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Media Gluttony
I’ve been knocking around a blog post idea for the past week or so about how much media and information I consume. I wanted to talk about how my consumption compares to people just 20 years ago — books, music, articles, movies, television, advertisements, games, etc. Well, this isn’t that post. It’s a heady topic [...]
My Refrigerator is Confusing
Last year my wife and I bought a new fridge. It’s big, it’s black and it holds a lot of food — it was everything we needed. It’s a single-door bottom-freezer unit and we’re very happy with it, especially when we remember what it replaced, but there’s something that’s been driving me crazy about it [...]
The Marketers Are Invading
For years, everyone even tangentially involved in marketing has been telling companies that they need to reach out and meet their customers with social media. MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, whatever. Engage, engage, engage. Let them know you’re listening and get them talking, but control the message. Well, congratulations to all us consultants, project managers and designers [...]
The Stupid Thing Should Beep At Me
A few weeks ago I finished reading Designing with the Mind in Mind by Jeff Johnson, which was a great book that I’d highly recommend to anyone interested in the psychology of design. One of my favorite sections was in Chapter 8, “Limits on Attention, Shape, Thought and Action“, was about primary goals and cleanup [...]
GoDaddy Loves Minotaurs
I recently had to renew the domain name for this site. Like many, I just go through GoDaddy because, well… I don’t know why. I never gave it any thought before, but I doubt I’ll ever do it again. The following day I just mentioned the renewal to my friend Mark at the office — [...]