Friday Links: Some things sure to help you pass the time until the weekend

• redblackbrown: Frivolous Friday : Alison Beattie: A short interview with Colle + McVoy’s Interactive Designer, Alison Beattie
• Letter From The Editor: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish” Gina Trapani's farewell post on Lifehacker made me a little weepy. It’s always amazing to read about people who have such passion for their work.
• - Some more random stuff on the future of internets and things: Mediation is one of my favorite local (that’d be Minneapolis for you unlocals) blog. A lot of times the content Taylor posts isn’t germane to the topic of The Nerdery, but here it is. I like his no-nonsense approach to online trends for 2009.
• Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) on Vimeo: I’ve never seen Star Wars either, and this woman knows a lot more than I do about. Impressive!
• Brain Traffic: Our Blog: Response to 10 Most Common Misconceptions About User Experience Design
• How to Become a Shortcut – Advertising Age – TalentWorks
• Pepsi: Then and Now
• What Will Save the Suburbs? – Allison Arieff Blog – NYTimes.com
• The new Fog Creek office – Joel on Software: Now this is a pimped out office.
• Don’t forget- a set on Flickr: Street art in Berlin that reminds viewers that all the advertising they see has been Photoshopped
• Micro Persuasion: Why Text Remains King of the Web
• Are You Facing a Lead Generation Dry Spell?