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  • Generate Loooooots of Ideas

    Sometimes people think there’s one obvious answer to seemingly vexing design questions. Plain and simple: this is wrong. Your gut instinct might be telling you that there’s only one way to go about solving a problem, but this is an incorrect assumption. When you try, and I mean really try, you’ll find many answers to…

  • Give Webopoly a Spin

    So my buddy at work, Ryan Buterbaugh, created a new game to add to his already popular online game, Wabble. You should give it a shot: Webopoly – Build Your Monopoly Online – Play for Free!

  • On Winter and Payback

    I spent nearly an hour this afternoon digging my car out from a pile of snow and slippery ice. I had done the same thing yesterday, though it was less ice and much more snow. Winter in a cold climate tests one’s will to commune. All those hours holed up indoors means that you’re not…

  • Friday Funnies

    Alright, I know, it’s Thursday. Still, we’re cutting ourselves some slack this week because tomorrow is a day off. Happy independence day everyone. Enjoy these: I know, random, right? Posted by flickr user hhhitshayley

  • Heading home to my Valentine

    happy bokeh wednesday! by Disco ♥ Tetris. It’s been a really freaking long road trip. After 18 days away, I’m ready to be home for a while. It just blows my mind that I’ll be back on a plane on Sunday. Ahh, the glamorous life of a traveling consultant. So, my favorite story to tell…

  • My Sister the Photographer

    DSC_0037 by tevnin. I love this shot. She got a sweet camera. Color me jealous. Real jealous. Yay Tami. Maybe I’m due for a new toy…

  • BlackBerry test post

    So, did it work?

  • Where is Josh these days?

    Great question, weblog. Well, for the past few weeks I’ve been in Chicago, toiling away on the ThoughtWorks beach. Man, I never feel so busy as when I’m on the beach (the time you get when you’re not on a project). There are always a ton of projects to work on…people constantly asking for some…

  • Agile Design, a response to my friend’s quandary

    This evening Kynthia‘s thoughts got me thinking. Among other things, she said: “[W]e design heads get in this place where, just because we wouldn’t be caught dead releasing something into the wild, we think there is nothing to learn from it.” My brain took her thoughts on a tangent and went this way: So since…

  • Evolution vs. Revolution in Digital Design

    iPhone presentation Originally uploaded by Dan_H. One distinction many people make when defining a design project is whether the design will be another evolution of an existing technique, set of tools, or technologies, or if it will be a revolutionary implementation. This decision is most often made implicitly, generally without any direct thought about revolutionary…