Every year its the exact same thing. Over and over and over again. They Jets get my hopes up. They show a glimmer of decency. They look like they could almost play. Then they break my heart. The rip my heart right out of my rib cage, then they throw…
We have Verizon and love the service in general. Great reception compared to AT&T, which we had previously. We have had very simple LG phones for a long time. Since we have been in the contract for 2 years, we have the option of upgrading. Katie desires to check her…
At work, I had noticed that there was s0me activity on Twitter around the product. In other words (for my mom), people were publically saying things about Marketo, some good and some bad. I joined twitter to see what the hubbub was. I now have Twitter account with actual tweets. …
The Shield was my favorite show on television. It’s over now. They had 7 seasons and went out on top. The show never got boring, never became ridiculous. No one was ever abducted by aliens. The writing was always excellent, the plot was great and the acting was superb. I…
Apple usually has great experience design. The one exception is their emails. They always show up and look horrible. They rely WAY too much on images and the result is that their presentation is unintelligible. On the left is the email the way it actually looks. On the right is…
I used to play aD&D (Advanced Dungeones and Dragons) when I was about 10 years old. It was made by a company called TSR. It was a great game that exercised my imagination and taught me how to think creatively. It also gave me a life-long appreciation for mythology and…
There is an old story I tell to describe a common engineering project that goes wrong. The Setup A customer wanted us to build a content management system for them. They insisted we use Linux/Perl instead of Windows/Cold Fusion. We had never used Linux/Perl before, but one of our employees…
Liquid Canvas is the closest thing I have seen yet to my dream of a SuperDiv. The SuperDiv is a DIV that I can apply styles like: Rounded Corners Shadows/Glows Fades Transparencies Of course, there are details on each on of those. The Liquid Canvas demo is really good. I…
I love when things are designed well. Recently, I had my teeth cleaned. I don’t go to the dentist enough, but when I do, I usually get all serious about my teeth for a few months. I was in the drug store looking for floss and spent about 10 minutes…
I had never heard of Tilt-Shift Photography before. This smashing magazine article on it is fascinating. It’s all optical illusions using focus/blur. I love it. Check out the time-lapse stuff at the bottom. It blows my mind. How awesome is it that you can trick the mind with just some…
I don’t have the opportunity to use plugins as much as I would like. Today, I stumbled upon one that I think has excellent UX. It is the jQuery LightBox. Keyboard shortcuts, nice fade transitions, great usability for next/back and pleasant titles. If I were using a lightbox plugin, I…
I just finished reading the very short (100 pages) book called Don’t think of an Elephant by George Lakoff. I thought it was excellent and highly recomend it. I want to try it out. Proposition 8 passed in California, unfortunately. It banned Marriage for Gay/Lesbian couples. It defined marriage as…
Remember in Back to the Future when Doc fed his car garbage and it turned it into energy? It was called Mr. Fusion. I thought, “What a great idea! Trun garbage into energy!” Well, they were pretty smart, I guess. Today I heard news about a laser at Lawrence Livermore…
This one is inspired from a picture I saw with a shadow on the bottom. The shadow doesn’t go all the way up, so I don’t have to worry about repeating background images. It was a little bit of a pain but it worked out in the end. I should…