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Command Performance at Komodo Media

Avast ye Lurkers! De-lurk!

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The Dilbert Blog: Pragmatic Party

The Pragmatic Party: “In my fantasy I form what I call the Pragmatic Party. All of my policies would be based on what is most practical. I would accuse my opponents of basing their policies on superstition, i.e. the belief in supernatural beings. That’s called framing the debate. It’s also why I could never be elected. Well, that plus the parts about being unattractive, unqualified, and morally bankrupt. I’d get a ding for those things too.”

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Slashdot Goes Web 2.0

The Slashdot redesign contest winner is full on Web 2.0 style, with plenty of gradients and rounded corners. It’s missing diagonal lines, though…

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“Left Behind” Video Game

The Purpose Driven Life Takers: “You are on a mission - both a religious mission and a military mission — to convert or kill Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, gays, and anyone who advocates the separation of church and state - especially moderate, mainstream Christians. Your mission is ‘to conduct physical and spiritual warfare’; all who resist must be taken out with extreme prejudice.” (via BoingBoing.net)

Sure, sounds like the embodiment of christianity to me. Turn the other cheek so you don’t see the bullet coming…

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Design and partnership - Blue Flavor

Blue Flavor pretty much just published my design business manifesto: “We try to work with our clients. We want to form partnerships. I believe that (among a few other things) a great partnership is built on three core ideals: trust, compromise and responsibility. Those three things are essential to setting up a design partnership for success and, in turn, getting to the best possible design.”

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