From: Gleanings
To: miniyou
Subject: Gleanigns: snack sized glean

OPENING THANG

The Carbon IQ crew has started a group blog. On it find Noel's rant on customer service, my adventure setting up greymatter and Noel teasing me. And Gabe's beautiful design.
http://www.carboniq.com/log

USABILITY MATTERS

I haven't been here for quite a while, and dang it's great! Worth it for the glossary alone.
http://www.usabilityfirst.com/

Kayla Block posts her ideas on evangelizing user interface throughout a organization
http://interfacing.blogspot.com

DESIGN MATTERS

Lovely portfolio and personal site.
http://sabine.cc/frames.html

TECH MATTERS

mattjones sends this

"Writing code, he explains, is like writing poetry: every word, each placement counts. Except that software is harder, because digital poems can have millions of lines which are all somehow interconnected. Try fixing programming errors, known as bugs, and you often introduce new ones. So far, he laments, nobody has found a silver bullet to kill the beast of complexity"
http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=568249&CFID=1765964&CFTOKEN=83880030

APROPOS OF NOTHING

from Kottke.org
"Ok, this is the best thing ever! Ever! All those other times that I told you about the best thing ever? I was lying! Go see Extreme Stick Death #3 right now. Now! Turn up the sound! (Note: I've had *way* too much sugar this morning....) "
http://games.sohu.com/fightgame/fight3.htm

I forgot to say, go see memento. amazing movie. form supports the story, enhances, disorients...
http://www.sfgate.com/eguide/arts/movies--030.html