Sam Brown

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January 2012

8th: A quest for sustainable knowledge streams

December 2011

1st: The challenges of working remotely

November 2011

30th: It looks like a Beautiful Mind moment...

29th: Paper is like a screen that never turns off

21st: Do things the long, hard, stupid way

15th: The redesign of foursquare.com

April 2011

12th: Checking into full-time employment

February 2011

8th: The Manual - an upcoming limited-run print magazine

January 2011

25th: New Adventures 2011 - My experience graph

November 2010

22nd: Build Conference 2010 - My experience graph

3rd: Brooklyn Beta 2010 - My experience graph

October 2010

1st: Must attend Web Design Conferences

September 2010

7th: dConstruct 2010 - My experience graph

August 2010

24th: My passion for Side Projects

18th: Debates over terminology and semantics are for...

13th: Influence vs Inspiration by Cameron Moll

June 2010

29th: To Bumper or not to Bumper, the iPhone 4 Question

29th: Improve handling of kerning pairs & ligatures in latest browsers

16th: Helping people connect through friendly recommendations.

10th: Endorse - What it is and what it is not.

2nd: On Competition and Recommending Others

May 2010

21st: The difference between a graphic designer & interface designer

16th: Billings Case Study

7th: Empowering Users with Two-Sided Incentives

6th: Should Website Budgets be Required Info

April 2010

30th: DIBI Conference - My experience graph

26th: Massive Blue - My Realigned Portfolio

21st: Design Feedback is Good

6th: I love work, just not hard work.

1st: Online and Telephone Banking Security Gone Crazy

March 2010

18th: Your Guide to the City at WooThemes

8th: Fresh out of school, you are a technician not a professional

3rd: Web designers who can't code, need to read this book

January 2010

29th: Allowing visitors to leave comments has many benefits

24th: How-to register an International Domain Name

20th: The importance of teaching your clients and being the boss

13th: Helping Carbonmade keep their finger on the Pulse

5th: How to stay sane when freelancing from home

3rd: Project52 - A personal challenge

December 2009

22nd: Bulletproof Rounded Corners with Border Radius

11th: Our Snowy Christmas Tree

11th: Learn To Fucking Spell

9th: Getting rid of the dotted border around links the right way

November 2009

27th: URL ABC

24th: Jeffrey Zeldman On Self-Promotion

19th: Voice morphing for your iPhone!

17th: 5 Essential Document Templates for Freelance Designers

8th: Build Conference - My experience graph

October 2009

21st: The New Posh CSS Team

20th: Rethinking The Fold - Presentation Ammunition

12th: Alternative iPhone Home Screen

September 2009

29th: Johnnie Walker - The Man Who Walked Around The World

15th: FOWD Tour Glasgow - My experience graph

14th: Andy Budd on the UK film and TV industry

6th: dConstruct 2009 - My experience graph

August 2009

31st: Andy Rutledge on The Trouble With RFPs

29th: Xbox Sam - me and my Xbox 360 gaming escapades

24th: Art & Copy - a film about advertising and inspiration

17th: David Airey's Design Pricing Formula

13th: Proof of Income: A Freelance Problem

6th: Elliot Jay Stocks on The Font-as-Service

July 2009

16th: Collecting deposits or retainers before starting work is a must!

13th: Do you book work in advance or fly by the seat of your pants?

7th: Zeldman - In defense of web developers

June 2009

26th: I feel most inspired... and Elliot Jay Stocks

16th: Fever° Red hot. Well read.

15th: CSS3 is here and now, lets use it

9th: Google's replacement to Quicksilver, by Quicksilver author

8th: We are a service industry

1st: Some lingering concerns about Typekit

May 2009

25th: .net Tutorial: Build a tumblelog with Textpattern

15th: Service Industry Day Rates Explained

12th: The new Massive Blue

10th: Why I Fire My Clients

April 2009

30th: Advertising is the economy of the web

29th: Hey, lose the pedantic negativity

27th: How to improve 37signals.com with 1 line of CSS

23rd: Why I think SEO is bullshit

20th: Tweetie for Mac - A leap in the right direction

17th: Create pixel type for use with Cufón

16th: I hate Twitshirt! I want to opt out.

6th: Matt Brett on Tax Time as a Freelancer

5th: This is how Social Media really works

1st: How To Create A Great Web Design CV and Resume

March 2009

31st: Follow up: Safari's text-shadow anti-aliasing CSS hack

24th: Twouble with Twitters on Current TV

14th: Two Sides of the Same Coin - An Interview with, well, me!

11th: Why you should reconsider working with friends and family

February 2009

27th: 10 Steps To The Perfect Portfolio Website

23rd: Redesigning - A few of my latest projects

16th: FeedBurner transition confusion resolved

11th: No more pixel perfectionism in IE 6

11th: Textpattern Admin Links - Save a click a day

9th: SitePoint - The Bushfire Relief Sale

3rd: Understanding desktop email clients

2nd: 140 Characters - How Twitter Was Born

1st: 7 ways to stop alienating your Twitter followers

January 2009

27th: Feedburner Dashboard Widget - Update to Google API Spec

21st: RSS Feeds, some stats. Care to share yours?

2nd: Does your job title command the respect that it deserves?

December 2008

18th: Receive Multimedia Messages on your O2 UK iPhone

11th: LittleSnapper, the holy grail of screenshoting!

6th: RSS Feeds, full or excerpt... How do you eat yours?

4th: Safari's text-shadow anti-aliasing CSS hack

November 2008

27th: Touchgrind - Multi-touch Skateboarding for the iPhone

24th: MobileSafari drops the protocol, next squash the www

20th: Respect your users, let them get up and get out

19th: A quick word on advertising

10th: Unnecessary action elements in user interfaces

1st: target="_blank" - Do not go there

October 2008

22nd: Just Launched: Burstoid

20th: Wilson Minor on Relative readability

12th: How will web designers survive the crunch?

5th: Webby convocation in Edinburgh this Wed

1st: Logbook for 37signals Backpack

1st: Top 10 tips to make your own web app projects

September 2008

29th: How much does it cost to be a freelance web developer?

23rd: Gary Vaynerchuk on Building Personal Brand

21st: XHTML and CSS is part of design.

19th: Twitter Favourites - Week ending 19th Sept

16th: Airbag Work Requisition Form

15th: Why I love being freelance

11th: dConstruct Conference - 1 week later

2nd: Brighton Calling - dConstruct 2008

August 2008

31st: How to get Copyright Notices right

26th: Coda 1.5 includes Clip management

18th: Twitter Etiquette: Using Twitter Politely

14th: Remindness Evolution of a Logo

13th: Personal blog, business blog. Both, one or the other?

5th: Remindness - Twitter-like Project Status Tracking

4th: Olive - A Web Application for Web Designers

3rd: Edinburgh Festival Fringe - To Go!

July 2008

28th: Win a conference ticket to FOWA 2008 London!

28th: Just Launched: Your Design in HTML & CSS

22nd: Font Conference - Comic Sans saves the day

17th: GoDaddy. Experience fail.

16th: No personal domain use with MobileMe?

11th: Command Prints from Christopher David Ryan

7th: Posh CSS looking for a new owner!

6th: My wave or the Shortwave?

4th: MATT from Carsonified - Hype Much?

3rd: 37signals phasing out support for IE6 this August

June 2008

30th: .sc Country Code Top Level Domain price hike

27th: EJS Appreciation Day on Flickr

24th: dConstruct 2008

23rd: Fifty Designers' Current Favourite Typefaces

17th: Fingerprint - Email Client Usage Statistics

15th: The iPhone 3G Upgrade Question by Gruber

12th: Texting Twitter could be costing you £££!

12th: New Apple Cinema Displays to be released soon

8th: Negative hovers piss Greg Wood off

May 2008

9th: Good evening and welcome to the...

9th: Inquisitor joins Yahoo!

7th: My Bookmarks Bar in Safari

4th: Grand Theft Auto hates Web 2.0 too!

April 2008

24th: A Collection of Clips for Panic's Coda

20th: Future of Web Design Wrap Up

16th: London Calling - Future of Web Design

14th: Commented On Public Beta Now Available

7th: Commented On Coming Very Soon

4th: Dean Allen is Alright

2nd: A Thank You Package from Tim Van Damme

March 2008

31st: Logitech VX Revolution Review

26th: 9 Must Install Textpattern Plugins

26th: Malarkey works for money, as do I.

18th: Safari 3.1 - Great Update for Web Developers

17th: Moo MiniCards

12th: Wordpress vs. Textpattern 2008 by Natalie Jost

10th: Favelets.co.uk is For Sale

7th: Amazons World Wide Prices, Epic Fail

6th: I will be at Future of Web Design 2008

5th: Steve Jobs knows how to focus

5th: Beta Testing IE8 No Thanks!

5th: Commented On Beta Testing

2nd: Some great new Textpattern Powered Sites

February 2008

27th: Commented On is...

26th: Design is a process says Shaun Inman

25th: Mock-up: Textpattern Bookmarklet

22nd: Fridays are Happy Days at Massive Blue

21st: This is confidential and not to be published.

21st: My Sidepath URL Redirection App released for FREE

20th: Always be aware of Receiving Payments with PayPal

19th: Textpattern URLs are broken, TXP Gods help?

17th: Accept PayPal Payments from your site in style

13th: Update, Jailbreak, Unlock iPhone 1.0.2 - 1.1.3

12th: 400th site added to We Love Textpattern

11th: How to install IE6 on Vista

7th: Graphic Design is... Pixels

6th: Twitter uptime causing havoc

3rd: Textpattern 4.0.6 released

1st: Multiple Amazon Associate Accounts = Pain

January 2008

30th: Safari has no Go button, why should it?

27th: No, you can't have some or any of my design!

25th: Web App Charts - Who's got your vote?

24th: How to display random forms with Textpattern

23rd: Last.fm = Free Music & the Blog uses Textpattern

22nd: A List Apart advocating a return to Browser Sniffing?

21st: Things is helping me Get Things Done

17th: How to stop a low project completion rate

16th: Leopard remembers your volume settings, nice!

16th: David Watanabe rectifies Inquisitor happenings

15th: MacBook Air's price difference between models

14th: Mussels in Hoegaarden with Chips yum!

10th: Damn it Apple, fix the Safari Cookie problem already!

9th: The Shaun Inman (M)interview at Peppermint Tea

9th: David Watanabe and Inquisitor in the spotlight

7th: Display a print friendly logo when CSS is disabled

6th: Happy New Year all

December 2007

29th: Toshiba Equium A200-1V0 for Christmas

23rd: Fake Steve Jobs vs Apple Lawyers

23rd: Is this site powered by Tumblr? No.

20th: EJS: Transparent PNGs from App Icons Method

18th: Dan Cederholm is an 80 Percenter

13th: Write text and send, no wait... wrong person!!

12th: Cameron Hunt on CommandShift3.com

7th: The Rissington Podcast looks gorgeous!

3rd: Textpattern Bookmarklet

November 2007

30th: How to: 0 to 250+ subscribers in first 24 hours

28th: Why the Kindle Will Fail In Just One Sentence

27th: Email Addresses one for all or all for one?

26th: Posh CSS for the modern day web designer

26th: AJ is feeling the freelance industry pain!

26th: Say No to Spec Work

22nd: "a truly modest design" says Smashing Magazine

21st: Give up on Vista - Mac Ad

19th: Apple tracking their iPhones IMEI Codes

18th: MobileSafari ViewS by Shaun Inman

16th: Cookie problem with Safari 3.0.x temporary solution

16th: Cookies are gone again

9th: iPhone launches in the UK on O2

7th: End of Life for Messenger on the Mac

2nd: Mac or PC Rap Music Video

1st: Converting .icns files to .png file format

October 2007

31st: Google confirms PageRank Changes

30th: Can I consolidate all of my Google Accounts?

30th: Sky+ & V+ please... record the whole show!

29th: TXPQ Interviewed Me

29th: Mac OS X Leopard Follow Up

28th: Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex - iPod Touch Ad

28th: Displaperture bringing rounded corners back

28th: Californication Font

28th: The $160 Billion Typo - Google

28th: 2D Leopard Dock at the bottom of the screen

28th: What is on my Dock...

28th: David Watanabe repackages Inquisitor for Leopard

27th: The Leopard stole my Cookies

26th: Mac OS X Leopard First Impressions

26th: Gary Vaynerchuck's 2 minute take on life

26th: Leopard has arrived.. early

25th: John Chow on the recent PageRank downgrades

23rd: MacStumbler Crashes, get iStumbler instead

23rd: LaCie 500GB External HDD Designed by F.A. Porsche

22nd: The sender didn't pay full postage

19th: Incase don't like UK / International customers

16th: 10 Days until Mac OS X Leopard

15th: I think I paid too little for Radiohead In Rainbows

12th: 5 Star Ratings in iTunes are a pain in the arse

11th: How to display your Feedburner Count as Text

9th: Morgan Webb on Google reaching $600 per share

3rd: Amazon Makes You Lie to Log Off

1st: Sniper One by Sergeant Dan Mills, Book

September 2007

26th: Facebook now Remembers Me

25th: Apple on iPhone Unlocking

25th: Web Replay Password Manager

24th: Black and White TVs still exist?

24th: Have your stolen Mac call home

19th: Activating Voicemail button on my unlocked iPhone

19th: Managing Multiple Personal Passwords

18th: Apple choose O2 for UK iPhone on Nov 9!

18th: Google loves IE just as much as Firefox

17th: Xtorrent 1.1 Released

17th: Customising the Date Format in Textpattern

17th: A new style for this site

12th: Dave Shea on iPhone Unlocking

June 2007

18th: How to remove www from your domain name

May 2007

9th: Helvetica at 50

7th: Realigning the blog while not redesigning

6th: Favelets

April 2007

30th: How SPAM Links can influence Adsense Earnings

October 2006

17th: Steve Jobs: Just put it in her ear

7th: Sidepath Launched

6th: Spirited Away

September 2006

20th: Design is... better late than never (meme)

13th: iTunes 7 with CoverFlow Included

10th: Sidepath Launched and How to use it at the top-level

August 2006

28th: Skip to Content Link hover at top of site

24th: Beta Testing Starting Soon - Sidepath

23rd: Mac Developers making it even easier to install apps

20th: Quick Tip: Develop using Subdomains

November 2005

27th: How to put ads between posts in WordPress v1.5

October 2005

13th: Apple UK, no longer free, and not cheap!

September 2005

9th: Moto iTunes Phone vs SE Walkman W800i

7th: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

August 2005

31st: Helpful AppleScripts for iTunes on the Mac

26th: Sony Ericsson W800i - My review & opinion

21st: Sony Ericsson W800i - Before Arrival

12th: Single Image Rollover Buttons using CSS

8th: RewriteRule examples for Simple PHP Pages

2nd: Apples Mighty Mouse; and its Halo Effect

1st: Apple being a proprietary brand, non-issue

July 2005

21st: Which Mac Browser to use

14th: Death of 2Advanced, FI & other Flashers?

June 2005

28th: Time for me to GoGo back to Scotland

27th: Zoom Layout for Low-Vision Users

26th: How to get music from iPod back onto Mac

7th: Compact Folders in Mozilla Thunderbird

6th: Podcasting AudioBlogging, What to Call it?

5th: Choosing a Good Domain for your Business

May 2005

25th: A musical baton

25th: Phone Spam

23rd: Want the Sith DVD? Go to Usenet

16th: .htaccess Redirect

12th: Teenager's iPod goes boom

7th: Boys Can Cook and chop their fingers off

1st: BigPond Broadband Cable Login

April 2005

21st: NewsFire

19th: When too much, is just too much!

18th: Money does not make you happy?

10th: FontAgent Pro 1 Extensis Suitcase 0

6th: iStumbler around in the dark

4th: Sorting Email

4th: Aria Restaurant

March 2005

29th: Anatomy of my menu bar

27th: Hello, Sam speaking

26th: Quicksilver

21st: iPod socks

21st: Giving Internet Explorer what it needs

20th: CSS Hacks for IE PC & Mac

20th: xScope

16th: GoogleX-less

15th: GoogleX

15th: Hijacked, before I even got onboard!

13th: Why am I uninstalling iChat/AIM?

11th: iPod Sound Check

7th: Schweppes

February 2005

22nd: Plumbers

17th: Shop at DeviantART

17th: Restaurant Balzac

15th: skEdit & iScroll

14th: do a google

10th: Clean URLs in Textpattern

9th: Smart Playlists

6th: Naked Bookmarks

6th: Memorable Faces

5th: Photography

5th: Forty Foot Echo

4th: Round up Round up

4th: Google shares? Yes please!

3rd: iPods causing a stir on Microsoft campus

2nd: Google: Starring Elmer Fudd

January 2005

24th: Calculator disappeared on OSX

23rd: One Tree Hill

16th: My My My

9th: SpamCity

4th: SYDNEY NYE

December 2004

14th: Google Campus

8th: Happy Birthday to S(p)am

8th: Taurine

6th: Me!bourne

1st: Shutterfly

November 2004

25th: Melbourne Inbound

15th: Dirrrrty Dancing

10th: Real Eyes Realise Real Lies

9th: Internet-less

5th: The Beano

2nd: Makybe Diva

1st: Domains & Hosting

October 2004

31st: Happy Halloween!

29th: Todo

28th: What happens at 3pm?

19th: suffocation

13th: hot hot hot

5th: A little less conversation...

September 2004

26th: My iLife

24th: A step back into.. Enemy Territory

23rd: iPod - do you?

16th: Apple rocks my socks

16th: Irn Bru

15th: Mozilla

14th: Permanent Residency

12th: Firefox 1.0 Final PreRelease: Tuesday

5th: Your Amazon.com order has been shipped

2nd: Gluten free anyone?

August 2004

31st: So much to do, too little time

26th: iApple

20th: Microsoft SP2 vs Mozilla Firefox

16th: Mobile Blues

15th: Portfolio on Ice

14th: Windows SP2 due Wednesday

12th: Wisdom tooth

10th: 1461 days today

8th: Taronga Zoo

7th: Friday

4th: What's happening?

2nd: 600 hits a second

1st: Redesigned on a subdomain

May 2004

31st: An infamous Picasso quote