Pleasure and Pain

Measuring the impact of new technology on human experience

Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

Entries Tagged as 'Blogging'

Advergirl gives props to Pleasure and Pain

May 20th, 2008 · Comments

Big thanks to Leigh Householder for including this blog on her top picks over at Advergirl.
I am truly honored to be included in a list of such heavyweights — blogs that are among my favorites and whose authors I admire.
I’ll keep delivering the goods, but please don’t hesitate to let me know what you’d like [...]

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Blogging Tweets

April 18th, 2008 · Comments

The process of getting my tweets onto my blog is so ridiculous that I just had to write a post about it.
I essentially took notes using Twitter during the IA Summit, and wanted to post recaps for each session I attended on my blog. Tweets are listed in the archive in reverse chronological order (latest [...]

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Blog of the Day on Logic + Emotion

March 2nd, 2008 · Comments

David Armano, the insightful and venerated master blogger behind Logic + Emotion, has named Pleasure & Pain his “Blog of the Day.” I’m honored that he thinks I’m one to watch, and I deeply appreciate his kind words. Read his post and you’ll understand my pure delight.

David and I worked together, albeit briefly, while he [...]

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Internet Famous

March 1st, 2008 · Comments

My friend Sasha pulled this out of last week’s issue of The New Yorker. Apparently it reminded her of me.

I think many of us can identify. I check my blog stats compulsively. My heart swells when someone new starts following me on Twitter. I almost jump for joy when someone posts a comment on my [...]

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Design.alltop.com

March 1st, 2008 · Comments

Huge thanks goes out to tech heavyweight Guy Kawasaki for putting this little blog on his new directory of design sites at design.alltop.com. Alltop is a collection of RSS feeds grouped by category and displayed all on one page — perfect for people who don’t have a feed reader or who are looking for something new to read. The last five posts are displayed from each blog/news source.

whitney hess on design.alltop.com

You can read more about Alltop here, here and here.

While you’re at it, check out Guy’s other latest venture, Truemors, a news site for “true rumors.”

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