I've been blogging (sometimes regularly, sometimes irregularly) since 1995. I started at a site called Stating the Obvious (theobvious.com), and then at sippey.com, and then for a while at sippey.typepad.com, and then at Medium. I'm slowly migrating things from those old sites to here, just to have them all in one place. There are currently 1,914 posts archived here, for a total of roughly 312,000 words.

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August 2010

overdue comeback / in a volvo-shaped handbasket / design sensibilities v. design skills / liquid angels / hi. i'm bill. / for some reason this reminds me of jeff spicoli / this is a depressing letter / i will buy these / be an unbeatable person / adam mathes is on fire / typing in textareas / Land, Speed and Bonneville: Places: Design Observer / all is vanity / nothing compares to sinead / first amendment for $200, alex. / actually, this is exactly what i was looking for. / kermit and jim / glorified cursers [sic] / there shouldn't be any guilt involved in these pleasures / that show was a piece of work / obsessive much? / more data exhaust / groan / breathe deeply / belief is a choice / typekit + adobe / the list goes to 11 / sweet and sour / reed me / one of these things is not like the other / jukebox hero / gawker v. the awl / game show hosts for $1,600, alex / eclipse / but will anyone ever play cayce pollard? / but who can take a year off to travel? / baggage galore! / the freemium myth / oracle v. android / mistah kurtz, he dead / like i need an excuse to eat more cookies / after the explosion / this is the best you can do? / tweetdeck and the single stream / the best deck on the internets / file under: professional jealousy / tim carmody at kottke / ruth bourdain gets a new intern... / one of our engineers even figured out how to make a hat / faster! faster!! / berkun on wave and kin / new bay bridge / we used to do this by hand / surrender monkeying / one other thing re. flipboard... / I love this view / [this is good] / the horn section makes it / wait. she's human? / it may have explained the prozac in the drinking water / flipboard, the new digg and stream fatigue / berkeleyside on traywick / art logic / no one was looking for wave / mmm, tiny. / true/slant shuttering / borthwick on the ipad /

March 2010

teriyaki nectar / salon on chelsea / creating overwhelming feelings of parental-themed inadequacy, one blog post at a time / completely out of context / greenberg down under / mmmm, animal-shaped foods / what's happening? / pancakes on acid / owen's back / i want a public bike / belief-suspending / today's must read / sound advice / services from p&g / ross on pavement / signs of spring / ezra on literalness / another reason to subscribe / she smokes to quiet her racing heart / onward and ahead, paul ford! / now that's a conference / tyler green's abstract painter bracket tourney / herbivorous rage / new rules for new delivery devices / insularity breeds insularity / game over / wrigley maintenance / lady gaga is going to be on glee / how you like me now / entitled to care, starring jason schwartzman / the multi-layered ipad / pluto is no longer a planet / i am also a huge fan of soulver / thanks, dave! / now that's a party / world class, a.k.a. international hullaballoo / the flickr commons / the DFW archive / the canon blaster / nightmares in neon / does the model have her shoes on the table? / paul ford will be at sxsw / smart marketing from @jenbee / quite a lot! / home is where i want to be / david byrne's dream / now i want a sous-vide cooker / irony / formless and definite content / fluxblog on spiritualized's 'come together' / only a little wine? meh. / kids or no kids, that is the question / hurt locker <> documentary / couldn't agree more / consuming its own waste for substance /

February 2010

context, context, context / it's possible, maybe, some say. / imagine the meeting / ascii++ / AP photographer not included / wall street loves curling, too / tacocat / morford on woods / mark richardson interview at fluxblog / koki tanaka's everything is everything / broken basketball / ten rules of publishing / it's 1.5 ounces of OH MY GOD SHUT UP ALREADY / Coverflow really is an awful way to read news. / the other book i'm looking forward to this year... / that's it...this means WAR. / quarter mile groove / curling explained / the seriously flawed opera proxy / i experienced that 'superior customer value' once... / invoking the ghost of clara peller / from hitching post to parking meter to bike rack / from flickr to television / go see three screen ray in person / so...i guess you didn't like it? / i love style rookie / hey great! a new app store! / kindle as service v. kindle as product / can 4sq, gowalla, etc. steal from the yelp budget? / feature? / connecting the arch with the city / the distinction between sites and people / it's that 'being in the air' bit that always gets me / authentic imitation and the ipad / um, ms. winfrey? are you ok? / siri was worth the wait / quote of the day / for the life between buildings / he owns that medium / not to mention, having root is frightening / he's very disappointed in all of you / what would he do? / some criterion titles going out of print / we have a monopoly on michael sippey / my favorite unhappy hipster / holzer tattoos / another way to see, another way to think /

December 2009

not enough. / more on metadata and digital publishing / i love chicago, really! / this is bloody messy / it's the metadata, stupid / if you don't have anything nice to say... / from viral loops to game driven marketing / fred's top 10 / jonathan rosenberg posted a 4,400 word rorschach test / that's not art / where finished = done / transitioning to all knowing digital / bonnier + berg's magazine tablet concept / very, very active. / the secret of the book / no such thing as a free pass / spot instances / on the other hand, the trophy polish causes brain damage / ideal syllabi / hidden nuggets / why what matters now just won't / how 'bout them apples / facebook product tagging / the tail-eating snake of the web / rhbaby on the clash of the titans trailer / and now? not so much. / pvrblog for sale / fanfilm / facebook following / the preference of monsters / the list to end all lists / on a wave of schadenfreude / invisible / when harry met sally at the dentist / we've always been at war with verizon / james franco, performance artist / a frickin' miracle / why i love six apart / elegant thinking / an EC2-based proxy for spotify? / apple + lala / yesss. very powerful words. / faster faster faster / the song remains the same / chicago's holiday train / what was missing from the sports illustrated tablet concept / updated scoreboard / convenience as interface / blogs + pandora + lala = amazing / which reminds me / respect / new york times editors slain by the googlebot / i want one of those / differentiated dns / way below the fold / video killed the radio star / the startup visa / the six million dollar man / something's wrong with the head / [this is good] / nice work, @joinred / left as rain /

September 1995