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rave reviews

i'm including the category "raves" to desidiom bc i know that when a paper rep or a photographer or a printer goes out of their way to make your job either easier, better, within the budget or all of the above - it can make everyone a lot happier - the designer, the creative director, the account people, the client - and that's definitely something to rave about, right? and why not share that information with fellow creatives?
if you have someone in particular, or more generally, a company, mill, printer, etc. - please email me, who, what, and why you're crazy about them, and i'll post it on desidiom.

sarah wilson photography

i had an interesting chance to work with sarah one hot day in august, caked with makeup, with taller hair than i've ever had before, and ants crawling between my toes. but now that it's nearing the end of september - i can hardly remember the burning heat of that scorching afternoon - but instead i think of how cool she was to work with and how awesome the photos turned out in the end.

check out her site here.

RSS me

"keep me in the loop" or "please update me on the details of this situation" or "can you give me an 'ETA' on the project?"

step off my wacom

"step off my wacom" = "you're invading my personal space, please go away and stop bothering me" also "look - i've got things under control, if i want help, i'll ask for it"

why "our"?

since i've been sending forwards/reminder emails from work to my gmail address, i find that i have been unconsciously thinking of myself as two people. work me (my work email) and not-work me (my gmail address). this afternoon, i sent myself a link from work to bookmark on my home browser with the note, "our new favorite site," which we both think is pretty weird - but worth mentioning.

apple-z & shift-apple-z

situation: someone walks in that you don't like
desidiom: "i wish his mom apple-z'd him"

situation: you messed up on something and want to apologize
desidiom: "oh man, shift-apple-z."

see also "command-z" and "shift-command-z"

my screen saver's going

"he/she has his/her screen saver going" - spaced out, adult attention deficit disorder is in full gear