He was the Design Director for NYTimes from 2006 - 2010. The re-design he refers to is a critique of the NYTimes website. [1] Regarding the footer disclaimer,

He was the Design Director for NYTimes from 2006 - 2010. The re-design he refers to is a critique of the NYTimes website. [1] Regarding the footer disclaimer, it's probably because his newspaper-like blog/site design is also sold as a Word Press theme. [2] I wouldn't call him the Steve Jobs of his industry, but he has been a big proponent for (what I consider clean design with) grids. [3] [1] http://www.subtraction.com/about http://www.subtraction.com/about [2] http://basicmaths.subtraction.com/ http://basicmaths.subtraction.com/ [3] http://www.subtraction.com/2004/12/31/grid-computi http://www.subtraction.com/2004/12/31/grid-computi