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Have I mentioned I’m on Twitter?
I seem to be posting there a lot more frequently than I am on the blog. Here are my latest thoughts:
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Introducing TwiddleEast
This weekend as Israelis and Palestinians clashed again in Gaza, and it seemed like everyone had a reaction to the violence. As I consumed the popular media, I began to think about the more pedestrian views out there. It is important to understand what the everyman thinks, even if one does not agree with him…
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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…
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Get out and vote
And all you people are the heroes I’ve known We’re staring off the edge into the unknown We are not there yet, but we cannot go home So we cry and we sing Yeah I remember everything How for once in our lives We saw what we wanted and took a bite. We picked the…
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Google Chrome’s Design Comic
So the big news on the internets today is Google’s new browser: Chrome. It’s only available for Windows as of today, and since I’m on a Mac I haven’t been able to play with it yet. But that’s ok, because Google hasn’t completely left me out of the loop. I have access to the comic…
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Ask “What if” Questions
What if we could travel 5 miles in less than 5 minutes? What if we could watch movies in our own homes? What if we could buy things for a whole day without using any paper money? What if we could communicate with friends on the other side of the world without leaving the house?…
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This is why we don’t just ask users what they want
Study: Most Children Strongly Opposed To Children’s Healthcare Thanks, The Onion. Happy Monday everybody.
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Comments on a User Interface Manifesto
Jono DiCarlo at Mozilla Labs documented his feelings about user interface design in a great post titled These Things I Believe. While I do not agree with him across the board, he does make some interesting points, and helps guide software developers toward the (great user experience) light. I’ll call out a few of his…
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Generate Design Ideas. Rinse. Repeat.
Adaptive Path‘s Kumi Akiyoshi blogged a quick piece about the visual design of Aurora. I really love the exploratory designs that were created before deciding on the one we saw in the videos. I don’t necessarily love all of the features within them, but it is so important to create multiple design options before settling…
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Aurora, the Future of the Browser, and Agile Envisionment
As your local Interaction Design opinion one-stop-shop, I feel obliged to weigh in on Aurora, Adaptive Path‘s newest concept series in collaboration with Mozilla Labs. First off, if you haven’t watched the videos they’ve published so far, do that first: Aurora (Part 1) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo. Aurora (Part 2) from Adaptive Path on…