Comments on: Into the murky deep http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/ Web design news and insights since 1995 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:24:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeffrey Zeldman http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22684 Jeffrey Zeldman Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:41:37 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22684 @Peter, nice! @Peter, nice!

]]> By: Peter Goddard http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22669 Peter Goddard Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:11:18 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22669 Hi Mr Z - saw this and thought of you! http://www.newyorker.com/humor/issuecartoons/2007/11/05/cartoons_20071029?slide=2#showHeader Hi Mr Z – saw this and thought of you!

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/issuecartoons/2007/11/05/cartoons_20071029?slide=2#showHeader

]]> By: John http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22657 John Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:49:23 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22657 I wish you all the best of luck, its a crazy ride for a couple of weeks, but in the end, it is an awesome experience. Congrats. I wish you all the best of luck, its a crazy ride for a couple of weeks, but in the end, it is an awesome experience. Congrats.

]]> By: Jeffrey Zeldman http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22648 Jeffrey Zeldman Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:07:13 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22648 Ha, ha! Tables. Good one! Thanks, everyone, for the virtual hugs and advice. We just our fully executed contract back. Hooray! Time to take a breath, celebrate ... and then dive back in for the next phase. Ha, ha! Tables. Good one!

Thanks, everyone, for the virtual hugs and advice. We just our fully executed contract back. Hooray! Time to take a breath, celebrate … and then dive back in for the next phase.

]]> By: roe http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22645 roe Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:49:03 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22645 Oh, congrats -- good luck to you! :) Now repeat after me: "Everything will be fine. Everything will be fine. Everything will be fiiinnneeee...." Oh, congrats — good luck to you! :) Now repeat after me: “Everything will be fine. Everything will be fine. Everything will be fiiinnneeee….”

]]> By: ben http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22644 ben Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:01:43 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22644 Congratulations. Home ownership? What's that? I need to visit the planet where they do that. On a totally unrelated subject, Joel Spolsky had a bunch of things to say about your crew: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/10/30.html Congratulations. Home ownership? What’s that? I need to visit the planet where they do that.

On a totally unrelated subject, Joel Spolsky had a bunch of things to say about your crew:

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2007/10/30.html

]]> By: Max Daniels http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22637 Max Daniels Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:18:48 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22637 Good for you! Whatever annoyances are involved, landlord-independence is something to be grateful for. Good for you! Whatever annoyances are involved, landlord-independence is something to be grateful for.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22634 Daniel Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:53:50 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22634 I remember signing the papers for my apartment oh those many moons ago. Something that should have been a triumphant experience ended up being so non-plussed. I was buying my first home, in the most exciting city in the world, yet all I did was sit in a room of lawyers and write my name on a bunch of papers. (and yes, write the biggest check of my life) I think my favorite part was right afterwards when I got to call NYNEX (It was still NYNEX back then) to order a phone line - and I got to work with the person to pick a cool number. Congrats, Jeffrey, it's just the beginning and you'll be thrilled with the ride! I remember signing the papers for my apartment oh those many moons ago.

Something that should have been a triumphant experience ended up being so non-plussed. I was buying my first home, in the most exciting city in the world, yet all I did was sit in a room of lawyers and write my name on a bunch of papers. (and yes, write the biggest check of my life)

I think my favorite part was right afterwards when I got to call NYNEX (It was still NYNEX back then) to order a phone line – and I got to work with the person to pick a cool number.

Congrats, Jeffrey, it’s just the beginning and you’ll be thrilled with the ride!

]]> By: George Kaplan http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22633 George Kaplan Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:33:03 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22633 In all true successes there is always an element of risk. Just go do what you do best and let the wheels turn on their own. What's the worst thing that can happen? Breathe in. Breathe out. Wax on. Wax off. In all true successes there is always an element of risk. Just go do what you do best and let the wheels turn on their own. What’s the worst thing that can happen?

Breathe in. Breathe out.

Wax on. Wax off.

]]> By: Steve French http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22629 Steve French Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:57:47 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22629 Congrats! I just did that in Atlanta for the second time, where there were lawyers, at least at the closing. Get ready for a lot of trips to Home improvement stores to buy obscure tools. Congrats! I just did that in Atlanta for the second time, where there were lawyers, at least at the closing. Get ready for a lot of trips to Home improvement stores to buy obscure tools.

]]> By: Josh Stodola http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22626 Josh Stodola Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:21:03 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22626 DOH!!! Oliver! I seriously was going to type that!! ("Will there be any tables in your new home?") I hope I wont need lawyers when the time comes to get out of the renting game. DOH!!! Oliver! I seriously was going to type that!!

(“Will there be any tables in your new home?”)

I hope I wont need lawyers when the time comes to get out of the renting game.

]]> By: Oliver http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22617 Oliver Tue, 30 Oct 2007 08:42:58 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22617 Hope all goes well. Buying a home is a neverending story. The signing of a contract is not the end, it is the beginning. BTW: Will there be any tables in your new home? Hope all goes well. Buying a home is a neverending story. The signing of a contract is not the end, it is the beginning.

BTW: Will there be any tables in your new home?

]]> By: Greg Bulmash http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22604 Greg Bulmash Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:13:49 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22604 Don't know about NY, but here in WA, you don't write that huge check (actually you hand over a cashier's check) until escrow closes. You hand them the check and sign on the dotted line... you're a homeowner. Actually, closing escrow takes about an hour or more and you end up with hand cramps from all the stuff you have to sign and initial. But in the end, you hold keys and documents in that twisted claw that say you own whatever part of that house the bank doesn't. Don’t know about NY, but here in WA, you don’t write that huge check (actually you hand over a cashier’s check) until escrow closes. You hand them the check and sign on the dotted line… you’re a homeowner.

Actually, closing escrow takes about an hour or more and you end up with hand cramps from all the stuff you have to sign and initial. But in the end, you hold keys and documents in that twisted claw that say you own whatever part of that house the bank doesn’t.

]]> By: Greg http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22603 Greg Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:09:32 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22603 Ditto what Dan said. Pity about lawyers having to be involved. I've purchased two homes in Southern California and I don't recall having to get a attorneys involved (maybe they were behind the giant curtain). Ditto what Dan said. Pity about lawyers having to be involved. I’ve purchased two homes in Southern California and I don’t recall having to get a attorneys involved (maybe they were behind the giant curtain).

]]> By: Lori http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22601 Lori Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:30:27 +0000 http://www.zeldman.com/2007/10/29/into-the-murky-deep/#comment-22601 Yay! I'm so excited for you -- and so glad Homebuying for Dummies bumped its way out of the cabinet when it did. :-) Yay! I’m so excited for you — and so glad Homebuying for Dummies bumped its way out of the cabinet when it did. :-)

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