My grandmother used to keep a diary in which she would refrain from using pronouns, list what she had to eat every day and jot down whether or not she had taken a walk. As a tribute to my grandmother, who no longer knows who I am, here is my blog entry for 5/13/03:
Got up a bit late at 7:25. Still tired from helping C&J pack up orders for New York. Got to work at 8:15. Board members with funny hair standing in parking lot. Ate lemon Luna Bar for breakfast. Walked to bank and back. Looked up home town on realtor.com to see how much houses cost there. Found large Victorian with wraparound porch on Broadway for $50,000. Thought this was funny, yet sad. Ate pretzels. Ate mango. Drank water. Sat around on ass reading The New York Times on the Web until deciding to write in weblog in style of Grandma Deal.
You can find more of the interesting word usements I structure* on Apple.com.
Read my article, Better Writing Through Design, on No. 242 of A List Apart.
Pick up issue 176 of .net magazine to read my thoughts on creating outstanding web copy.
Watch a video of the Design Eye for South By panel at SXSW Interactive 2008. Or view the slide deck at DesignEye.org.
*With apologies to Harris K. Telemacher.