I’ve been a little obsessed with the delivery of information lately, in part because of letters, postcards and telegrams my great-grandmother and grandmother saved. The oldest is from 1910; the most recent from the ’70s. In one, a mid-’30s letter, the writer complains that a new delivery system by the U.S. Postal Service means letters [...]

The other blog has been getting some attention lately. It’s one of those things that you want to happen, but it’s very strange when it does. Here’s a look at what people are saying. A tag cloud generated from posts written about the blog (I know — don’t judge): being (10) blog (41) buyouts (12) called (7) cuts (64) depressing (7) [...]

Flogos are soapy logos (or whatever you want). They’re 24- or 36-inch 3-D white clouds; 48-inch version coming soon, and color versions will be available next year. Cloud design could be the next best thing to controlling the weather!

Friday was a big day. A really big day. Traffic to this site, which averaged 63 visits per day in the last month, skyrocketed after BuzzMachine and Gawker linked to Paper Cuts, my blog that tracks layoffs and buyouts at U.S. newspapers. That link was picked up by many others — at least 26 others, [...]

Many designers like graphic novels, comic books and strips. Why not make your own? Bitstrips lets you create and design characters and build a strip. Your characters (or characters created by others) can have expressions and move. The site is still in beta — so it’s a little clunky right now. And your characters/strip will [...]