February 2012
2 posts
Human Infographic! GOOD Attacks Traffic in Los... →
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Babel Library →
Definitely in my top-ten all-time favorite Dada academic semantic algorithm videos. Maybe even top five. Great moment in the video starting at around 0:40 seconds.
December 2011
1 post
February 2010
2 posts
September 2009
9 posts
Has the security threat level … →
@erintothemax Very bold. →
RT @cdemetriadis: This is awes… →
@jaredlukes How about a method… →
Health insurance companies nee… →
Dear Rhapsody, you know a lot … →
@johnperrybarlow I think @peew… →
@jsnsck Thanks for posting tha… →
@orangetrulo back from his hon… →
August 2009
2 posts
SXSW Presentation Entry →
Conversational UX Design →
So the question becomes, do you give people fish, or teach them to fish? Human psychology has shown us definitively that learning by doing produces the deepest imprint on our memory and behavior. It is far and away the most engaging way to teach, and this kind of interactive learning produces knowledge rather than just information. And knowledge, not information, creates a feeling of ownership...
June 2009
1 post
Wabi-sabi and Experience Design →
When I was teaching interactive design, I used to try to explain the concept of wabi-sabi to my students. It was a daunting task, and I’m sure I didn’t do justice to the aesthetic ideal and mindset….
April 2009
1 post
Experience Design + Community Building -... →
I will be speaking at the University of Minnesota’s MinneWebCon event on Monday, April 6th. I’m stoked to see the keynote speaker, Doc Searls (Co-Author of the legendary prophetic book The …
March 2009
1 post
Culture-Hacking the Barbie UX →
Barbie’s Evolution
In the late fifties, entrepreneur Ruth Handler invented the Barbie doll after watching her daughters play with paper dolls. She noticed that they were injecting…
January 2009
1 post
Bon Iver’s Breathtaking Beauty, Brought to You By... →
A couple weeks ago I stumbled across a profile of Justin Vernon’s musical platform Bon Iver. It wasn’t in Pitchfork, or City Pages, or The Onion. Believe it or not, it was in fact the Wall Street…
November 2008
2 posts
Mood: Cantankerous →
Ok. I made a promise to myself when I started this blog that I would stay positive, trying to call out the wonderfully engaging user experience found in superior design. At least I think I did. Come…
It’s a beautiful day - don’t let it get away.
October 2008
1 post
Community, Design, and Polish Sausage →
If you’ve ever been to Minneapolis, you have probably heard of Nye’s Polonaise Room. It is perhaps the most famous bar in the city, home to a long tradition of live sing-a-longs, gold-flecked vinyl…
August 2008
10 posts
And I’ll be damned if I’m not considering changing my mind.
this time just attempting to use a better description of the remote-controlled farting device, using cogent case studies and sound effects…
Later, when he had calmed down, he calmly tried to sell me on the idea again,
Son: “But Daddy……” small whimper trails into deeply painful crying, then a full cathartic sob, lasting a good five minutes.
Dad: “Oh. Well, that’s a nice thought. I guess I really don’t want a fart machine though.”
Son: “And we decided we’d give you your own as a present for your 40th birthday!”
Dad: “Oh, that’s interesting…”
“Daddy, Zack has this fart machine and when you push a button it makes this great fart noise!”
Exchange with my 7-year old son upon coming home from work.
Deep UX Design: Apple’s Photo Booth →
Occasionally I notice work whose design shows amazing integrity and purity in it’s attention to experience. Often, interactive design starts shallow and then tries to bully it’s way into cognitive…
July 2008
13 posts
I’d like to start this experimental project. assemble a small group of people who want to work on it together. meet a couple times to sort it out. then let it rip.
And as the story changes, it becomes something else - and the ‘else’ in this case, is the piece. An artist as agent, creating a catalyst for changing others lives.
The story will then change. The original romantic screenplay will be altered in digital speed.
They will comment, give advice, take sides, and participate.
A natural story will evolve, and others will get involved.
So you take a set of people and agree to post your relationship discussions and the life discussions that relate to them - on twitter.
the word friend no longer means the same thing.
Somewhere between reality and our ever-growing ways to communicate, there is a place where fact and fiction are blurred.
ok, so tumblr bot. i was just hanging out in my garage, and i got this idea.
Science and Art
So. We’ve got it down to a science. We design around the basic understanding of how people interact with things at the level of cognitive psychology. We have grasped the most fleeting and brain-sucking amount of new technology and now handily tuck our mobiles in our pockets on the way to the club. We are in the club. It’s nice here, we’ve got entertainment, video games, friends,...
Firefox 3: Microcosmic Innovation →
I have recently upgraded to the new Firefox 3 browser, and it shows off some subtle but significant user-centered design innovation. One change in particular I noticed was the default…
“The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the...”
– Albert Einstein
June 2008
6 posts
Look at the Stars
Very clear tonight. Cassieopiea, Big Dipper, is that Venus? Remembering good times in the backyard with my Dad looking at the stars. Remembering good times with M looking at the stars. And looking at the seaweed skeletons dancing below the water’s surface. Two different times of magic in my life. Same stars. Different life
We are stardust.
Does Form Follow Function?
Yes.
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense...”
– Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.