Pleasure and Pain

Measuring the impact of new technology on human experience

Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

Group Video Chat: A Usability Evaluation

May 23rd, 2008 · Comments

Back in January when I started this whole “getting to know the community” thing, I met a couple guys named @matto and @snook, a.k.a. Matthew Oliphant and Jonathan Snook respectively. Matthew had been following me based on David Armano’s recommendation, and I had followed him back because, well, I basically didn’t know anybody on Twitter. [...]

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Advergirl gives props to Pleasure and Pain

May 20th, 2008 · Comments

Big thanks to Leigh Householder for including this blog on her top picks over at Advergirl.
I am truly honored to be included in a list of such heavyweights — blogs that are among my favorites and whose authors I admire.
I’ll keep delivering the goods, but please don’t hesitate to let me know what you’d like [...]

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Finding Myself in You

May 18th, 2008 · Comments

Sometime this weekend I hit 10,000 unique visitors on this measly little blog. (Well, unique cookies at least.)
I have been writing here since January 10 of this year. I never expected to attract much of a following, let alone in just four months. Pleasure and Pain is now averaging 920 unique visitors weekly, and there [...]

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GEL 2008: Day 1 “Experiences”

April 25th, 2008 · Comments

[Also check out other GEL 2008 posts: Day 2 Session 1 "Connect", Session 2 "Twist", Session 3 "Make", Session 4 "Success"]
It’s been a long day and I’m really tired, but I wanted to capture the great experience I had before I head off to bed. Naturally it was at Good Experience Live, a.k.a. GEL, the [...]

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List of Firsts: Saturday, April 19, 2008

April 21st, 2008 · Comments

Saturday was a perfect day in Manhattan. It was the first real day of Spring that I could actually enjoy — so naturally I took my bike out of storage, pumped up the tires and went for a joy ride.
Every time I go bike riding I try to explore something new. Saturday was certainly no [...]

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