See Noel explain why Herman Miller gets it and why Gabe's butt is worth $700.
from the article Alan Cooper of Cooper Interaction Design sees planning as key to downstream dividends
"It's inevitable that there will rise up in programming a separate but equal profession known as interaction design. These people will act as the bridge between business viability and technical capability. They will act like architects. "
hmm.. I could swear there was a title kinda like this.
from the article Alan Cooper of Cooper Interaction Design sees planning as key to downstream dividends
"It's inevitable that there will rise up in programming a separate but equal profession known as interaction design. These people will act as the bridge between business viability and technical capability. They will act like architects. "
hmm.. I could swear there was a title kinda like this.
At twilight, I could hear someone practicing a trombone. They occasionally managed a melody, but mostly just it was just poot-poot-poot. It's not like hearing a lonely saxophone waft across the city, but it's kind of pleasant.
At 10 last night there were fireworks going off in the neighborhood. This morning the garbage truck woke me. The garbage guys are actually pretty quiet-- the move to plastic cans has changed their noise level. But the truck has a distinctive rumble, and anyway I might as well get up and slide you all a glean before the holiday. I still love this city, despite the occasional disturbing event
... there is a strange comfort in being surrounded by familiar people you don't know.
Poet George Oppen wrote of the shipwreck of the singular, about the pleasure of being numerous, being part of a city. He lived in San Francisco, and this is the only book of his that is available in print; but it holds his complete works and it is amazing. I highly recommend it.
strangely enough none of his poems are online. not that I can find, anyhow...
I think that's the best looking useless splash page I've seen in a long time.
matt jones analyzes the sapient redesign
Somebody is confusing branding with marketing. Not the same kids!
"Good Grips kitchen tools grew out of one man's desire to build a better potato peeler for his arthritic wife. It has become one of the great marketing stories of the last decade, garnering a huge market share. Software designers can take from it two lessons: Good designs for the disabled can also benefit the normally-abled, and effective product design must come before "branding.""
We're defining brand over on EH. Come join in!
So You Want To Be An Interaction Designer shhh.. don't tell them!
at least I think it's IAish...
Functional Spec Tutorial What and Why
Lou is heading cross country. Okay, this is only tangentially IA, but Lou is a good writer. The polar bear didn't suck...
Cooper takes on the web's Bermuda triangle--- the shopping cart -- in Beating the Checkout Blues
Internet Magazine: The future's bright! (via tomalak.org : : not dead after all!)
"Q&A with Jakob Nielsen. Ultimately, we all need to take our own fate in our own hands and demand usability. Refuse to use Web sites that are complex or that pop up too many annoying ads. Only buy consumer electronics products that have been reviewed as being easy to use."
I don't even care what this is about, I just want to chant "techno-jihad" over and over again.
On its face, the e-Japan initiative makes perfect sense, once you get past the basic contradiction of a top-down initiative designed to create a bottom-up revolution. Unlike previous misguided governmental techno-jihads this seems to embrace seemingly foolproof ideas..."
who is this lonely? who is this playful...
Serious Germans who have tried signing up for courses and formed clubs to try to discover the meaning of humor are now being offered laughter holidays. (via littlegreenfootballs.com)
When it comes to food, music, and more, which do you prefer: ubiquity or authenticity?
My dad taught me how to make jam. it's easy-- I've done it this way dozens of times and it always works great. Get a bunch of fruit, such as plums or peaches or cherries or strawberries or whatever. wash it and remove inedible bits. put in a large saucepan (preferably non-stick) and add an equal amount of sugar. yes, that's a lot. if the fruit is very sweet, you could add less. turn the heat on as low as possible and ignore it for a couple hours, just swinging by every half hour or so to stir and see if it's jam yet. it really works. The skins provide natural pectin, and it thickens as it cools so don't worry if it seems a bit thin when the fruit is mushed. You don't even really need special jars, unless you plan to keep your jam forever. I use cleaned left-over pasta and mustard jars. You will have to keep it in the fridge, though, if you don't have the fancy jar.
Happy Fourth, Americans! Happy wednesday, all you .de and .es and .uk.'s!!!!