March 2009
46 posts
Saw “I Love You Man” last night. Awesome. Paul Rudd, Jason Segel, hilarous. Rashida Jones, hilarious and HOT. Just sayin’.
It’s Not What the Software Does →
Drove 700 miles this weekend. Glad to be home.
In Portland, getting ready to drive to Bend. Bought Settlers of Catan yesterday, and plan to spend a ton of time workin’ that out.
Seen on 520 commute: man with iPod ear buds, comic book laid out on steering wheel, driving to work… #commute
Downloading podcasts for my weekend of long driving. Jared Spool, Alan Cooper, others.
I love that I can reserve stuff online and pick it up at my local Barnes & Noble two hours later. Service!
Presented some wireframes/concepts to a big group of stakeholders today via phone. No body language or facial feedback. Tough.
Working on a social site pitch. Thinking “what would Joshua Porter do?” Build the architecture, let them organize and hack… right?
Back from the IA Summit #ias09 and utterly sleep deprived. But richer! Won a $20 Amazon GC and a copy of LukeW’s form design book.
I want to see My Blood Valentine, but with tix at $50/per after all charges, I’m balking. Worth it, really? @optica8 @arielmeow
Designing Social Patterns Wiki →
“The Designing Social Interfaces patterns wiki is a companion site to the book that Christian Crumlish and Erin Malone are currently writing for O’Reilly Media.”
Mega Drop-Down Navigation Menus Work Well (Jakob... →
“Big, two-dimensional drop-down panels group navigation options to eliminate scrolling and use typography, icons, and tooltips to explain the user’s choices.”
Mental Models: Resources →
Resources for Indi Young’s Mental Models book.
Evidence of Dollhouse’s awesomeness - “The judge’ll throw the Kindle at you”: http://tinyurl.com/cq7wj6
Just caught up on Dollhouse. Wow - it’s gotten REALLY good. Whedon always delivers.
The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing) →
Giving @go_orbit a ride home tonight. We’ll probably engage in our usual banter : go_orbit sez “UX SUX” kables sez “HA HA LOL, UR NOT 733t”
I can’t draw, so I just ordered this: http://is.gd/chBf
Doug Bowman on leaving Google →
Best New Show On TV →
The myth of big salaries (it's all marketing) →
Really enjoying the #IASummit (at least the part that happens before sessions begin). Axure mug! (I promise not to tweet the entire thing.)
Packing for Memphis. IA Summit tomorrow. Packing light — no camera, one pair of shoes, one pair of pants. Checking baggage sucks.
Bill Payment Win →
a random act of kindness →
Students →
Twine Could Soon Surpass Delicious, Prepares... →
Working in 165MB Visio file ain’t easy. (Nor is pimpin’.)
Just watched “Rachel Getting Married.” Amazing film - Anne Hathaway should have won (though I love you Kate).
Up at 6:15 to take Dina to her seminar. Sleep-deprived, but caffeinated. Should probably be productive, but nerdiness beckons….
Diggin’ the new FB layout.
Heading home soon. Wacky day. Need to decompress with some HILARIOUS thursday night tv. Do I have two ears and a heart?
More friends laid off today. Boo. Stupid economy.
Wednesday and no Top Chef. I feel so…. unmoored.
IA Meet up at Elysian on Cap Hill tonight - 7PM. All Seattle webbies, come have a brew.
Pitchfork redesign is a big improvement. Seems they have a few kinks to work out, though: http://pitchfork.com/ (Oh, and they got their URL)
Blizzard? Wah? I’m seein’ nothin’ in Bellevue.
Bald eagle hanging out on a lamp post on 520, watching the commute. This is the fifth time I’ve seen it/she/him. Still pretty remarkable.
Excited about installing XBMC on my Ubuntu-based media laptop. Biggest issue remains how to sync laptop with LCD TV. If no go, hacking XBOX.
At IMAX for Watchmen! Sticky floors. We smuggled in chile lime almonds.
Dog sledding →
Correlation →
The Beatles: Rock Band coming in September, with... →
Good design: The ten commandments of Dieter Rams →
” Back in the early 1980s, Dieter Rams was becoming increasingly concerned by the state of the world around him â âan impenetrable confusion of forms, colours and noises.â Aware that he was a…
Beware of trade guilds maintaining the status quo →