White Label Mobile Check In’s to Enhance Events & Outdoor Experiences
This post is half recap, half collection of a couple mobile apps that found out about last night and how I saw things take off. I came across a post from Bob Lefsetz who typically writes about the music industry though occasionally brings something else into the mix. He was talking about a ski resort that was thinking more into the mobile future than anyone in the music industry.... Read More
Back to the Future Automatic Lacing System
Usually patent diagrams aren’t that exciting. The above images are—they’re illustrating an automatic lacing system. A couple years back I had a post about the actual shoe here, here, and here. Now come the laces. More info about the laces at Street Giant and Nice Kicks. Read More
A Couple Angles About Education During This Economy of Online Scale
This is one of those posts that came together after reading and viewing three different angles concerning education. It made sense to lump them together to show the spectrum of where education might be headed. I remember watching the video from Salman Khan first. My thoughts after that were if a person was really motivated they could really teach themselves more than a person that... Read More
Questions and Answers Directory via Twitter Conversations—Where is This Site?
When a question arises, what’s one of the first things a person that spends a bit of time online will say? “I’ll just ask Twitter” is one of those thought bubbles that pops up. Why search the web when you can ask a real person? The person likely to respond is someone that they know (somewhat) and probably share the same interests. I’ve typed in a question... Read More
#NYCUPA Event, a Couple of my Notes from Usable iPad Apps: HUGE Insights and a Case Study
Last night’s NYC UPA’s event wasn’t bad, but it also wasn’t what wasn’t exactly as advertised either. On the NYC UPA website this was the outline: “HUGE Design Director Felipe Memoria will open the presentation by identifying key attributes of the most usable iPad apps launched to date. Creative Director Joe Stewart will then walk the audience through... Read More
New and Old Behavior with Power Outlet Plugs and Sockets
I’ve been noticing a trend around my own apartment in terms of plugs and sockets. Because I’m so reliant on battery power for both my iPhone and iPad (along with my MacBook Pro) I’ve realized that my plug and socket dynamics have shifted a bit. The second photo shows all the power cables that are connected to some older computer equipment. The top image represents... Read More
Looking at the visual news reader @pulsepad for the iPad
I think it’s worth noting that any app that is coming out on a first release deserves time to mature and evolve in due time. While a thourough design process helps catch a lot of unwanted interactions it’s still hard to predict what features a large audience will want. The catch of course is that if people are spending money on an app there’s a certain level of... 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
Checking in with QR Code to See a Film
Over the weekend I saw The Secret in Their Eyes (highly recommend it) at Angelika. Typically like most people that don’t want to be dissapointed by standing in line I bought my ticket ahead of time. But unlike other times that I’ve bought my ticket online, I had the option of having the ticket sent to me via mobile. Having never used the option before I figured why not... Read More
iPad as a Quick Testing Tool and Cool Sounding DJ Player
While I am a designer I don’t moonlight as a DJ like a lot of other designer’s do. With that said I found the above video about The iPad DJ: @ranajune to be fascinating to watch. Sure the technical talk made sense but what really got my attention was when she described how a lot of expansive technology got compressed to a format that is accessible to anyone that is... Read More
