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Monthly Archives: August 2009
It’s Monday! Get to it!
Brian Maggi found this on the Tribune’s WGN Morning News blog.
Phonetic punctuation with Victor Borge (and Michael Palin)
As it happens to all of our meetings, our most recent one had a tangent where we started talking about Victor Borge’s Phonetic punctuation bit. I remember it from a children’s show, Jason remembers it being the Electric Company as … Continue reading
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Tagged context, narrative, phonetics, presentation, video, words
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The summer office
When starting a new project, I try to spend time someplace other than the office. Removing myself from familiar surroundings, shutting off the monitor, closing the laptop and working analog lends itself to a sense of playfulness crucial to engaging … Continue reading
Best Infographics of 2008
The Malofiej International Infographics Awards are given each year to the best examples of journalism using graphics to communicate information. Check out pics of 2008′s winners here. Thanks to Jessica Jackson for the linkie!
Posted in Technology & UX
Tagged awards, design, infographic, information visualization
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Designing the world in three stages (aka Make stuff work so my uncle doesn’t always call)
I loved the idea of not settling for something a company gives you at face value. It is a great writeup too, about the three stages of design, which i think make a ton of sense. Sometimes it seems like … Continue reading
The modern wrong number incident
Serendipity plays a large part in whether it’s fun to talk to people you bump into electronically. In Tommy’s case, I’m glad I’m not in Fort Wayne.
When does a prototype become a product?
This is an awesome NYT story that came out awhile ago about about Johnny Lee of wiimote hacking fame. He talks about why he promotes his work via YouTube instead of publishing papers or commercializing his work. For him, it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged design, iit, innovation, prototypes, thinkering, ubiquity, whiteboard, wiimote
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First!
What do you mean it doesn’t count on our own blog? Damn. Honestly, we never understood the fascination of being the first to comment with ‘First.’ Were people thinking they were planting their flag? Claiming their portion of the web? … Continue reading