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29th November 2006

Let’s Talk Type! (1977)

“Just for fun, I’ve decided to share my first published writing on the subject of typography. It appeared in the April 19, 1977, issue of Metropolis, the Weekly Newspaper of Minneapolis. Metropolis unfortunately folded about six months later, but it was an incredible place to work. I may write more about it sometime.”

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29th November 2006

Open Sourcing My TechCrunch Work Flow

“Yesterday was my last day at TechCrunch. It’s been a good run but I’m excited to get back into consulting for non profit organizations and startup businesses. This is a post about how I did my research while writing for TechCrunch, written in the belief that the more valuable information a person shares the more likely they are to be hired to share even more information as a consultant.”

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29th November 2006

Apparently, signing off your emails with ‘Best’ is ’something close to a brush-off’

“I sign most of my emails with ‘Best’, especially when I don’t know the person particularly well, and I definitely don’t mean it as a brush-off. ‘Sincerely’ is too formal, ‘Warmest regards’ is a lie (you can’t give absolutely everyone your warmest regards), and ‘xoxo’…I’m not a girl. So “Best” it is…don’t take it the wrong way.”

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