Dan Wakefield, at 88, taught me how to be a better website designer
Dan Wakefield died recentlly. He was someone I admired and respected and taught me a lot, though he probably never knew.
Archiving digital material and why Day Oneās Killer Feature is the ability to print a book
We produce a lot of material, but none of it stacks up to paper in a hundred years.
Be bold, be daring. Be like Dudley “Mush” Morton
Toll describes him as “ruthless” and regarded it his job to “sink every Japanese ship that floated.” But he also walked around the sub wrestling with the enlisted men, wore a garish red robe, and had an informality that likely would have been intolerable anywhere but underwater.
Finding Lincoln and focusing on small towns impacted by tornadoes
I discovered dozens of old newspaper clippings, photos, and stories from areas that time has nearly forgotten. They’ll make for a better book.
A reminder America once had a political party literally named āThe Know Nothingsā
Presumably lacking foresight or a sense of irony, this country once had a popular party known as āThe Know Nothingsā.