Examining my 5 Device Command Center to Watch the World Cup
I’m not sure what happened. I started watching the World Cup saturday morning and before I knew it, I had two laptops, an iPad and iPhone all running something related to the game. I never really designed it that way. It just happened. I think for something like a five+ screen command center to work, most of the screens need to have a primary focus and a secondary app. For... Read More
Bending Content Buckets, or How I Currently Grab Content Worth Trying to Remember
a> I’ve been thinking about doing an updated post about how I find stuff on the online for a while. The internet was a lot simpler before I found myself getting throttled by my internet carrier who claims to be giving me fast internet. Back in the day I could open 70–90 sites easily via tabs. Now I’m lucky if 8–10 sites will open up at once. Typically three or four... Read More
A Couple things I liked from the ITP Spring Show 2010
Checking out the ITP Spring 2010 show yesterday I was impressed with the depth of work being produced. Thinking back after coming home there were two things that I remembered distinctly. The first was the Digital Terrarium by Michael Knuepfel and Noah Waxman. Dropping an ant hill on the table ants would disperse to find food. What made it exceptional is that the digital ants would... Read More
You’ve already seen @Google & YouTube present A Conversation with Conan O’Brien I hope
While watching the video of Conan O’Brien yesterday it struck me that A. he’s funnier now than ever before, B. I’d rather watch him on my iPad than regular tv. The fact that NBC blocked him from TV is great because it gives me the freedom to embed the video above, write about how great this clip is and allows me to decide when I want to watch him. It’s... Read More
Keyboard Malfunction, I’ll blame the iPad
I just came across a crazy headline from CNBC: Stock Selloff May Have Been Triggered by a Trader Error. “According to multiple sources, a trader entered a “b” for billion instead of an “m” for million in a trade possibly involving Procter & Gamble”. If this holds out to be true and actual billions of dollars were lost today due to a keyboard typing... Read More
Why Are We Still Calling Them Websites?
While it sort of makes sense that people call websites just that, I wonder how much longer that term really is appropriate? A majority of content is plugged into a CMS that ends up being viewed on a browser. My term for CMS is pretty broad in that I would consider a lot of the different types of social media to be a CMS. Uploading photos, updating status’, saving links are... Read More
Why Did Notify NYC fail me Saturday Night in Times Square?
There’s much to be said about the car bomb scare that happened last Saturday night in Times Square. I have to wonder how much longer it will be till cars are not allowed in the area. I live a little more than ten blocks from that area and wonder about the initial information response to the event. That night I walked my weim Madison on our usual Park Ave stroll which takes... Read More
Fixing Government Through Design
I received an interesting email from the SunlightFoundation with the information below. Looks like an interesting approach to fixing government with design. Creative? Tech Savvy? Got big ideas to make dull government design shine? Roll up your sleeves and Design for America! This 10 week contest sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation is YOUR chance to make government information... Read More
Trophies vs. Stats and Stories Created Through Data
I’m a fan of live data. It could be streaming news, tweets, photos or anything else that can be sliced and diced to be presented in a myriad of ways. If a site doesn’t have live data coming in I think the experience becomes stale. What I mean by live data is not neccessairly being updated by the second, but with the idea that if new information is available there’s... Read More
