Pleasure and Pain

Improving the human experience one day at a time

Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

Entries Tagged as 'Humor'

Email of the Week: I Do Software

July 7th, 2010 · 2 Comments · E-mails

Recently got this zinger in my inbox:
Sorry if I find your site overwhelming.
And I don’t want to be a UX designer.
And I am too busy to blog or tweet.
But I do software. So knowing about UX design is not an issue for me.

That was the beginning. The rest was asking me to help them find [...]

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June 11th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Pain, User Experience

I met a really nice guy at STC Summit named Eric Roberson [LinkedIn] [Twitter]. He attended my Evangelizing Yourself talk, and was apparently very moved by it (which moved me).
The next day when I saw him in another session, he took out his phone to show me something he’d discovered earlier in the day. When [...]

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Bill Maher makes fun of Captcha’s poor usability

May 12th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Humor, Pain, User Experience

If you follow me on Twitter, you know I’m in love with Bill Maher. You might not agree with his politics, his ideology, or his bad language, but you’ve gotta admit that he has a knack for putting people in their place.
At the end of each episode, Bill Maher gives his New Rules — an [...]

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Photo of the day: Makeshift Mailbox

February 18th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Photography

Beard Papa claims to make the world’s best cream puffs, and they aren’t lying. Fortunately for the folks at New Work City, they have a location just around the corner. Unfortunately, it’s been “closed for maintenance” since November.
I walked by recently and noticed a FedEx box labeled MAIL BOX taped to the outside of the [...]

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Photo of the day: Snowman Poop!

February 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Photography

In honor of Wednesday’s near-blizzard in NYC, I wanted to share this winter treat with all of you.

“You’ve been naughty, so here’s the scoop. You’re getting nothing but Snowman Poop!”
A few months ago I was visiting my friend in Mystic, CT, and we went to B.F. Clyde’s Cider Mill where they were selling this in [...]

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