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In our accelerated culture, I can think of a particular Devo song and have it downloaded from a music site within seconds. This instant gratification is in contrast to other desires: eg. the slow food movement, craft, longevity. Read more...

In mathematics, the highest measure of a mathematical forumal is to have internal elegance. I think the same is true for web apps and design. Read more...

I'm finally getting around to playing blog tag after being offline and on vacation, then busy with clients again. Thanks to both Deb Schultz and Lisa Stone who tagged me a few weeks ago, spreading the game initiated by Jeff Pulver. Read more...

While waiting for something to download, I decided to take the Superhero and counterpart Super villain online quizzes that have been making their rounds through the geekosphere. Like most personality quizzes, you can almost guess the result as you're answering the clearly bipolar questions. The results also seem largely dependent on whether you answer "yes" to "are you bald?" or "do you have long hair?" but hey, it's just a little web quiz. Read more...

September 4th was the one year anniversary of this blog, but I've been too busy (!) to stop and ponder the significance of it until tonight. While I've had many blogs before, EmilyChang.com is the first professional blog that I've started that's purely focused on web, design and technology, and it's been an extremely gratifying experience. I've met hundreds of people, many of whom I used to merely read from a far, become friends with those that I only once admired, been fortunate to have a stellar line-up of clients at Ideacodes that share my core philosophies, and had that satisfaction of turning an idea into a reality. Read more...

Ideacodes is currently seeking expert front-end XHTML, CSS and AJAX coder(s) on a contract-to-hire basis. Read more...

Many of the trends we've been seeing in Web 2.0 aren't limited to the internet, as much the Valley likes to think so :) Ideas that arise from subcultures do so for a reason. Sometimes because one person rises up to claim it, but more often because a collective group of people are feeling and observing the same cultural climate. Read more...

A round-up of some articles and ideas that I've enjoyed recently with a focus on global change, community, action, and design thinking. Read more...

A few bits of other news caught my eye this last week amid the flurry of activity here in San Francisco around the Web 2.0 Summit. Read more...

I'm at the Widgets Live! conference this afternoon with a sold-out crowd of widget geeks, technologists, developers, bloggers and execs at the Marines' Club in San Francisco. Read more...

Vox, Six Apart's new blog service, launched on Oct 26. Vox puts the emphasis on personal blogging and sharing with friends and family. It features advanced privacy controls, a stunning variety of unique themes, powerful integration with other services like Flickr, YouTube, and more. Read more...