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Welcome to the journal and portfolio of Bill C. English, designer of friendly software and attractive websites.

RT @jimgaffigan Don't root for New Orleans cause of the devastion from Katrina. I grew up in Indiana and believe me it was devastating.

3 days ago via Twitter

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Try Out Vimeo’s New HTML5 Player

Try Out Vimeo’s New HTML5 Player

Seems like some are trying out standards-based alternatives to replace Flash for video content.

2 weeks ago

Conan’s Farewell

All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.

— Conan O’Brien

1 month ago

Quote by Cormac McCarthy

My perfect day is sitting in a room with some blank paper. That’s heaven. That’s gold and anything else is just a waste of time.

— Cormac McCarthy

2 months ago

Redesigning the Worst NFL Helmet Graphics

Redesigning the Worst NFL Helmet Graphics

Ken Carbone tries to fix some of the worst helmets in the NFL. The Patriots are at the bottom of the list, where they belong.

3 months ago

The Fun Theory

The Fun Theory

Examples of how designing a fun experience can influence people for the better.

3 months ago

Hungry for Food = Hungry for Words

When we are hungry for food, we follow similar patterns as when we are hungry for information. Similar, infantile patterns. At both times, we fall into a mode of dull impatient demand. We want everything immediately with as little interaction as possible…. when we are hungry for knowledge, we inevitably become mentally passive and use all our energies to receive information. Because that’s how our brain works. And that’s why we blindly return to Google search when looking for data.

— Oliver Reichenstein

3 months ago

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YouTube Comes To A 5-Star Realization

This is a graph showing the way people rate videos on YouTube’s 5-star rating system, with almost no votes for 2, 3, or 4 stars. Looks like a reinforcement of the thumbs up/thumbs down model in this case.

4 months ago

The Best Way

The best way to graduate from beginner is to get in way over your head. Nothing makes you better faster.

— Jason Fried

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