Pleasure and Pain

Measuring the impact of new technology on human experience

Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

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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Spam that sells

March 30th, 2008 · Comments

I’ve received all sorts of crazy spam over the years, as I’m sure you all have. But this week I got a spam message that was targeted, personalized, and appealed to my deep desire for self-promotion:

I thought about telling you the company that sent this to me, but that would justify their unsolicited email. Suffice [...]

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WordPress 2.5 is released

March 20th, 2008 · Comments

Two days ago WordPress released a sneak peek of their latest version, 2.5. Redesigned from the ground up by the team at Happy Cog Studios, the WordPress Admin area now has improved navigation, organization and integration. The visual design looks pretty sleek, too.
The folks at WordPress included a lot of screenshots in their post to [...]

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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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