Yesterday I asked on Linked in (and on Facebook, more on that later) What do you consider the […]
Designing Social Media: a question and some answers
waxing techcomm: Sock-Puppeting
Somehow I’ve managed to live mylife so far withotu hearing the term Sock-Puppeting. A shame. Recently yet another […]
Postcard moment
IMGP0337, originally uploaded by Box and Arrow. There goes life, imitating art again…
Why Design? Do the Math.
When I saw this slide on Josh Porter’s terrific preso on Psychology Of Social Design the clouds parted […]
The Third Place
via Joel on Software’s Building Communities with Software The social scientist Ray Oldenburg talks about how humans need […]
Like Nailing Down A Shadow: The Problem with Social Media Measurement
The impact of social media (like PR) is overdetermined. There are a lot of moving parts. Which is […]
Required
Thinking About Social Media
a particularly smart slideshow. I was delighted to see a poster I worked on when I was at […]
Amusing Tales of Product Managers
From a hilarious David Pogue column (read the whole thing for more funny anecdotes) We reviewers aren’t supposed […]
How Do I Provide Meaningful Recognition?
From Harvard Business Online’s Marshall Goldsmith 1. List the names of the key groups of people that impact […]
Stupid Monsters someone was paid to make = the best job ever.
for example, The Giant Vampire Frog I’m not sure how to explain how happy this makes me.
UX consciousness in business magazines
Rosenfeld Media recently did an analysis of user experience mentions in prominent Business Magazines. What they discovered is […]
What Do Women Want? Less Pink, More Tech, “Lady Geek” Survey Says
from Wired Just 9 percent of the fair sex want products that “look feminine,” like a pink Playstation […]
The Reach of a Chef: Book on Design?
I am an unapologetic foodie. Left with any kind of free time in my days, I fill it […]
maps of our lives
The obesity map is a fascinating tool. Click through to interact with it— you can see how we’ve […]
innovation
Alinea Image Gallery – Cuisine Food has been around as long as humans. Restaurants date back to somewhere […]
Look at me!
Banner Blindness: Old and New Findings (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) “In addition to the three main design elements that […]
How MUNI makes me feel
How MUNI makes me feel Originally uploaded by bradlauster. This says so much more than any emoticon could […]
Good article on considering data set size in design
Interface Scalability — CMS Watch Interface bottlenecks typically result in creeping inefficiencies in editorial processes. Maybe it takes […]
Choca-choca-chocolate!!!
Where is the icanhascheezeburger for babies?? (yes, this is proof parenthood rots your mind.)
Know where your store is located
Know where your store is located Originally uploaded by Box and Arrow. this is pretty good proof that […]
Time to Hustle for SXSW votes
It’s that time of year again– time for all us hopeful panelists to bag for votes. The field […]
Required Reading for the Social Media Nerd Set
Jeremiah is such an uber SN geeks, he doesn’t realize that his little summary is valuable even to […]
Spock is Dumb Again
Reading Astonishing! Spock, a New People-Search Engine, Thinks You’re a Pedophile I can only imagine that Spock is […]
How to Be a Mensch
Guy and Don
At Tuesday, August 14, 2007: Monthly Program (BayCHI), Guy Kawasaki calls out Don Norman is in the audience […]
If you miss crabby design commentary
since I’ve been all entrepreneur-y, try Dan Willis’s new effort, UX Crank
If you work with engineers
If you work with Engineers, and these days who doesn’t? then you ought to read The Fishbowl: Understanding […]
Getting Dugg
This is what getting Dugg looks like. I’ve seen other graphs– getting Dugg appears to be more pain […]
Drink more!
Drink more! Originally uploaded by Box and Arrow. Interesting headline in today’s journal.