Pleasure and Pain

Improving the human experience one day at a time

Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

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Pleasure and Pain turns 2

January 11th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Blogging

I started this blog two years ago on January 10, 2008 with a post titled, Genesis. I didn’t know at the time just how fitting a word it was. It truly marked the beginning of my re-creation.
Since then I’ve published 447 posts (including this one), received 1,491 comments, and had 159,031 unique visitors.
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Whit Hour – Week 3

August 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Whit Hour

Thank you so much to the 20 or so folks who showed up for the third week of Whit Hour — my weekly one-hour video chat to answer any and all of your questions about user experience, consulting, and whatever else you throw at me.
Sorry for the last-minute day change. I was stuck in [...]

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Widgets on Pleasure and Pain

June 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Blogging

A few weeks ago my lovely friend Livia Labate asked me what widgets I use in the sidebar of this blog. Since I thought it might be interesting information for everyone, I’m posting it here.
Twitter Widget

Google Calendar embed

Dopplr blog badge

Disqus recent comments widget

Amazon Carousel Widget

MyBlogLog Recent Readers Widget

Enjoy!
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WordPress 2.8 is released

June 11th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Blogging, User Experience

I use WordPress to power this blog so I always like to take a close look at new versions to see if they will help or hurt my workflow. Over a year ago I wrote extensively about WordPress 2.5, which was a drastic overhaul of all aspects of the admin tool. I failed to write [...]

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Anonymous Commenters

May 15th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Blogging

Ever pick up Maxim magazine? It’s topical for men’s issues. Same concept. Not a limitation. Just topical relevance.

Originally posted as a comment by openminded.
Dear “openminded” (and other anonymous commenters):
You’re allowed to have an opposing viewpoint. In fact, I welcome it! But when you don’t use your real name, your comments hold [...]

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