PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption

“Users get lost inside PDF files, which are typically big, linear text blobs that are optimized for print and unpleasant to read and navigate online. PDF is good for printing, but that’s it. Don’t use it for online presentation.” Jakob Nielsen —PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption (UseIT) I’m so conditioned to dislike PDF documents that I…

Bright Is as Bright Does

A comment by dsquared says it best: “I have to say that I too have been waiting for a word to describe the kind of atheist that spends nine hours a day militantly denying the existence of a massive God-shaped hole in his worldview, and ‘bright’ will suit just fine.” —Bright Is as Bright Does (Crooked…

Five Ways to Say, 'I'm Unprofessional'

“In most job-filling situations, the employer has the luxury of choosing from several well-qualified applicants, all of whom could probably do the job. It is then that the little things, like the common but often unrecognized mistakes described here, almost always come into play. Make sure you avoid them, so they don’t cost you a…