colleen wainwright

Follow-up email from an AA UX designer, replying to the charges of egregiousness (is that even a word?) on the AA.com site. (via gruber) - colleen wainwright

"AWESOME, Deidre! So inspiring! (Or is it "inspriational?") Thrilled for you, and looking forward to seeing what happens next!" - colleen wainwright

Pam Slim offers great tips for initiating contact in asymmetrical situations (i.e., when they're a little awesome to you and you're a little head-over-heels about them). - colleen wainwright

If it's as good as everything else Gina Trapani turns her attention to, it's gonna be great. - colleen wainwright

(via Ray Sawhill) - colleen wainwright

"Nona – Trade ya. :-) Anne – You’re welcome. It’s a tonic, thinking about trips, ain’t it? Melissa – Haha. Then again, jeebus—am I going to have to add those to the packing list in my 50s? What fresh hell is this? PP – Thanks, babe. Your ongoing support makes these word doodles possible. Seriously. Lisa – No, you’re not going insane—I’ve been moving so fast, I completely lost track of time. And this poem was supposed to post tomorrow. Oh, well. I have, it appears, blown my cover. PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN." - colleen wainwright

From a telemarketer, how best to deal with them. - colleen wainwright

Wise, funny, honest, wonderful. Like Havi! (Also, I'm a big one for the whole "certification is (often) bullshit" mindset. Not always. Like my M.D.s well-vetted. But even some of them have been trainwreck disasters of the highest order. So there you go.) - colleen wainwright

"Tracy – Glad to hear it. That part about being closer to death feeling liberating, esp. It’s so counterintuitive to throw your arms around death—like that feeling right before you leap from the plane in skydiving, I guess. But ultimately, so useful. Jeremy – I hear you. And I didn’t pitch all of them. What I looked at was what was still of bona fide utility. Some of these folks I really never want to talk to again. It gave me the heebie jeebies to see them on the list. (Thankfully, there were only about 20 of those.) Most were people whom I’d feel uncomfortable about contacting at this point without a refresher introduction. I suppose your j-background makes you more fearless/shameless in this regard, but that’s where I am. And then there were a number of people who really belonged on a mailing list for my autoresponder, not even my business contact list. I suspect I’ll build it back up quickly enough, but now I’m starting with 800+ people/businesses I genuinely want to track. It was..." - colleen wainwright

Good overview of features and possible uses for Twitter lists. (FWIW, I'm way more interested in the "private" function.) - colleen wainwright

Mind-blowing story involving a the writer, a Clifford Odets play and William Hurt. A *must*-read. Must. Read it now. (via If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger...) - colleen wainwright