Archive for August, 2007

Meteor shower Sunday night!

Posted by nadine on August 11th, 2007

Completely non-typographic news: look to the sky tomorrow night… They’re saying we can see maybe 100 every hour!!! The show starts tonight but peaks Sunday at midnight. If you are in Western Europe, or North America, and is lucky to be in good weather conditions, then tomorrow is the night! Enjoy…
More info here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6940962.stm

TypeCon main program begins today

Posted by nadine on August 3rd, 2007

After flight delays, a medical emergency on board (not me, thankfully), and long queues at immigration, we finally arrived in Seattle! 9 hours time difference is a killer, got me so tired that I forgot my laptop in the elevator… What a wonderful way to start the conference. Thankfully, I managed to get it back […]

Arabic Typography panel at TypeCon

Posted by nadine on August 1st, 2007

For those in the Seattle area or planning to attend this year’s TypeCon, there’s going to a special panel about Arabic Typography on Saturday afternoon with Mamoum Sakkal, Aida Sakkal, and myself and moderated by John Hudson. I’ll make a small report after I get back.