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Sound itself attracts — ask any eavesdropper.

Let's not go into this next year with blind enthusiasm or crushing anxiety, but with a great sense of kinsmanship and and eager promise. Let us all work together to do what we can to grow our network into a future titan of industry. One that contributes to the community and the economy, global and local.

We're once again happy to announce a new icon set for sale over at our IconShoppe. It's called Boxtrot, and it's a simple little set of perfectly square icons that come in 7 colors, 3 sizes and 2 formats (GIF and PNG). It's also reasonably priced at just thirty-nine bucks.

The new set is based off the previously released Disco and Square Dance sets. Also released today is the Ballroom SuperPack, which includes all three sets at a discount of over 30% (and similar to our Chameleon SuperPack which is another way of getting multiple sets in one discounted purchase).

If you've already bought Disco and/or Square Dance and wish to purchase the SuperPack, let us know and we'll send instructions on getting an additional discount.

Here's to fresh pixels in 2009!

We're at Day Two, and there's already quite a bit on the calendar for 2009. I'm honored and thrilled to be speaking at the following events this year, microformatted for your convenience:

• Web Directions North February 2-10, 2009 Denver, Colorado
• An Event Apart May 4-5, 2009 Seattle, Washington
• An Event Apart June 22-23, 2009 Boston, Massachusetts
• Carson Workshops November, 2009 London, England

There'll be more info forthcoming on the workshop in London next Fall, which will hopefully stem off of a new project that'll be underway a few weeks from now.

I'm also excited to mention that Meagan will be speaking at Future of Web Design London in April. More about that over at Meagan's blog.

Happy New Year, fine people.

Not enough sleep.

Apparently there’s a market for battery-adorned garments! Our Charge Tee (released earlier this month) was a hit, and the first batch sold out quickly. We’re expecting a new shipment tomorrow, and will be shipping any remaining orders as fast as possible. We’ve also opened up ordering for all sizes again — we just can’t guarantee a pre-Christmas delivery on new orders from today forward. Then again, a battery-adorned t-shirt really makes a great New Year’s gift, doesn’t it?

Also, it seems our initial batch is starting to make its way into the wild. Check out the Charged Up pool over at Flickr for photos of the t-shirt being worn by cool people like you.

I like coffee so much that I have tea for breakfast: The first cup of the day in particular is so good that I’m afraid I won’t be able to properly appreciate it when I am half-asleep. Therefore, I celebrate it two hours later when I am fully conscious.

It’s been awhile since we designed a t-shirt, and today we’re happy to announce the fresh-off-the-presses and just-in-time-for-the-holidays Charge Tee: a simple black battery icon screen-printed on an athletic grey Tri-Blend shirt from American Apparel. The Tri-Blend is the softest, most comfortable shirt I’ve owned. And you’ll love it too. Wear it to the gym, coffeeshop, pub—or wherever you recharge.

The shirts (like previous designs) were printed by Acme Prints in Arizona, and will be hand-packed by myself, Meagan, or anyone else we can coax into helping.