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App developer Justin Williams shares his no-nonsense, single-price approach to app pricing: find your audience, charge the right price, and stick to it.

It was a real treat to sit down with John Maeda to talk iPhone apps, economic development, and how to build a community of digital artisans.

Or, “Why I wrote and designed an entire book in Pages.” The web has changed the way we read, and my new book is part of an experiment to create a new kind of print storytelling, with lessons for writers, designers, and publishers alike.

An uncertain economy makes it a good time for web workers to return to good-for-the-web core values.

My post office features a clever heat-map grid to announce slow and busy hours. A perfect idea for the web.

When behind-the-scenes systems replace common sense and customer expectations. A parable at the coffee stand.

My latest scheme to improve productivity and creative flow: Screw around. Waste time. Make stuff. Banter. Play.

The Paris Marathon prompts your correspondent to ponder what makes creative people tick in adversity.