Month: May 2009

  • Happy Mother’s Day, 2009

    From Ethan to Mom: She makes me food and puts me in a better mood. She whistles to songs I like and encourages me to ride my bike. You’re the best and always will be, I love you and you love me. I would still love you if you were in my hair. I would…

  • The UX of Windows 7 Background Slideshow

    Windows 7 has the capability to point the desktop wallpaper at a folder and it will change the background like a slide show.  You can set it to change frequently up to once every ten seconds.  This sounded nice to me, so I gave it a try. Clearly, no one on the Windows 7 design…

  • Three Camps of UX

    Take any given product organization and you will find they fit in one of three camps: Don’t care about User Experience.  Sadly, this is more products than one would hope.  The most common version of this is the monopoly.  When you have a monopoly siutation, there is no driver for innovation or great UX.  The…

  • Restaurant User Experience

    Recently I visited my mother in Florida.  We went out to eat and tried to get into P.F. Changs.  If you haven’t tried the food there, it is very good, HOWEVER, the line is usually really long and it sometimes takes hours to get a table. This was the case for us when we showed…

  • Monsters Vs. Aliens Imax 3D

    This weekend I saw Monsters vs. Aliens in IMAX 3D in Mountain View.  I figured that if I was going to see a movie and pay $40 for popcorn, it might as well be a fantastic experience.  I went with my 3 kids and a friend with his 2 kids.  Two of the children were…