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I Like this Like

Monday, May 24th, 2010

By Katie Earley, Copywriter

Fancast wins the award for best display of the Facebook Like button. So adorable.

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ADD and Sans Serif Fonts: Why I Read CNN.com

Monday, May 10th, 2010

By Katie Earley, Copywriter

There are two things you need to know about me:

1. Somewhere in my education — around my 1,000th page of typed, 12 point, double-spaced, Times New Roman research paper/essay/short story/personal narrative — I decided that Times New Roman was my Visual Enemy #1.

2. I’m a bit of a slacker on news-reading. I’ve just always found fiction more entertaining, and often less disturbing. But don’t worry. I watch lots of commercials and read lots about writing and Twitter so I know what I need to know.

All of which leads to this morning, when I’m scrolling through the News section of my Google Reader. I subscribe to the local Courier-Journal, the New York Times and CNN. (Okay, and People too but that doesn’t really apply to the story. Although I would like to say that Betty White was fabulous on SNL.)

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