In DC, I stayed at the Hotel Monaco. The stodgy exterior belies a hip interior. It’s another of […]
Further Hotel Tales
beauty and propaganda
Thanks to Adam, I’m able to gaze upon the work of Baader-Meinhof: Gerhard Richter again. It came to […]
Is that a trident in your pocket?
or are you just happy to see me? Google’s logo today is a bit… hmmm… suggestive.
make it all make sense
From the Hitler family tree to the Bush dynasty (no, I don’t mean anything by that) from the […]
i’m not up for much more
If you wondering why no posts, neither here nor widgetopia, well the summer doldrums have hit me hard. […]
lazy paper?
The Library of Unwritten Books is “an art project travelling the UK, … collecting stories and ideas for […]
Design in the Age of Regret
In Full Disclosure, a review of The Jewish Museum Berlin, the reviewer asks, “What role does design play […]
customer service
At the Hotel Lucia, one can order a pillow to one’s liking. Let me repeat you can order […]
taxonomies for the angst ridden
A particularly good JOHO this month, especially for the category inclined. “Aristotle’s answer is that those aren’t separate […]
Death to wireframes part 12
Nate has posted our natek: Web Visions Presentation, which makes a simple proposal to make wireframes more meaningful […]
webvisions
at webvisions. scott hirsch just gave a kick-ass talk on business understanding of design value. anil is now […]
treo
i’m on caltrain, trying to blog on my new treo 600. as service fades in and out, it […]
I saw it
From Michael Time Magazine article on Michael Moore “Fahrenheit 9/11 may be the watershed event that demonstrates whether […]
Leaving today
I’m leaving sometime today for Iowa. My husband and I are driving cross-country, taking a slow route there […]
might as well go analog
Résumé by Dorothy Parker Razors pain you; Rivers are damp; Acids stain you; And drugs cause cramp. Guns […]
More Aaker
Four Years Later not a thing seems out of place: reading excerpt from Brand leadership on guidelines for […]
Consistency is dull
I’m rereading David Aaker’s excellent book, Building Strong Brands and in chapter 7 he goes over changing a […]
Defining moments
I’m doing a lot of defining these days, between widgetopia and a project I’m working. This defintion of […]
why do they always get jesus
Reading Globetechnology “A Canadian man accused of being one of the biggest spammers in the world by Yahoo […]
not dead yet
I’ve been silent as the grave as of late. My apologies. Some of my time is with drupal, […]
Remember this
7 Things to Know about Building a User Experience Team is a succinct checklist of criteria to keep […]
I’ve been promoted
Having blogged for many years now, I find myself suddenly promoted to guru in the latest Design by […]
Good artists borrow, great artists steal
If the old saw is true, then MoreGoogle is great. Open in new window from Yahoo, screenshots from […]
I juiced
I juiced with the Philippe Starck Juicer, and it made me sad. Juice flies everywhere. The item is […]
half the battle is not enough
My Brilliant Failure: Wikis In Classrooms Visions of “negotiating meaning”, “knowledge construction” and “student-to-student interaction” swam through my […]
the battle continues
I continue to work toward getting widgetopia on the drupal platform. it’s going slowly. The MT import issues […]
Peanut butter and focus groups
I watched SuperSize Me last night, which I highly recommend to anyone who has ever eaten fastfood or […]
A Faceted Approach to Building Ontologies
Trolling about, trying to see if anyone is using the term “faceted narrowing” which has recently become hip […]
excuse the punchline, but
From an interesting article on consulting: “One of the gurus of management consulting, Tom Peters, made his name […]
The Art of Branding
The Art of Branding is a simple slim book full of pictures and graphs that explains Brand creation […]