HP TouchPad & the craze of “Winning”
At 9:00 p.m. on August 22nd, when I entered the hunt for a HP Touch for $99, I’d already lost. The HP TouchPad frenzy of the past week was sparked by Hewlett Packard’s announcement that they will no longer continue to produce the tablet. It was fanned when...
Visual.ly shows me I’m 3% Interesting
This morning a post from Lucy Bernholz came across my inbox. I like following what she has to say on philanthropy because she loves data and metrics. And I don’t. She’s got a great way of making it more interesting than usual. While I may not love data, I...Ubuntu
Ubuntu is the name of the font used on this site and on Ordering Cupcakes. I chose it for it clean lines, but thought it had a bit of character as well. It’s a Google Font. Each morning I read from The Book of Awakening (an Oprah Favorite). Today’s (July...
Refresh: Six Months of Learning WordPress
Six months ago, I decided to learn WordPress. I had used it for blogging, but never tried designing with it. About the same time, I also changed my employment. The intention was to really provide space for my hobbies to flourish. One of those hobbies being...