Comments for Whale Speak http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak Infrequent & Opinionated Web Farts Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:41:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on What’s your problem? by Graeme Metcalf http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/2011/08/whats-your-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-1323 Graeme Metcalf Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:41:36 +0000 http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/?p=239#comment-1323 Completely agree. It's hard to actually think bout what you do and don't do very well and quite often a problem is recognised the hard way. Even then it's natural to convince yourself you are right and they are wrong. As a designer I often sit back and look at what is and isn't working as if I were viewing my work through someone else's eyes. When you get the hang of this it does often work when looking at everything else in your life. First time I've been on your blog, I love these little posts. Completely agree. It’s hard to actually think bout what you do and don’t do very well and quite often a problem is recognised the hard way. Even then it’s natural to convince yourself you are right and they are wrong.

As a designer I often sit back and look at what is and isn’t working as if I were viewing my work through someone else’s eyes. When you get the hang of this it does often work when looking at everything else in your life.

First time I’ve been on your blog, I love these little posts.

]]> Comment on Why is it so hard to subscribe to a blog? by spinchange http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/2011/02/why-is-it-so-hard-to-subscribe-to-a-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-189 spinchange Sat, 05 Feb 2011 14:06:58 +0000 http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/?p=222#comment-189 It's ridiculous that both Chrome and Firefox have dropped the famous orange icon from our toolbars. It's said that adoption and useage of feeds is low, but that's a silly excuse to cut out support for the feature! The people who do subscribe, love it. It's not that much screen real estate in a URL bar, beside. In the meantime there's this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd It’s ridiculous that both Chrome and Firefox have dropped the famous orange icon from our toolbars.

It’s said that adoption and useage of feeds is low, but that’s a silly excuse to cut out support for the feature! The people who do subscribe, love it. It’s not that much screen real estate in a URL bar, beside.

In the meantime there’s this:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nlbjncdgjeocebhnmkbbbdekmmmcbfjd

]]> Comment on Spec work does not equal design by Tweets that mention Whale Speak › Spec work does not equal design -- Topsy.com http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/2010/06/spec-work-does-not-equal-design/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Tweets that mention Whale Speak › Spec work does not equal design -- Topsy.com Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:02:32 +0000 http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/?p=188#comment-60 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by David Thomson. David Thomson said: RT @tamewhale: I wrote a bit about spec work http://bit.ly/b1Sdpk inspired by @sazzy. [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by David Thomson. David Thomson said: RT @tamewhale: I wrote a bit about spec work http://bit.ly/b1Sdpk inspired by @sazzy. [...]

]]> Comment on Design that helps nobody by calypte http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/2009/02/design-that-helps-nobody/comment-page-1/#comment-9 calypte Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:36:08 +0000 http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/?p=95#comment-9 It does look like subtle torture, doesn't it? A plank of wood across to pillars would be better! It does look like subtle torture, doesn’t it? A plank of wood across to pillars would be better!

]]> Comment on You don’t really want money by calypte http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/2008/07/you-dont-really-want-money/comment-page-1/#comment-8 calypte Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:31:34 +0000 http://lifewithouttelevision.wordpress.com/?p=30#comment-8 I heart this post. A lot. I heart this post. A lot.

]]> Comment on 15 shapes by Abs http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/2008/07/15-shapes/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Abs Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:52:43 +0000 http://lifewithouttelevision.wordpress.com/?p=38#comment-3 It's a giant baked potato with a pair of cartoon eyes. It’s a giant baked potato with a pair of cartoon eyes.

]]> Comment on What your CV really says by segan123 http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/2008/06/hello-world-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2 segan123 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:57:17 +0000 http://tamewhale.com/whalespeak/?p=7#comment-2 Very true! It's hard to be creative sometimes, but you never win anything in life without being bold. - Segan Very true! It’s hard to be creative sometimes, but you never win anything in life without being bold.

- Segan

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