1 Oct, 2011
Remember the Stephen King novel and film, Pet Cemetery? Basically there’s this mysterious pet cemetery way out in the woods–I think it’s an ancient indian burial ground or some shit. Basically, if you bury the dead in the pet cemetery it will come back to life, crawl out of the ground, and return home. Unfortunately, as you would expect, after the thing you buried is resurrected, it returns as a lesser (usually evil) form of itself. And the longer you wait to bury the corpse in the pet cemetery, the more demented it becomes.
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11 Jul, 2011
I admit it… I’m kind of anal retentive. I’m not a germophobe or a neat freak per se. I’ve never been diagnosed with OCD. But I do have this thing about organization. I like things in their place—organized in such a way that I (or someone else) will intuitively be able to find them. This is an attribute of many people in my profession (user experience design, information architecture); we do our best to make content online easier to find and consume.
Remember, you can add accounts to multiple Circles…
Enter, Google+ and their nifty new Circles feature. Circles are a very useful means of segmenting people within your online social graph. Google is wisely making it easier for people to selectively share content online within their new social network offering. Users may place people within audience segments (Circles) in order to make sure they’re sharing and consuming content that is more relevant to their relationships. In other words, only your closest friends get to see the pictures from your ski trip to Vail, while a broader audience may get to check out that article you contributed to A List Apart. Continue Reading
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21 Mar, 2011
I’m currently involved in the final stage of a competitive RFP for a HUGE well known international brand. As part of the pitch process, the brand issued the following hypothetical challenge:
The goal is to grow the business by creating an entirely new gadget set to become the single most used device in history.
Come up with the design for the most innovative idea since the radio, television, personal computer or iPhone? No pressure.
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