January 2009
133 posts
nye party cancelled/moved to surprise concert. *sigh* at least we found a replacement sitter. (fresh meat for the plague!!!)
December 2008
110 posts
on the brightside, i have 4 chi.mp invites. better hurry. @russu already snagged http://bigru.mp
hrm… babysitter sick with plague leaves us scrambling at last minute. of course, she prolly got the plague from us…
groveling to various b&a authors
activity-centered design is for when you don’t have the budget, time, or necessity for ethnographic research. sound right?
who else is on corkd? i’m agovella
i’m looking for designers who are voracious readers to interview. holla back!
is gmail down?
i liked prototyping with axure but hate the documentation. terrible for biz. ok for devs.
prototyping w/ fw 4 is slower than axure, but more in line with production workflow (low-fi -> hi-fi -> mocks -> slices)
gmail via web still down and help center no help. dumped cache and still not working. any ideas?
Drunken Croquet? Fun. Recommended? No. Mallets, violence, and vengeance.
I’m not sure but i think we just started a game of drunken Croquet
sometimes i write under a pseudonym. my pseudonym just received a credit card offer. that’s just too funny
i just folded three fitted sheets perfectly. i am 35 years old and i may have finally hit my 10,000 hours in folded sheet folding
need recommendations for wife’s stocking stuffers? i’m at lotion and hair clips. you guys have to have something better. please?
another fitted sheet folded perfectly square. it’s like i’m living in someone else’s body.
listening to peaches. hope santa doesn’t find out. (merry christmas and happy holidays to everyone!)
Ramping up résumé, business cards, and portfolio for the New Year.
i’m waiting on several checks to emerge from the ether. would be great if they emerged sooner rather than later. daddy wants an xbox
An ethnography primer (AIGA) →
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Documenting template page architecture and visual design styles.
really digging the konigi pads. i use the back (dot grid) a ton, as well as the storyboard
here we see the greatest tweet ever in its natural habitat: http://ping.fm/iovxq
moo business cards arrived!!! they’re printed wrong :-( that sucks. i was so proud of them. emailed moo about refund or reprint
last night, kid had friend over to play. the friend, a young girl, approached looking concerned: “aiden took my nose.”
designing the holistic user experience: http://tinyurl.com/4bjzqh (wrong. so wrong. but safe for work.)
up early for mtg. hoping to catch OpenCoffeeClub at @coffeegroundz
traffic is terrible today. probably can’t make OpenCoffeeClub now. may end up at @coffeegroundz for work and coffee anyway.
we’re coming in at about 300 pages. 60 over our target, even after cutting roughly a chapter’s worth of content (30pp) from the end
“The main lesson is probably this: if you’re not first to the game, but perhaps...”
– Lessons to Be Learned From Pownce’s Demise (via arpit)
mad plans for localizing and geo-locating all content on a site. metadata application written and populated for running the guts.
if you’re writing a book on IA, new riders requires you have wood floors. (or access to wood floors)
footnote of the year: “a joyous riot of copyright infringement”
The producers, making things, and monsters →
I’ve been _producing_ things for a long time. In college, I managed an art gallery and produced art shows and openings and cultural events. Haranguing a capoeira group, a grip of Brazilians on…
installing django, mysql, designing and coding first small app: 1hr. installing mysqldb: 3hrs. and still doesn’t work.