Recording my journey past the billion suns of the Internet.
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Wed 24 Feb 2010

Buy fonts at FontShop, host them on Typekit

Massive and fantastic news. Typekit is still working on its business model and I think the option of buying a font licence direct from a seller and managing it through Typekit is going to be a winner.

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Wed 27 Jan 2010

Derek Powazek - What I Hope Apple Unleashes Tomorrow

Derek Powazek, a designer who’s had a great deal of success moving between the web and print, on what the magic tablet thing might mean for web and print industries and business models. (via Daring Fireball).

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Wed 14 Oct 2009

Dungeons and Dragons Online: behold the power of free - Ars Technica

The smartest use of a “freemium” business model I’ve heard in a long while. D&D Online is free to play, but with an optional subscription for more features, or you can just choose to buy extra content at will.

Turns out a lot of users will spend more than the $15 a month subscription if they have the power of choice.