Recently Netflix changed their prices, not that radically (in my opinion), but enough to make me reconsider who we are paying for the privilege of showing me a movie. Go to a Movie Theater This is the most expensive way to watch. On the plus side, you have the largest screen possible and great surround…
I have been a big fan of the StackExchange sites. They are extremely well crafted applications that fill a really important need on the web. I was miserable when there were two sites (uxexchange.com) and (ui.stackexchange.com) which split the community in half, so I was happy when they consolidated to just one (ux.stackexchange.com). I had…
Last week we went up to Lake Tahoe and had a nice time. It wasn’t as story laden as the last time, but it was pretty good. The highlight for me was doing some geocaching near Eagle Falls on the south end of Lake Tahoe. Check out this picture of Jared climbing up the side…
I am completely boggled by the development strategy of Chrome. Right now, I am trying to collect various Chrome bugs in the application I design. Which version should I use for testing? How different are they? What’s the difference in the various branches? How will I know if the user upgrades? How will I know…
Already Public: LinkedIn: 6.6B valuation Pandora: 2.3B Fusion-IO: 2.2B IPO in the next 18 months: Groupon: 20B? Facebook: 100B+?? I have been hearing more and more news about this company or that company filing for initial public offerings. On the one hand, this is exciting. Lots of money is going to flow. On the other…
I went to REI on Fathers Day. They told me something fascinating. Their return policy is “Keep the receipt, but otherwise, bring it back whenever you want for any reason. Even if you lose the receipt, that’s ok.” WOW! With this knowledge in my head, I walked straight to the shoe department and bought me…
I’ve had the Samsung Series 9 for a little more than a week now. It has been a difficult device to review. It is such a mix of awesome, scary and annoying. Disclaimer: I am picky. Really picky. Especially about computer equipment. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, knowing that I am…
In any project, the first step is to try and architect your solution. How is this going to be done? If you need to paint your house, just getting your supplies, choosing your colors and scheduling the work takes a significant portion of time. Painting that first wall is the hump. After that, you can…
I used to watch Tony Blair answer questions to the House of Commons. He seemed brilliant to me, but the best part was his book. This book seemed to have magical powers. It contained every detail imaginable to help Tony answer questions. How many garbage cans were knocked over last week in the south end…
Product Design (when done correctly) requires alot of thinking. Thinking about the past, present and future of your product, customers and roadmap. Thinking about the Past Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. – George Santayana, Reason in Common Sense The most common form of this thinking is related to patterns. You…
There has been an explosion of different form factors on laptops, netbooks, tablets, smart phones and other internet connected devices like xBox, Roku, DirecTV, etc. It’s nearly impossible to compare apples-to-apples. What is someone to do when they have a specific situation and want to try and get the right device? In the past 2…
I think there is an art to job postings. Many of them don’t get read and the candidate only reads the title. I know I have been guilty of not reading the text. Mainly, I think it’s because most of the text is completely inane. Must have 5+ years of experience in a 3 year…
I have to say that I am baffled by the release schedule of Android. First of all, Gingerbread was first released on a phone in December. Did it really take them 6 months to test the OS on the DroidX? Was there really that much different in it? From a user perspective, I can tell…
If you want something done right, your going to have to do it yourself. The proverb has a long history beginning with Miles Coverdale in Matrymonye (1541): That whych thou cannest do conueniently thyselfe commytte it not to another. I was talking to engineer who was distraught. He was frustrated because he spent about 2…