Katherine Druckman

Is Twitter Evil?

13 August 2007

So I am really trying to understand the twitter phenomenon, but so far I don’t. Perhaps my life is too boring, or I just don’t have enough friends, but I have been clicking around reading this random junk on twitter, and I am just not feeling it. Am I missing something? Please let me know [...]

How To Be One Of The “Cool Kids”

10 August 2007

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I was reading something about beta sites that are invitation only, and how some seem worthy of such exclusivity whereas some don’t. Justified or not, there are a bunch of cool new-ish things out there that require an invitation. Joost comes to mind, as does Natuba. I already have a Natuba page (thanks Richard), but [...]

I take my fashion cues from Violet Affleck

9 August 2007

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I look at PopSugar from time to time, mostly because it is a drupal site, but also because I secretly love looking at pictures of cute, famous babies. I particularly like her choice in footwear! Not nearly as cute on me, but I like them anyway:

Web Design Meetup

8 August 2007

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This one really looks like fun, so I thought I’d post it in case there are any interesting and creative types out there reading my blog. If the right crowd shows up, this could really be some time well spent I think, so here it is: WEBSITE DESIGN MAYHEM!

Kopete not working with GTalk?

8 August 2007

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So I installed Kubuntu on my other computer the other day, and I have been setting up things here and there and decided to add my gtalk info to the Kopete messenger client. Of course, as someone pretty new to linux, I ran into trouble. I searched and searched to figure out what was wrong. In [...]

Swedish Design at its Best

7 August 2007

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And I thought this was primarily a Japanese thing… Pee&Poo, two taboo-breaking cuddly toys by Swedish designer Emma Megitt.Pee&Poo was Emma’s Master of Design project at HDK (School of Design and Crafts, Göteborg University). They went on line with their own site shortly afterwards. Within a few weeks tens of thousands of people had visited the site. And [...]