Category Archives: The Web

Saving the world with Facebook

By Sharpy | Published: July 6, 2010
“Internet guru” Clay Shirky on new media: Look, we got erotic novels, first crack out of the box, once we had printing presses. It took a century and a half for the Royal Society to start publishing the first scientific journal in English. So even with the sacred printing press, the first things you get [...]
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Why I’m not a fan of ClearType

By Sharpy | Published: May 20, 2010

A quick comparison of how different the amazing font Inconsolata looks in Mac OS X versus Windows. (Spoiler: not so amazing in Windows.)

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Waxing thematic

By Sharpy | Published: October 27, 2009
So. Whilst visiting imjustcreative.com I read this post about WordPress themes which lead me to this article—a list of some pretty cool minimalist/typographical designs. I couldn’t go past this one: Wu Wei, by Jeff Ngan. There’s just something about the gorgeous, chunky Helvetica (well, actually it’s Helvetica Neue—if you have a Mac you’ll be seeing [...]
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Why you and I are obsessed with Facebook

By Sharpy | Published: October 5, 2009
Note—that’s not a question. I daresay that if you are on Facebook (Twitter, YouTube et al.) you are addicted. Maybe you don’t agree. Unfortunately, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re correct. Now, don’t get me wrong. For those of you who know me (and also those who don’t), I’m not attacking you with this comment. Actually, [...]
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Safari just got better

By Sharpy | Published: July 22, 2009

I’ve spoken before about the reasons I like OS X so much. But who am I kidding? I’m sure the real reason is that Apple just knows how to make things look pretty. Therefore, an entire post about font smoothing. When will Microsoft catch up?

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A simple name

By Sharpy | Published: July 13, 2009
Wrestling with the decision of whether or not to buy a domain. I need something that makes my site about me, that doesn’t limit my creativity or my ability to express my meaning. I originally called my site And Then Some, but though it communicated something of what I wished to communicate, it did not [...]
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