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Dan Rubin's SuperfluousBanter

Suffering from chronic idiocy since 1977

Category Archives: Life

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And Now…This

It’s inter­est­ing to note that, though an indi­vid­ual might spend 18 hours a day tied to a com­puter screen, they can neglect to spend a few min­utes writ­ing some­thing intel­li­gent (or not) to post to their pub­lic, some­what oft-viewed weblog. As I finally read all the emails I’ve been get­ting from loyal read­ers ask­ing if […]

This item was posted by Dan Rubin on Thursday, December 18th, 2003.

Silence Observed

We shared in the moment of silence this morn­ing, and chose not to post about it. Oth­ers show their sup­port in their own way: Zeld­man Mez­zoblue Sim­pleBits StopDe­sign What­ever your polit­i­cal views, it is dif­fi­cult not to feel for those who lost loved ones two years ago.

This item was posted by Dan Rubin on Thursday, September 11th, 2003.

Of Work

The story is the same every­where you look: Design­ers are strug­gling to make ends meet, espe­cially free­lancers, inde­pen­dent con­sul­tants, and small firms like mine (we have two employ­ees: my younger and oh-so-talented brother, Alex, and me). We’ve been try­ing des­per­ately to make a liv­ing for quite some time now, with­out much suc­cess — per­haps we charge […]

This item was posted by Dan Rubin on Wednesday, July 9th, 2003.

Next Week: Montreal

I’m trav­el­ing to Mon­treal (Canada, not Mis­souri or Wis­con­sin) this com­ing week (Mon­day through Sun­day) and I’d like to know if there’s anything/anywhere any­one can rec­om­mend I should see/visit while I’m there. I know the Jazz fes­ti­val is tak­ing place, and that is already high on my to-do list, but that cer­tainly won’t use up my […]

This item was posted by Dan Rubin on Saturday, June 28th, 2003.

On the Nightstand

I try to stay away from sim­ply pub­lish­ing lists, how­ever the fol­low­ing are caus­ing me great enjoy­ment (per­sonal and pro­fes­sional) at the moment: Florida Road Kill: A Novel by Tim Dorsey Web Site Redesigns by Darcy Din­ucci The Designer and the Grid by Julia Thrift, Lucien E. Roberts Web Redesign: Work­flow That Works by Kelly […]

This item was posted by Dan Rubin on Friday, May 23rd, 2003.

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