On a recent trip to Pittsburgh, I passed this cigarette vending machine when I went to the restroom at Finnegan’s Wake (one of my favorite Irish pubs in town). It took me by surprise because they’ve been illegal in New York City for almost 20 years. I remember playing with the knobs as a little [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Innovation'
This email is bloggable
May 12th, 2009 · Comments · Blogging, Pleasure
Last month I got an email from Jonathan Berger, whom I had met briefly at NY Tech Meetup several months back. He just launched an online vintage marketplace called Market Publique and wanted to spread the news (I’ve already bought two items from it and it’s actually pretty rad).
I get a lot of emails from [...]
Tags:Blogging·Innovation·Pleasure
Video of Dan Saffer’s talk “Tap is the New Click” at IxDA NYC
January 9th, 2009 · Comments · Design, Events, User Experience
In September, I posted my notes from Dan Saffer’s fantastic talk “Tap is the New Click” at the monthly IxDA NYC event. R/GA, the hosts, filmed and edited a video of the presentation, which has now been made available on Vimeo.
If you are interested in gestural interfaces or designing kiosks, tablets, or any non-keyboard-and-mouse devices, [...]
Congrats to the winners of Mashable’s 2008 Open Web Awards
December 16th, 2008 · Comments · Awards
The winners of Mashable’s 2008 Open Web Awards were announced today. Congratulations to everyone!
Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks
Winner: Netlog
Runner-up: Platinum Lounge
Embeddable Widgets
Winner: Qoof
Runner-up: Sprout
Blog Plugins
Winner: ShareThis
Runner-up: AddThis
Social News
Winner: Help a Reporter Out
Runner-up: Hubdub
Social Networking Applications
Winner: Artition
Runner-up: Digsby
Social Bookmarking
Winner: Diigo
Runner-up: ShareThis
Search & Social Search
Winner: Scour
Runner-up: Artiklz
Sports & Fitness
Winner: Gyminee
Runner-up: FitFiend
Photo Sharing
Winner: ipernity
Runner-up: TinyPic
Video Sharing
Winner: ffwd
Runner-up: [...]
“Using Mental Models for Tactics and Strategy” webinar with Indi Young
December 12th, 2008 · Comments · Webinars
Do you know about the new webinar series co-produced by Rosenfeld Media and Smart Experience called Future Practice? It’s a great new series with some of the best voices in user experience talking about how they see best practices turning into next practices.
The first webinar was “Modern Web Form Design with Luke Wroblewski” and you [...]
