Pleasure and Pain

Improving the human experience one day at a time

Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

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Answering Your Questions

March 5th, 2009 · Comments · Blogging

I check my blog analytics pretty regularly. I like to know how many people are visiting, coming from where, for how long, reading what, etc. My keyword activity, the search terms that lead people to my blog, is particularly interesting and hilarious. I realize that I have a sultry blog title, and as a result [...]

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Photo of the day: But if you teach me to organize…

February 20th, 2009 · Comments · Photography

A few months ago I was walking down the street in TriBeCa and noticed this amazing poster in a window on Hudson Street. I didn’t have my camera with me so I sent a triptych-tweet with the words instead.

If you give me a fish you have fed me for a day.
If you teach me to [...]

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IxDA Interaction 09: Day 3

February 17th, 2009 · Comments · Conferences, Design

My Twitter notes from Interaction 09 Day 3 — Sunday, February 8, 2009 — are below. I have gathered my tweets from Day 1 and Day 2 in other posts.
Keynote: How to Change Complicated Stuff (e.g., the World) by Marc Rettig

I’m Twittering from the last day of @interaction09 http://interaction09.ixda.org/ thanks to @boxesandarrows http://boxesandarrows.com
@mrettig is now [...]

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IxDA Interaction 09: Day 2

February 17th, 2009 · Comments · Conferences, Design

My Twitter notes from Interaction 09 Day 2 — Saturday, February 7, 2009 — are below. I have gathered my tweets from Day 1 and Day 3 in other posts.
Saturday Opening Remarks

I’m Twittering from @interaction09 on behalf of the amazing @boxesandarrows. http://boxesandarrows.com
@ebacon on the stage announcing the new @ixda board. @jdevylder is the new [...]

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IxDA Interaction 09: Day 1

February 17th, 2009 · Comments · Conferences, Design

Well Interaction 09 was a blast! Vancouver is a hip, chic town and the energy level at the conference was really high. My favorite thing about the user experience community is just how much everyone loves each other and feels inspired by one another. While this year, IxDA’s second running the conference, had a very [...]

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