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Thank you for visiting. This is where I share things that I think are interesting, provocative, and/or cool. To make a living, I work hard with the Team of smart folks at DiscoverTec. We help people make things on the web. Better.</description><title>I'm Chris</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @chrisramaglia)</generator><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/</link><item><title>The 4 Keys to Writing Persuasive Copy Without Hype, BS, or Other Icky Gimmicks</title><description>&lt;a href="http://blog.kissmetrics.com/copy-without-gimmicks/"&gt;The 4 Keys to Writing Persuasive Copy Without Hype, BS, or Other Icky Gimmicks&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;write like you would talk&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is a good one, alot of the ideas in here seem so easy and natural on the surface but actually pretty tricky to apply on a consistent basis.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;More than likely it has to do with the fact that we don’t realize how casually we speak, and when we try to write it forces to figure out why everything comes out wrong.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/16991498317</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/16991498317</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:40:21 -0500</pubDate><category>copywriting</category><category>web design</category><category>user experience</category></item><item><title>Nice SOPA infographic</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://luminconsulting.com/sopa/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://luminconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sopa-pipa.png" alt="SOPA &amp; PIPA Technical Examination" width="550" border="0"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt; Brought to you by &lt;a href="http://luminconsulting.com/" title="Lumin Interactive" target="_blank"&gt;Lumin Interactive&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://condorconsulting.com" target="_blank"&gt;Condor Consulting&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/16151108540</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/16151108540</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:47:56 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."</title><description>“Opportunities multiply as they are seized.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Sun Tzu&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/15481101572</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/15481101572</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:12:13 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>30 Amazing Photographs by Joe Holmes</title><description>&lt;a href="http://abduzeedo.com/30-amazing-photographs-joe-holmes"&gt;30 Amazing Photographs by Joe Holmes&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://abduzeedo.com/30-amazing-photographs-joe-holmes"&gt;&lt;img height="394" width="600" src="http://imgs.abduzeedo.com/files/articles/joe-holmes/3676445469_5d6014bf1f_o.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/12719659143</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/12719659143</guid><pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 22:11:58 -0500</pubDate><category>photography</category><category>Abduzeedo</category><category>talent</category><category>images</category><category>joe holmes</category></item><item><title>majam:

beauty of destruction
wrists:

French Nuclear Test:...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luefit5QnI1qaoyyso1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://majam.tumblr.com/post/12569936571/beauty-of-destruction-wrists-french-nuclear" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank"&gt;majam&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;beauty of destruction&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://wrists.tumblr.com/post/12557123870/french-nuclear-test-licorne-this-shot-was-taken" target="_blank"&gt;wrists&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;French Nuclear Test: Licorne&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;small&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This shot was taken in 1970 by the French Army in the Fangataufal. It was fired at 18.30 on July 3, 1970 and yielded 914 kilotons.&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/small&gt;(by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7969902@N07/510672745/" target="_blank"&gt;Pierre J.&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/12577858487</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/12577858487</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:44:07 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"There is one inexhaustible aspect of everyday life that never dulls, namely the simple pleasure of..."</title><description>““There is one inexhaustible aspect of everyday life that never dulls, namely the simple pleasure of eating and drinking.” —Andre Domine”</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/11844316493</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/11844316493</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:47:53 -0400</pubDate><category>food</category><category>drink</category><category>life is short</category></item><item><title>speckoflife:

The truth about good design.
</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls2548rims1qleryno1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://speckoflife.tumblr.com/post/10625399721" target="_blank"&gt;speckoflife&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The truth about good design.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/10956799522</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/10956799522</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2011 19:27:15 -0400</pubDate><category>design</category><category>graphic design</category><category>inspiration</category><category>typography</category><category>quote</category><category>yellow</category></item><item><title>"Question everything generally thought to be obvious."</title><description>“Question everything generally thought to be obvious.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sfmoma.org/about/press/press_exhibitions/releases/880" target="_blank"&gt;Dieter Rams&lt;/a&gt; via @sfmoma&lt;/span&gt; (via &lt;a href="http://chanchanisland.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;chanchanisland&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/10245615074</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/10245615074</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:45:17 -0400</pubDate><category>dieter rams</category><category>industrial design</category><category>maker</category><category>sfmoma</category><category>chan words</category></item><item><title>"A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use."</title><description>“A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Washington Irving&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/8272189917</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/8272189917</guid><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jul 2011 18:15:46 -0400</pubDate><category>talk</category><category>tongue</category></item><item><title>weandthecolor:

Black Market Goods
Promotional beer packaging...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp1ez7BJuh1qbj1sio1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://weandthecolor.com/post/8166688704" target="_blank"&gt;weandthecolor&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Black Market Goods&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Promotional beer packaging for a fictitious brewing company, designed by &lt;a href="http://www.marcojohndesign.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Marco Manansala&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="package design inspiration" target="_self" href="http://weandthecolor.com/tagged/package_design"&gt;More package design inspiration.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;posted by&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a title="WE AND THE COLOR // Creative Inspiration" href="http://weandthecolor.com/" target="_blank"&gt;W.A.T.C.&lt;/a&gt; // &lt;a title="WE AND THE COLOR on Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/weandthecolor" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; // &lt;a title="WE AND THE COLOR on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/weandthecolor" target="_blank"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; // &lt;a title="Dirk Petzold (WE AND THE COLOR) on Google+" href="https://plus.google.com/107752282220271532629/posts" target="_blank"&gt;Google+&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/8177409287</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/8177409287</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 13:41:50 -0400</pubDate><category>beer</category><category>design</category><category>bombs</category><category>awesome</category></item><item><title>"Like all forms of design, visual design is about problem solving, not about personal preference or..."</title><description>“Like all forms of design, visual design is about problem solving, not about personal preference or unsupported opinion.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Bob Baxley&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/7671099356</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/7671099356</guid><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 21:33:13 -0400</pubDate><category>Design</category><category>Ux</category><category>User experience</category><category>Truth</category></item><item><title>12 of the Year’s Best Ideas in Interface Design</title><description>&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo53knZREP1qcx2evo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;12 of the Year’s Best Ideas in Interface Design&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/7469823661</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/7469823661</guid><pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:53:00 -0400</pubDate><category>user interface</category><category>ui</category><category>user experience</category><category>ux</category><category>design</category></item><item><title>"Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid."</title><description>““Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Col. David Hackworth&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/7122033221</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/7122033221</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:47:58 -0400</pubDate><category>bravery</category><category>courage</category><category>inspiration</category></item><item><title>Showcase of Impressive Design Process Explanations</title><description>&lt;a href="http://line25.com/articles/showcase-of-impressive-design-process-explanations"&gt;Showcase of Impressive Design Process Explanations&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://line25.com/articles/showcase-of-impressive-design-process-explanations"&gt;&lt;img height="405" width="500" src="http://line25.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/process/16.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/6978656723</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/6978656723</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:21:08 -0400</pubDate><category>design process</category><category>graphic design</category><category>line25</category></item><item><title>30 Creative Business Card Designs</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.webdesigndev.com/inspiration/30-creative-business-card-designs"&gt;30 Creative Business Card Designs&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/6919297928</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/6919297928</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:09:05 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>"Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect."</title><description>“Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Jack Dorsey&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/6808797501</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/6808797501</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:28:36 -0400</pubDate><category>Inspiration</category><category>Details</category><category>Simplicity</category><category>Perfection</category><category>Jack Dorsey</category></item><item><title>Incredible Infinity Pools</title><description>&lt;a href="http://trendland.net/2011/06/22/destination-infinity-pools/"&gt;Incredible Infinity Pools&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://trendland.net/2011/06/22/destination-infinity-pools/"&gt;&lt;img height="359" width="540" src="http://trendland.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/infinity-pool-rangali-island.jpg"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/6790959101</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/6790959101</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 10:55:09 -0400</pubDate><category>pools</category></item><item><title>Project in Process: What is Strategy?</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lm6wt9IZcO1qcx2evo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Project in Process: What is Strategy?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/6126540411</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/6126540411</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:15:09 -0400</pubDate><category>user experience</category><category>ux</category><category>web design</category></item><item><title>Smartcards let you check in on Facebook Places without a phoneEurope</title><description>&lt;a href="http://thenextweb.com/eu/2011/05/31/smartcards-let-you-check-in-on-facebook-places-without-a-phone/?awesm=tnw.to_18fgF&amp;utm_content=spreadus_master&amp;utm_medium=tnw.to-other&amp;utm_source=direct-tnw.to"&gt;Smartcards let you check in on Facebook Places without a phoneEurope&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/6036699166</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/6036699166</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 09:36:04 -0400</pubDate><category>facebook</category><category>smartcard</category><category>social media</category><category>social networking</category></item><item><title>Just… grilling.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llz8ulAPrv1qcx2evo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just… grilling.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/5978633559</link><guid>http://www.chrisramaglia.com/post/5978633559</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 May 2011 17:54:00 -0400</pubDate><category>food</category><category>grilling</category><category>cooking</category></item></channel></rss>

