As a user experience guy, one of the things I do for my job is try out every new web service that comes along. Most […] Read More
Author: Shawn
Starbucks To Begin Sinister ‘Phase Two’ Of Operation read the headline from The Onion. That was 2001, and Starbucks was heading for world domination. Seven […] Read More
I read a lot of blogs, which I organize into a number of categories. One of those categories is marketing, which is a fruitful domain […] Read More
Today I ordered a book called Information Dashboard Design from Amazon.com – my latest in a series of work-related purchases. Of course, whenever you buy […] Read More
My iPhone and a good soundtrack is essential to my daily commute. Here’s a list of what I’ve been listening to lately: Radio Lab – […] Read More
The February issue of FastCompany magazine includes an article provocatively-titled, Is the Tipping Point Toast? about the work Duncan Watts has done researching influence. The […] Read More
The other day, I was watching – for maybe the fiftieth time – this video by sigur rós for the song “Glósóli” It’s a stunning […] Read More
From the image above, you know I’m not talking about the notorious former football great. In case you’re counting, yes, that’s twelve varieties of Tropicana […] Read More
When I was a kid, my parents controlled my TV diet, and while I was hardly deprived, I was never at risk of becoming a […] Read More
Came across this fun design exercise via the xblog today. My entry is above. Instructions below: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random The first article title on the page is […] Read More
Is it really too much trouble to add flavor to your water after you pour it? I was busy washing dishes while my girlfriend was […] Read More
Am I the only one who wants to punch my TV whenever I see Chad on those Alltel commercials? He reminds me of the pretty […] Read More
I’ve been seeing a lot of advertisements for cars that feature voice recognition technology. Like this clever one for Ford’s SYNC: Or this one for […] Read More
I recently got Google Analytics wired up on this blog, and it’s a pretty nifty application. It’s perfect for a small-fry like me, but as […] Read More
After using the WordPress default “kubrick” theme for months longer than I wanted to, I finally got around to redesigning this blog. I wanted a […] Read More
Along with the usual flow of annual family newsletters and photographic Christmas cards, featuring matching cable-knit sweaters and first visits to Santa, this year I […] Read More
I upgraded my WordPress software, and I’m theoretically able to filter comment spam now. I got a handful of new blog posts in the works, […] Read More
Part of the reason I write so infrequently here, is because I write quite a bit here and here. Also, there’s work. I know that […] Read More
In the latest version of mail.app in Leopard, some of the fields have moved. I had some trouble sending mail because I was used to […] Read More
Yesterday’s word of the day, apparently, was “influence.” At least that’s what was on the mind of a few big bloggers. Steve Rubel started the […] Read More
The notion that consumer-generated content lacks authority is not a new one of course. Wikipedia has been in the middle of this storm for a […] Read More
I started a new job recently. This came with the usual changes – new office, new policies, processes, people – but one of the peripheral […] Read More
Well, it’s not the Jetta. It’s two women in a Passat blindsided by an SUV as they discuss Volkswagen’s controversial Jetta commercials that depict… well… […] Read More
YouTube got a lot of flack for making a recent deal with NBC, so perhaps it was not NBC’s prerogative to lampoon it. Still, you […] Read More
You know you’ve created something good when your fans create a crop circle to honor your product. Yesterday, I read a nice piece from Business […] Read More
My next deathmatch post was going to compare these two music recommendation services. I’ve used both pandora and last.fm for a little while, and I’ve […] Read More
Ok, this isn’t exactly a new topic, but some thought-provoking (and entertaining) nuggets have come across the wire recently. This photo nicely sums up my […] Read More
Driving into the city on I-80 today, I saw a billboard for BAJobs.com touting the website’s “better interface”. I think it’s the first time I’ve […] Read More
By way of Brett, whose friend Nathan Piazza has authored an eloquent primer for honing the rhetoric of the left… “As I contemplated the depressing […] Read More
Yahoo! has made available a “beta” version of a proposed new home page. The main improvement I see is their reorganization of their various web […] Read More
This week at TheFeature.com, Howard Rheingold writes about Microsoft’s A.U.R.A. research project: “Smith pointed me toward another example in his kitchen that he had discovered […] Read More