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My OS Doesn’t Work Like My Mind
I’m still thinking about simplicity/minimalism vs. experiential and emotional experiences. If memory is strongly attributed to adrenaline, then shouldn’t we design for optimal emotional attachment? Or, do we design so it’s “so…
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Ideacodes to Redesign BlogHer
Ideacodes has been working with BlogHer, the leading destination online for women’s opinions and activities, to redesign and enhance the user experience of the site. As the only women’s blog network, BlogHer…
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GigaOM Design Changes
Ideacodes and GigaOM, the leading tech blog network founded by our client and friend, Om Malik, have launched a redesign based on feedback solicited in December 2006. As Om writes, “We made…
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Think Small
“Matthew Adams outside his 120-square-foot house by Modern Cabana on his 160 acres near Red Bluff, Calif. He wanted a well-designed dwelling that would have the least effect on his land.” Minimalism…
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Book Checkout
Old school book checkout at Adaptive Path.
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PicoLED
Kyoto-based electronic component creator, Rohm, announced today that the world’s smallest LED, the PicoLED will go into mass production in April. [Via FujiSankei Business if you can read Japanese] I am now…
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Ideacodes will be at SXSW Interactive
Ideacodes co-founders, Emily Chang and Max Kiesler will be at the SXSW Interactive Conference coming up March 9-13, 2007. Emily was invited by Tom Markiewicz, CEO of EvolvePoint, to be part of…
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Self-Sousveillance
I came across this post while looking for information on attention recording and one of the paragraphs regarding self-documentary really resonated with me. Greg Yardley writes: I’m also running the Attention Recorder…
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SXSW Interactive Panel
A few months ago I was asked by Tom Markiewicz, CEO of EvolvePoint, to be on a panel about “Using RSS for Marketing” for the SXSW Interactive Conference coming up March 9-13…
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Women 2.0 Entrepreneurship
I was glad to see two interesting initiatives this week related to women and girls in technology. The first was Entrepreneurial Night by Girls’ Middle School in Mountain View and held at…
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Provide Feedback on Snap Preview Anywhere
I added Snap Preview Anywhere (SPA) to eHub back in December (eHub entry here). The free service provides a quick visual preview of a site whenever you roll over an external link.…
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The Impact of One Visualization
In an excellent article at the Adobe Design Center site, David Womack describes the significance of one visualization in “Seeing is believing: Information visualization and the debate over global warming.” Womack describes…
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Capturing the Flow of Design
The best way to present or analyze a design would be to record the desktop of an entire design cycle so that people (users, clients, developers, customers, etc.) can see the entire…
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Saturday Maintenance
Seems like I’m not the only one working on new site developments on a Saturday evening. As I’m re-architecting and working on what I want to add in 2007, it seems Twitter…
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Fluid UI: Multi-touch screen
[youtube]PqXPD7EHDto[/youtube] As we amass more and more data, it seems only natural that we’ll need new methods to navigate this space. Jeff Han’s multi-touch screen is impressive. I don’t know if it’s…
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Spam
From “glob” with the subject line: “congested deception.“ If one of the largest retailers in the world is facing its demise from a failure to differentiate what chance do you think your…
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Old Wisdom
Came across these two Chinese proverbs tonight while looking through old notes. – If you are in a hurry you will never get there. – Set yourself as the standard.
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I Like Being in Other People’s Stats
This morning I checked my feeds and stats and various web searches and saw a referrer from WipBox, an application I had added to eHub. The long tail at work… From the…
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Fast vs. Slow
In our accelerated culture, I can think of a particular Devo song and have it downloaded from a music site within seconds. This instant gratification is in contrast to other desires: eg.…
