February 2010
55 posts
Why don’t they design smartphones so you put the *back* against your ear when talking, so the screen stays clean of makeup/sunscreen/etc.?
When you pop bubble wrap, do you ever stop to think that you’re releasing perfectly preserved air (and microorganisms) from another city?
At iPhone Play meetup at Plug and Play in Sunnyvale talking about our #windspire app
Will long tail media create further striations in society, making it hard to move across socioeconomic classes due to no common pop culture?
Interesting application of the mob concept: crop mobs http://nyti.ms/9ON7q1
Looking forward to @cogaoke at #sxsw 2010
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People of Earth: when you put “johndoe (at sign) gmail (dot) com”, it ain’t hard for spammers to parse. Heck, they can do it blindfolded.
When is ‘plush luxe’ coming to mid-tier cars?
Why on earth does naranja.com (orange) redirect to http://liquor.com/liquor/articles/chefs-table-drinking-with-eric-ripert/ ?
Just signed up for TEDxMonterey … looks to be interesting http://tedxmonterey.org/
What if we introduced veggies at age 21. Would that remove the painful memories and make salad enjoyable?
At SVAMA “How social media is changing business”
RT @AgEisteacht: 1st Feb, 1884, the 1st vol of the Oxford English dictionary was published. Nowadays, we right click, or ctrl F7…
RT @ICT_GURU: “The person who bought the first fax machine was an idiot. No one to fax to! But a great evangelist!” Kevin Kelly
The Lo-Fi Manifesto - reflects our passion for useful and straightforward digital interactions: http://bit.ly/bVmTTn
I’ve joined the Mobile Group on http://my.sxsw.com
I’ve joined the Green/Sustainability Group on http://my.sxsw.com
I wish my Cinema Display would charge things via USB even when its USB cord isn’t plugged into the computer. Why, Apple, why?
Why doesn’t OSX remember which printer I use when I’m attached to a given access point?
What if we took all those people-hours spent making beds, and applied them to world peace?
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Thirty Conversations on Design →
The influence of Google and the web on human thinking and knowledge in 2020 http://bit.ly/dp871M
Everyone is saying that reading on the iPad will cause eyestrain. For me? I spend 12 hours a day staring at a laptop, no prob. Eink FUD?
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Many use “spam” button to unsub from mailing lists; email cients should have a standardized ‘unsub’ button to get off of legit mail lists
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Greenwashing is going to kill green. Just saw a sign: “made with *up to* 35 percent recyclable content from plants”
RT @infoworld: Read of the afternoon: http://bit.ly/c2d0iR — a detective story about Kingston microSD cards .
Interesting way of turning data-driven design into something tangible and fun - vanity barcodes http://bit.ly/aI4Eln (via @garymcginty)
New Windows 7 phone UI looks interesting, will be interesting to see how well people can form a mental model of the navigation
Really don’t like it when an RIA ‘eats’ my cmd-click (open in new tab) on Safari. Breaks the whole ‘web as a bunch of pages’ metaphor.
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No cows were harmed in the creation of this beef taco
Getting #sxsw onto my radar … presenting on Mon 3/15 (http://bit.ly/9GMXbJ) … any talk/party recommendations?
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Winning the battle of 140,000+ apps →
WatchGermans Shout “F*&K Google,” Chase After Google Street View Car (via Germans Shout “F*&K Google,” Chase After Google Street View Car)
It appears that a 3hr layover isn’t enough time to xfer my bag in DEN; now they’ll have to deliver it 2.5 hrs away, negating ticket revenue
iPhone penetration may be in single digits, but iPhones make up at least 1/2 of phones *in use* at Denver airport
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Shocker: Nokia CFO says 'Usability Key in... →
Getting ready to board my second long-haul flight in a tiny plane in less than 24h. Who at SABRE did I inadvertently tick off?
Just once, I want to find an ecommerce site with a button labelled “insecure checkout”
Trying to figure out if Eliza http://bit.ly/ThrCF is working for Comcast now http://bit.ly/cJQL2t
