Time has always bothered me; I don’t really believe in it. It’s a human invention, a representation of reality. Now the passage of time, that’s something I can believe in. You can feel it. You can measure it. But it’s always, ALWAYS, relative to something else. Like when you’re in the train station waiting for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Design'
Photo of the day: Back in 30 minutes
June 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Customer Experience, Design, Pain, Photography
Facebook Privacy Settings Redesign on Fortune.com
May 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Articles, Design
Last week, Fortune.com (CNNMoney.com) published an article and screenshot gallery titled Hey Facebook! Here’s your privacy redesign, and I was fortunate enough to have my work included in it.
Reporter JP Mangalindan reached out to me a few weeks ago and asked me to mock up a couple ideas for how Facebook could redesign its complicated [...]
Sketching made easier by UI Stencils
February 22nd, 2010 · 6 Comments · Design, Pleasure, Productivity
Yes, I’m obsessed with Konigi’s Omnigraffle wireframe stencils, but what if you could have real-life stencils to help you sketch? You can. They’re called UI Stencils, and they’re made by Design Commission, an experience design agency in Seattle.
Drawing can be intimidating for a lot of folks, and the fear of not being a “good drawer” [...]
Steal inspiration from everywhere
February 13th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Design, Pleasure
My friend Paul Isakson recently posted this great quotation by Jim Jarmusch, the indie filmmaker (Broken Flowers, Coffee and Cigarettes, Ghost Dog).
His words so beautifully capture something I’ve felt for a long time, and I wanted to share it with all of you.
“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that
resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination.
Devour [...]
Tags:Design·Inspiration·Pleasure
The Excellence better known as Interaction10 #ixd10
February 8th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Conferences, Design, Pleasure
I just got home from Savannah last night, and I’m already missing everyone terribly. The four days I spent there at IxDA’s Interaction10, their third annual conference, was one of the best conference experiences I’ve ever had (and as you may know, I go to a lot of conferences!).
Not only is Savannah a wonderfully beautiful, [...]
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