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So it happened again. Another client asks to have everything above the fold. Since the term “above the fold” has its roots in newspapers, I can’t help but draw the newspaper analogy.
If the goal was to have everything above the fold, then newspapers wouldn’t be folded. To ask to put everything above the fold on your website is like the newspapers switching to a half-height format.
The next thing I say is, “Yes, we can put everything above the fold, by cutting back on content.” Most clients get that I’m being sarcastic: what’s the point of having a website if you just remove all the content from it?
Ahhh, Twitter. For better or worse, the service has gained major exposure from 
Yesterday I got in a bit of a 
Yeah, OS X is great. It’s stable. Its UI is quite possibly the most intuitive (well, once you get used to different things being in different places than you’re used to). But it always struck me as odd that the OS used most by designers allows the least amount of customization. Sure you can manually change each icon by hand (Select icon you want to use cmd-c to copy, select app/file you want to use it on, cmd-i to bring up the info pane, select the icon, cmd-v to paste), but that can get very, very tiring when wanting to theme out your entire desktop.
