Mary Rambin, sigh, is now designing branding banners for her clients the Fat Frankels: Joel and I completed the banner ads for the Frankels yesterday.  I’ve obviously designed plenty of other things before - websites, purses, logos, the list goes on - but these are my first banner ads. Composing a captivating banner is actually trickier than it sounds.  I think we did a good job making these.  Our goals were to create brand awareness, familiarity with the Frankels themselves and their achievements in building using a conservative but interesting aesthetic. These aren't the worst I've seen but they certainly...

Meghan McCain, "writer", took to her twitter today to inform us all how omg proud she is of her super successful book: On a side note, Dirty Sexy Politics has officially been out a month - THANK YOU to everyone who has bought it, read it, enjoyed it, tweeted about 2 hours ago via web tweeted it. I am so happy with where my book has gone! .... about 2 hours ago via web  I'm sorry but where exactly has her book gone? Besides the Costco sale bin, I mean.

The time has come - Jacob Lodwick, redacted, is deleting his blog. For the past few years Jake has confused us, aroused us, shared his bodily functions,  and broken your heart. He will be missed until he most likely returns in April with a new project. Bye, Jake.

Mary Rambin, beach hair, lost her iphone recently. She was forced by our non-recession economy to buy something that is not an iphone: So I bought a new phone today (f@$! s#!+ ugh). Mason’s poo is more hi-tech than this thing. But what did I expect for $30. One text takes 20 minutes to type when you only have a phone pad. Crazy how spoiled we get as technology advances so quickly! Although this pic from the super pricey htc looks terrible so I’m not sure what they’re charging for. The bottom line for me is that I don’t have...

Meaghan O'Connell, awesome person who claims to be a writer, invites you to attempt to read whatever the *&$& this is: tonight i was crossing the street with a big bag of laundry and it was around 8 and a bunch of people were coming home from work (because we are Sad here and work too late) and cars were doing their car stuff (driving) and this guy came pedaling around the bend on his bike saying, “Brake. Brake. Brake. Brake. Brake,” and I had already been laughing to myself about something else and when I heard him kind of...

Jessica Schroeder Quirk, hard worker, continues her grueling career as a pretty dress up girl. Yesterday her workday started like any typical day for any typical career lady: Excellent morning coffee with @johnjannuzzi 11:00 AM Sep 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry® Four hours of backbreaking labour later and Messica faced a crisis: Just spent 20 minutes frantically looking for my passport and in tears (I found it... thank god I never throw out receipts!) about 21 hours ago via web Later that afternoon Mrs. Quirk got the news - she sent herself a memo that she was promoting herself to "Director of...

Jordan Reid, of the twiggy stemmed Reids, knows the meaning of refinement: When it comes to Jell-O, I suppose this is pretty much as refined as it gets…which is to say, not very refined at all. But fun! To make your own: pour 1/4 cup cold water, 2 packages unflavored gelatin, 1 tbsp lemon zest, and 3 cups of red wine into a pot and simmer until the gelatin dissolves. Pour into wine glasses and let set; top with whipped cream. Recipe via Cooks.com; Image via Nanoborg.com It's called a jello shot, mongoloid. They stop being refined after you graduate....

Tim Armstrong, guy from AOL who paid around 40 million in actual money for the Crap produced by Sarah Lacy and Michael Arrington, went on CNBC to convince us that his focus is on content. I repeat: This guy just gave Arrington upwards of 40 MILLION dollars and would like to make you believe AOL cares about content.

Because she's not going to let you forget it! Today, three weeks after her OMG WEDDING, she posts "What I Wore Down The Aisle: PART 1": I am so excited to share my official wedding photos with you today!  On the day of the wedding I was on a mission to stay calm, to remember all of the emotions I was going through and to really enjoy the day.  While my bridesmaids were doing hair and makeup in the adjoining bathroom, I was having my makeup done by the very talented Heather Parrish. And this whole ‘glow’ thing? I never understood...

Meghan McCain, successful writer, resumes her popular book tour today by doing New York City: At the airport, on my way back to NYC for the week - phase 2 of Dirty Sexy Politics media, will keep everyone updated on the shows I'm on!about 15 hours ago via mobile web What's up New York City?!?! Let's do this! Dirty Sexy Politics media phase 2! about 7 hours ago via mobile web The odd thing to me is that she will be here a week, yet there's no mention of a book signing in New York. That doesn't make any sense to me when...

Rachel Sklar, Editor at Sklarge, gives me new respect for her ranting about women in tech. Via her twitter, she introduces what she is calling #ladypanel: rachelsklar Aight here cometh the #ladypanel: @cyantist @sarahcuda @laurenleto @sarajchipps @leila_c @micholeegreer et moi. Anyone have a tampon? #hee  3 minutes ago via ÜberTwitter Really? A tampon joke? That's how you are going to get this industry to take women seriously? I get that you are trying to be irreverent and light, but what's next? Making cracks about PMS and thigh size? You aren't going to get the respect of men in the tech world...

Tim Armstrong has confirmed the stories of Michael Arrington's future millionaire status: I’m very pleased to announce that we have acquired TechCrunch. Details are in the press release below, and I’m sure founder Michael Arrington will have a few words to say as well. This is a great compliment to our continued investment in world class content. No word on whether Sarah Lacy will still have a job.

Jessica Mrs. Quirk, married, taunted her twitter followers with some news - but not the news we are all waiting for: Man oh man, do I have some hot gossip to share!about 16 hours ago via web (please keep in mind i'm drinking a brew right now, so no, I'm not pregnant)about 16 hours ago via web The O/U here at GOMIBLOG headquarters is still December for the baby announcement, but in the meantime keep stuffing yourself with beer and ice cream while complaining about losing weight, honey.

Since last night the watered down version of livejournal known as tumblr has been informing users that changes to the infrastructure will inconvenience them. At intervals of about 20 minutes, many users are presented with various "maintenance" messages. Probably unrelated: former tumblr CTO Marco is working from home while rumored replacement Matt Langer is in Las Vegas. I guess nobody else is available to fix tumblr?

Sarah Lacy, recession expert and writer for TechCrunch, was unable to get in to the TechCrunch Disrupt afterparty: Not allowed in the #tcdisrupt after party. Sorry everyone I said I'd see there!about 7 hours ago via txt @mikebutcher bouncers were a bit overzealous. just means i'll be refreshed for tomorrow ;)about 7 hours ago via web in reply to mikebutcher @ryangoodman thanks dude! comfortably in pjs now watching the soup on tivo ;)about 6 hours ago via web in reply to ryangoodman Her blithe acceptance of rejection soon turned into an emo tweet: sad. about 5 hours ago via web Aw, poor Sarah. Does this...

Mary Rambin, hard worker, is learning that you when you put your fast paced career ahead of your personal life, you wind up alone with a laptop, a microfleece bathrobe, and a block of smoked cheddar cheese that you ignored so long you have to cut the hard outside off before you toss the knife on the counter and just take the chunk to the couch with a glass of lemonade, because the bodegas are all closed  and girl you are hungry: After a long night, coming home to an empty house with only hours of work to greet you...

Those of you who remember Nick McGlynn (none of you) and his totally rad webturd celebrations called "Obliterati" are no doubt destroyed to learn that he has moved to Los Angeles. While his prolific photos of webtools getting drunk can be readily replaced by burka lover Mo Pitz (Gawker Party Crash photographer person), who will take the reigns of the amazing source of so much douchery, the Obliterati party? Am I really going to have to talk about Gawker roof parties now to fill the void? Or worse, Guest of a Guest parties? Don't do this to me. Someone please...

Jakob Lodwick, internet fixture, says “it’s time for something new” and plans to shutter his blogs: A month or two ago I put this on my calendar for today: “Announce Blog retirement”. I was aware it was coming up and I never got the urge to take it down. Now, it’s today and I’m stating that on Friday I’m deleting this blog. In true 'person who doesn't have to work' fashion, Jake will be concentrating on feeling "truly ecstatic" about his work and not caring if you people like it: To have a blog is to have some portion of...

It would appear that despite the huge publicity surge on her behalf, Megatits McCain is not hurtling toward best selling author status: @mccainblogette lookie what I found today in Costco! Proud of you! http://twitpic.com/2rodeh 11:20 PM Sep 24th via Twitpic Retweeted by McCainBlogette and 1 other @ShanManOnline Thank you, love it! crazy to see Dirty Sexy Politics sold at Costco!! 11:21 PM Sep 24th via web You read that correctly - Meghan's book is now available at Costco only weeks after its release. It's pretty sad considering all the press she was able to get recently, that she still can't...

It's been a week since she mentioned it, so Jessica Quirk is making sure we don't forget she had a wedding: Got the photos from my photographer from the wedding!!! Putting together posts now! about 4 hours ago via web You may not know this, but the outcome of her wedding was she got herself a husband, and her husband can cook! Thank god I married a chef. Nice dinner tonight @quirk Saturday, September 25, 2010 8:04:31 PM via Twitter for BlackBerry® I know, it's like she won the husband lottery, right? Off topic, I can't wait until November when...