Our Lips Are So Close …
I miss carpooling to work with my spouse. She now works from home and we no longer work for the same company. And rather than call home during the workday on my iPhone (with its awesome good adequate AT&T network), I much prefer video conferencing using Google Talk. This way, she feels very close. :) Teleconferencing with Julee Here is Julee at the Twitter CEO Keynote Speech at SXSW Interactive (Photo credit: Jeremy Johnson). Julee at SXSWi Read More
A Sign of the Times?
Just curious if anybody’s church is like or close to being like this. Read More
Love Designing Experiences? Love Chemistry?
Here is the Periodic Table of Visualization Methods. Very clever. Very useful. Read More
Back to Back Concerts
After being chewed up and spit out of the grind that is SXSW Interactive, I made it back home for a couple of concerts. Muse played the Fort Worth Convention Center with special guest, Silversun Pickups and was one of the best shows I have ever seen. Touring with U2 obviously had an impact on Muse’s stage show and art direction. If allowed only one word to describe the show, it would be: Orwellian. Or awesome. Or awesomely Orwellian. Fast forward one night to the Dallas... Read More
The Eternal Struggle
No matter how great a new design may be, it is almost always destined to battle with the Resistance to Change Monster. Read More
Lesson in Jasonese
The following words and phrases are often spoken by our 3-year old son. I never correct him because I am often laughing too hard. Here they are in no particular order: Bix – To fix. “Dada, will you bix the window I just broke?” Overt – The word “over” with a not so silent “t” as in, “This show is overt.” Mort – The word more “but” conjugated (?) the same as “over.” Soupcase – Luggage.... Read More
Tomorrow Happens Here. I Mean, There.
And I don’t really mean tomorrow is happening right now. I am actually leaving tomorrow for SXSW. Also, not here but in Austin, TX. Man, this is making my head hurt. I think I’m going to go lie down. SXSW '10 Read More
Gowalla Item I Want Most
Gowalla is dumping items all over Austin in time for SXSW. I want the groovy Explorer-style bass guitar. Can somebody from Gowalla hook me up with where to find one? I can has? Read More
Google Hot Trends
My Hot Trends Gadget on my iGoogle page is always entertaining. Today, even more than usual. Check out number three on the list. Ass Burgers Read More
Setlists for Next Week’s Muse Concert
Below are the expected setlists for both Muse and opening act, Silversun Pickups at the Fort Worth Convention Center. I would like it more if both bands were playing more of their older songs but I am pretty happy with the selections made. I cannot wait to hear them play Unnatural Selection again. Muse 1. Uprising 2. Resistance 3. New Born 4. Map of the Problematique 5. Supermassive Black Hole 6. Guiding Light 7. Interlude 8. Hysteria ... Read More
Up Wins Best Animated Film
2009 was an amazing year for animation. Despite all the competition from Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and 9, Up was declared the winner. And no wonder. Pixar tells stories better than anyone else. I can’t wait to see what they release next. One of the best films ever Read More
Your Friend the Rat
One of my favorite Pixar DVD extras is the 11-minute short called, Your Friend the Rat. This mostly 2D traditional animation sequence can be found on the Ratatouille DVD. If you blink, you will miss the screen grab below. I just love it when The Beatles make a cameo appearance in anything. Read More
Venn Diagram Challenge
Here are the responses to my trumped up Venn Diagram Challenge. Thanks to all who responded. Good Times, Bad Times by Bill Harrison Wonder Twins, by Bill Harrison NSFW, by Burin Asavesna Vegetables, by Burin Asavesna Grandparents, by Dustin Askins AT&T, by Joe Dyer Read More
Wireframe Idea
At the risk of posting a painfully obvious design technique, I wanted to share something I saw employed recently at work. The group responsible for this has the luxury of having a ridiculously long (18 feet?) dry erase board with which to display a large number of wireframes with annotations. Rather than just show the UI changes based on user inputs as a static series of printed wireframes, these designers chose to create overlays to show temporal changes. As a fan of lo-fi design... Read More
