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itsmicks

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About itsmicks

I live in Austin/NYC and design/code primarily beauty/fashion sites. Lots of slashes.

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    Comment #4693053

    I had the opposite experience as well -- I tried Page.ly first but could not import any of my sites (which all use a variety of custom post types). Their import process seemed more…

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    Comment #3955961

    This isn't really a problem for Facebook since users are logged in no matter what device they're on.

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    Comment #3777348

    car2go? I moved down in October and was lucky enough to borrow a friend's car for awhile. It feels generally necessary, but I don't have one yet either. Are you downtown/soco?

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    Comment #3746382

    I think our respective metaphors for the situation show we're coming from different places -- I'm definitely biased towards the design because I think it solves a functional proble…

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    Comment #3745530

    I think with code, there are a million ways to clone something (...especially when you haven't seen the source) so it's harder for developers to understand what it feels like when …

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    Comment #3745439

    Perhaps I'm not familiar, but what CMS/blogging engine looks like his and is structured like his (esp in the admin)?

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    Comment #3745235

    Didn't see this and brought up the Samwers as well. I think we're still in a transition around here in terms of how "design" is valued but overall it seems like things are improvin…

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    Comment #3745186

    It's pretty clear that the innovation in Dustin's work wasn't the code -- it was the interface. Pointing out that Nate built Obtvse in a day from scratch is pretty meaningless and …

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    Comment #3534510

    This is basically a rite of passage for all freelancers/lawyers/service workers unfortunately. My rule of thumb: If someone doesn't want to give you at least 20% upfront for a proj…

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    Comment #3432242

    I seem to remember a lot of media coverage in the early 90s when I was younger about how almost all software engineering would be outsourced. Definitely played into my thought proc…

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    Comment #3432221

    I was an architecture undergrad myself and immediately moved to the web upon graduating a few years ago. Thing is, I would still highly recommend it is as a major (...at least, the…

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    Comment #3405684

    3 bedrooms are definitely rare but there are pockets of them around town. I had a 3.5 - 4 bedroom near Columbia off Central Park & 109th and it was huge and affordable ($3300 I bel…

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    Comment #1489670

    Good stuff! May I ask what your open-rate is? The trend I've seen at a few places I've worked at is that Facebook has become the dominant traffic driver (Twitter in 2nd) for bringi…