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Visible Wear

September 24, 2009

Impressive! My tires rot before I even get close to wearing the knobbies down to this degree. Tip: Don’t borrow this bike if it’s raining.

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Analog Displays and Physical Mapping

September 22, 2009

I snapped this picture in the lobby of the Frost Bank building in San Antonio. The panel, nowhere near the elevators, was designed to give the fire department a view of what floors the elevators were on. I love the look of this display – the lights behind the numbers, the movement going up and [...]

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Don’t Make Me Think Parts Packaging

April 25, 2009

Putting something together before you use it is rarely fun. I happen to be one of those people who can manage it fairly well, but like the other day, I would have rather been grilling dinner than putting the grill together. This way of packaging parts, though, made it a bit easier. Clear labeling prevents [...]

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Phone as Tool

April 11, 2009

I was having lunch with a couple of UX folks the other day, and the conversation turned to mobile phones… how we use them, and how we don’t. It occurred to me that if you reclassified my iPhone as simply a device, the telephone is one of the features I use least. I text, and [...]

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Timing is Everything

February 4, 2009

A few minutes after importing an old iPhoto library into the new iPhoto, I checked to see what was happening. The coincidence of my niece’s face and my dismay at “483 minutes remaining” matched so perfectly I LOL’d.

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The Museum of Online Museums – Time Suck Extravaganza!

February 3, 2009

I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to literally hear the screech of corporate productivity coming to a grinding halt after this post. The above is just a small section from this site, which contains one of the craziest, coolest and most bizarre set of links I’ve ever seen in one place. Bonus: The site neatly [...]

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Contact

January 25, 2009

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IXDA 09 – Here I come

January 12, 2009

I’m excited to attend this year’s IXDA conference in Vancouver. Last year’s, in Savannah, was a lot of fun –- just the right mix of learning and networking. I’m looking forward to more of the same this year.