Designing for Mary Hodder and Dabble
Our company, Ideacodes, is pleased to be working with Mary Hodder, CEO of Dabble, to provide identity, UI, and user experience design for her next generation web application.
JP Morgan and Connector Group Showcase
The JP Morgan and Connector Group Showcase, “a unique forum for companies to introduce their leading-edge products and services to the Silicon Valley’s elite group of tastemakers and influencers ,” took place on Monday, January 30 at the JP Morgan offices here in SF. The event offered a behind-the-scenes look into some of the innovative ...
Yahoo! Design Group Dinner
We had the wonderful opportunity to attend an informal dinner on Monday night here in SF with the Yahoo! design group and a mix of fellow designers, developers, and even some HCI and usability legends. On the Yahoo-side, I had the pleasure of meeting Larry Tesler, VP of user experience and design, Havi Hoffman, Catalyst ...
Ajax Calendaring with Spongecell
I received email from Marc Guldimann tonight from Spongecell, an “absorbful calendar.” They’re having a launch party here in San Francisco at Ritual Roasters on Wednesday and we’ll be stopping by. There have been a lot of Ajax calendar applications (see the events and calendar category in eHub). Spongecell differentiates itself with the Spongebar, a ...
New Startups and Web 2.0 Products Debut at E27 Technology Symposium
Earlier today, I went to the E27 Technology Symposium at Stanford University. E27 is “a forum for young entrepreneurs to showcase their upcoming or new products to influential representatives from newspapers, popular blogs, progressive companies, universities, and venture capitalist firms.”
Microsoft Search Champs v4
My partner at Ideacodes, Max Kiesler, and I are back from attending Search Champs which took place this week, January 24 – 26 at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond. Search Champs is an event hosted by the MSN Search team to invite “groups of academics, bloggers, siteowners, and technologists to talk about search… We usually select ...
The Beat Museum
Jerry Cimino opens the Beat Museum in San Francisco. I wish I had been able to make the opening to see the guest of honor – Carolyn Cassady, the 82-year-old widow of Neal Cassady. Nearly half a century after they flourished in North Beach, the Beats are back in San Francisco. A modest enterprise called ...
Ideacodes Redesigns CommunityWalk’s Front Page
CommunityWalk is a web 2.0 user created community with location mapping, photos and multimedia, and much more. My company, Ideacodes, worked with Jared Cosulich, CEO and founder, to reshape the strategy, design, and functionality of the new dynamic home page. Learn more at Ideacodes.
Extinction alert for 800 species
In the BBC article, “Extinction alert for 800 species,” researchers have compiled a global map of sites where animals and plants face imminent extinction. “It’s impossible to know or predict how long these species might have; but certainly within the next few decades, if these sites aren’t protected, they will be gone.”