password help.</p> <h3>Jen Simmons — HTML5 APIs Will Change the Web: And Your Designs</h3> <ul> <li>HTML5 APIs will change the web and your designs.</li> <li>Web socket demos. Podcast: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://5by5.tv/webahead/5">Peter Lubbers on Web Socket</a>.</li> <li>In the future, you won’t necessarily have to be online to use the web.</li> <li>There are some really cool interactive things people are doing with controllers and how we interact with the web.</li> <li>Is the medium the message?</li> <li>The technology is not the content, but the content is influenced by the way it is shared with people.</li> <li>Content is influenced by the way that it is consumed.</li> <li>What a photograph can be on the screen is very different from what it can be in print.</li> <li>here are too many Web designers not designing for the web.</li> <li>“Go innovate something awesome.”</li> </ul> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="550"><p>Best <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/search/%23aeasf">#aeasf</a> notes so far, via @<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/_mfields">_mfields</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://t.co/a5ceZDG7" title="http://twitter.com/designsimply/status/268146337772613632/photo/1">twitter.com/designsimply/s…</a></p> <p>— Sheri Bigelow (@designsimply) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/designsimply/status/268146337772613632" data-datetime="2012-11-13T00:20:44+00:00">November 13, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//web.archive.org/web/20130126155753js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> <h3>Ethan Marcotte — Rolling Up Our Responsive Sleeves</h3> <ul> <li>“Media queries are a bit of pixie dust from the CSS3 specification.”</li> <li>Solve the parts, not the whole problem.</li> <li>“Layout is an enhancement. It always has been.”</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://thegreatdiscontent.com/">http://thegreatdiscontent.com/</a></li> <li>Target ÷ context = results.</li> <li>Start with a small-screen design by default, incrementally use min-width media queries to build on the design.</li> <li>Let the content drive the characteristics of your design.</li> <li>Get past the device-centric notion of responsive design.</li> <li>“Slow constrains quick; slow controls quick.”</li> <li>Design your source order first, or without the CSS at all even—an awesome testament to the portability of HTML.</li> <li>Questions regarding responsive design that come up: width, hierarchy, interaction and density.</li> <li>If you find yourself striking content because it doesn’t fit on smaller screens, maybe you should reconsider why it’s there.</li> <li>Simplify your design before you suppress it.</li> <li>Showed some interesting experiments around creating responsive ads.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://thisismadebyhand.com/">Made by Hand</a> is a great example of responsive design showcasing video.</li> </ul> <h3>Asides</h3> <ul> <li>Little bit starstruck. :)</li> <li>The playlist for AEA SF included Sparklehorse and MF DOOM.</li> </ul> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" width="550"><p>2. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://t.co/Vfk6RGvE" title="http://www.rdio.com/people/zeldman/playlists/701719/AEA_2012/">rdio.com/people/zeldman…</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/search/%23aeasf">#aeasf</a></p> <p>— Jeffrey Zeldman (@zeldman) <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/https://twitter.com/zeldman/status/268055795197947904" data-datetime="2012-11-12T18:20:56+00:00">November 12, 2012</a></p></blockquote> <p><script src="//web.archive.org/web/20130126155753js_/http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <div class="entry-meta"> Posted on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/12/aea-sf-2012-day-1/" title="8:32 pm" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date" datetime="2012-11-12T20:32:40+00:00" pubdate>November 12, 2012</time></a> <span class="by-author"> <span class="sep">by</span> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/author/SheriBigelow/" title="View all posts by Sheri Bigelow" rel="author">Sheri Bigelow</a></span> </span> <span class="cat-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-cat-links">in</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/category/conferences/" title="View all posts in Conferences" rel="category tag">Conferences</a> </span> <span class="tag-links"> <span class="entry-utility-prep entry-utility-prep-tag-links">tagged</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/aea/" rel="tag">aea</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/tag/aeasf/" rel="tag">aeasf</a>. </span> <span class="comments-link"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/2012/11/12/aea-sf-2012-day-1/#respond" title="Comment on AEA SF 2012 — Day 1"><span class="leave-reply">Leave a reply</span></a>.</span> </div> </footer> </article> <div id="nav-below" class="navigation"> <div class="nav-previous"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130126155753/http://designsimply.com/page/2/"><span class="meta-nav">←</span> Older posts</a></div> <div class="nav-next"></div> </div> </div> <div id="side"> <div id="primary" class="widget-area" role="complementary"> <ul class="xoxo"> <li id="text-3" class="widget-container widget_text"> <div class="textwidget"><p>Sometimes, this site breaks. :)</p> <p>A blog by Sheri Bigelow mostly on sysadmin, css, photography, and travel adventures. 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