Category: Site Announcements

Grad School

It’s official: I’m attending the Master of Community Planning program at the University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation in the fall. It’s a two year master’s program in urban planning that requires an internship and studio project in addition to the coursework. I will also be a TA for the freshman introductory […]

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We’re Back

This site has been dark for a few days after the server it lived on croaked. However, thanks to quick thinking by friend and tech guru Scott Trudeau, we are up and running on a new server. Thanks, Scott!

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Blog Work

I just installed the “recent-comments” and “most-commented” plugins written by Nick Momrik. I had no trouble at all installing either, I only wish the recent comments plugin had the option to display the date of the comment. I’ve also sprinkled some Google ads around (might as well, right?) and am considering tweaking the layout slightly […]

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Profile in American U Student Paper

I can’t resist sharing this profile of me that was printed in American University’s student newspaper. A few corrections: I probably will not make a career in journalism and my former co-editor’s name is Mike Grass, not Mike Brass. As for the rest, well, you can make up your own mind. The complete text is […]

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DCist Help Wanted

One of the editors of DCist is leaving, and we’re looking for a replacement. Catherine was one of the first people to join Mike and I in our little endeavor, and has been an excellent and reliable blogger and been instrumental helping DCist be so successful. We’ll be sad to see her go! She has […]

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The Colors of This Blog

I just posted a gallery in Flickr of screenshots of this website’s various designs. (Inspired by this set.) As a reminder, you can find anything on this blog with google here, or just type “site:goodspeedupdate.comâ€? after your google search. —–

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