I just read Jaron Lanier (father of virtual reality, etc.)’s December blog post, “Long Live Closed-Source Software,” re: the open-source movement’s ability to create faithful copies and complete inability to innovate in the user space.
Although I use some open source software RELIGIOUSLY (Firefox web browser, QuickSilver, some web coding programs), Lanier’s totally fuckin right — […]

I presented work to 500 people in November at the Yerba Buena center in San Francisco. At Pecha-Kucha, a sort of design meetup / speed-critique presenters have six minutes, 20 images, and just 20 seconds per image to make their mark. I presented my art and design hackshit as a backdrop over tips on surviving […]

I have no idea what this is trying to say, or whether a survey of 11 people is statistically significant, but it supposedly contains insights about mobile social networking: Euro IA summit : Mobile Social Networking Insights

(affiliated with the punchcut guys and gals in SF)
By the way, Typophile Filmfest 4 sponsored by punchcut was GREAT. […]

:-)
create your own at aegis.aeracode.org.

so far, so good.
update: 48 hours. spirits high.
update II: 72 hours. hittin’ hard, no obvious signs of fatigue.
update III: 96 hours. feeling small ‘n’ cozy.
final update: one week complete. whatevs. not a big deal.

Crystal’s whiteboard on Flickr.

I run User Experience at Zivity. Lately people seem to like talking about us.

We made the front-page of TechCrunch:
“Zivity: Silicon Valley Elite Dabble in Adult Content”

We’re on Digg’s homepage:

737 Diggs — “Finally - First Silicon Valley Funded Porn Site”.
63 comments; let the hating begin! :-)

and now we’re on ValleyWag, the valley gossip rag:

If you’ve been […]

NetVibes has some very serious user experience problems, ones that I would hazard to guess they’re unlikely to fix. The solutions would undoubtedly domino into major changes and cannibalize other “features”, so I’m not going to presume to suggest solutions here. So why rant if I know it won’t result in improved future versions of […]

Episode four
Personal Services (Chin Warmer)
Mr Ventham goes to see his advisor with the dreadful problem that his chin is a bit hot. He is advised to lick his chin and stand on a tall building on a windy day until the order of a tie-mounted “chin cooling sachet” is delivered.

Someone asked why Chris posts screenshots. While his thoughtful explanation makes sense, it can be stated simpler: Skitch & MySkitch.com are the Speed Graphic & AP Newsire of the software revolution. By bringing instant PROOF to user experience through shareable screenshots, Skitch accelerates design, development, and debugging by letting anyone “see what I see”. It’s […]