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Texture Wall
Two photos of different parts of the same wall. Love the subtle details. Shot on Harrison St, SF.
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Wikipedia for all
One of my all-time favorite websites is the wikipedia – partly because I’ve used it for many years to look up terms, concepts, historical facts; also because I like to link to…
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Symbols and Synchronicity
I mentioned how I like it when synchronicities pop up at different times in an earlier post last week, but I have to mention another odd coincidence because 1) it’s cool and…
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Pingoat rocks
I’ve been looking at ways to increase blog traffic and I’ll be posting more about the services and various techniques I’m using, but for now, you’ve got to try pingoat, a great…
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Plazes location mapping
Twenty-four hours ago, I was playing with IndyJunior and wishing I could add more real-time data to the map or share the data with someone in more ways than just a hover…
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Web Mapping Technology
I was searching to see if anyone had released some Ajax-driven maps and came across “Build AJAX-Based Web Maps Using ka-Map” by Tyler Mitchell which led me to an open source map…
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XML and Flash Map of My Travels
I found Bryan Boyer’s IndyJunior several years ago when it was still v1.3 and played with it back then. For some reason, it popped into my head again the other day so…
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Hacker Ethic
“In general I have a hacker ethic regarding my work: I don’t really want my job to be neatly divisible from my life. The concepts and ideas that I bring to both…
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Open source
MIT Technology Review has a story, The Tech Boom 2.0, that covers a point of view that I couldn’t agree with more. I often use open-source software to develop high-end, robust, and…
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Blog comments on
I’ve resisted turning comments on in my blog for some time. It’s not that I haven’t wanted feedback from you or to know what you think. It probably has more to do…
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081505
“It’s a matter of projecting a persona and your perception of me.”
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Qube Sign
Wicked car-as-sign.
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One Year Later
Tonight marks the one year anniversary of moving here to SF and finding ourselves right where we want to be – in the heart of the web world with our own selected…
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Designing Thinking
As a design-focused firm, I’m encouraged by the recent emphasis on business adopting more strategic design thinking and process techniques. I’m familiar with the same sources and I like how the author,…
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Barcode Building
I’ve always like the simplicity and functionality of bar codes. In art school, I made a series of oversized bar code prints as rough posters and had a collection of various bar…
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Ideacodes to Create Wireframes and Visual Designs for Six Apart
Six Apart, the world’s leading weblog company, hires Ideacodes to assist in wireframe design and development, as well as interface and visuals for the next version of its popular blog service. Co-founded…
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SF Night
Night time traffic on the interstate as seen from our window. Even after a year, this scene still fascinates me. Any hour of the day or night, endless cars stream across several…
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080105 Desktop
Some things are just liberating for all the right reasons (like working on your own websites).
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Mash-up the Web
While the term mash-up has its roots in hip hop culture, the web mash-up seems a natural evolution of our need to customize and our love of hacks. (See an earlier post…
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Choosing Blogging Software
A recent article by Susannah Gardner in the USC Annenberg Online Journalism Review titled “Time to Check: Are you using the right blogging tool?” is a great starting point if you’re new…
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Six Apart and Ideacodes
I’ve moved several times in the last nine years – five moves, three states, and two coasts to be exact. Despite these environmental and physical shifts in my life, it’s ironic that…
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Lunch in North Beach
North Beach is fine coffee, fresh italian cuisine, sidewalk cafes, and dreamy summer afternoons. For me, it’s also the rare personal pleasure of spending time in the same neighborhood where Jack Kerouac…
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Palm Tree
Walking up to Telegraph Hill and saw this dreamy view of the bay. Sounds silly but I’m still struck by the palm trees, the blue sky and water, the breeze, and how…
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Don’t just make it pretty, make it strategic
Since I started designing websites for universities and colleges in 1996, I’ve had numerous conversations about design, both with those on the inside (administrators, marketing communications directors, admissions counselors, information technology teams,…
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The Corporation
I was already entirely aware that we live in a world dominated by corporate messages and influence, controlled by the unending influence of money and profit, but the documentary, The Corporation, paints…
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How much does a college or university blog really cost?
If you’re a school that wants to start a blog for reasons of recruitment, communication, academic voice, strategic planning, or community-buiding, but you’ve been hesitant to, I feel your pain. I used…
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Mac Mini
Smaller is better. The new Mac Mini is lighter and thinner than my firewire drive.
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BeingEDU
I’m now writing about more strategic and web related issues over at a new Ideacodes blog, BeingEDU.com. Being EDU™ is a weblog about strategic web design and development for college and university…
