Orian and I stayed at the Seaport Hotel in Boston a few weekends ago. After getting out of the shower I noticed that a portion of the mirror was somehow not fogged up! At first I thought it was a happy accident, but then I realized that couldn’t be and gasped at the genius of [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Innovation'
Photo of the day: The unfoggable mirror
July 9th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Customer Experience, Photography, Pleasure
Photo of the day: Insert hands to dry
July 6th, 2009 · 21 Comments · Design, Photography, User Experience
When I’m in a strange, public place, the last thing I want to do is insert my hands anywhere. I went to the public restroom at the Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle and finally got to use the Dyson Airblade hand dryer! Lots of people had mentioned it before, but this was my first [...]
Photo of the day: Cigarette vending machine
May 12th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Gadgetry, Photography
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 [...]
This email is bloggable
May 12th, 2009 · 2 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 [...]
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Video of Dan Saffer’s talk “Tap is the New Click” at IxDA NYC
January 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment · 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, [...]
