When Microsoft Threatened to Sue Us Over the Letter “E”
By 1997 E.piphany was a fast growing startup with customers, revenue and something approaching a repeatable business model. Somewhere that year we decided to professionalize our logo (you should have seen the first one.) With a massive leap of creativity we decided that it should it should have our company name and the letter “E”…
When Gizmodo Finally Staffed Up
John Biggs knows the exact first and last moments of his time at Gizmodo down to the minute: APR 18, 2005 4:28 PM to JUL 2, 2006 11:23 AM. But during that time, the site grew from Joel Johnson’s one man shop into something bigger—and, hopefully, better. What was Gizmodo like when you got here?…
12 Questions to Ask Yourself About the System of Magic in Your Fantasy Novel
Mette Ivie Harrison, author of Tris and Izzie and the forthcoming The Rose Throne, has some great, succinct advice for anyone creating a new fantasy world. Before you start having people sling magic around all over the place, make sure your system of magic passes the sniff test. Here are Harrison’s 12 questions you should…
Dear Apple: Please Set iMessage Free
Normally I avoid complaining about Apple because (a)there are plenty of other people carrying that flag, and (b) I honestly like Apple and own numerous lovely iProducts. I’m even using one to write this post. Moreover, from a security point of view, there isn’t that much to complain about. Sure, Apple has a few irritating…
