Eight7Teen's scribe Josh created some sexy bookmarks a month back that I was very impressed with. They were so sexy that he literally called them SexyBookmarks. And seeing as I'm so sexy... Anyways, Josh took the time to interview me recently and the post is now up. Check it out:
http://eight7teen.com/articles/interview-with-david-walsh
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Hey David,
I really appreciate you taking the time out of your busy day to privelege me with an interview! Thanks for the compliment about the plugin as well, much love!
Great interview :)
Great interview!