As I’ve mentioned before, Pleasure and Pain is a blog partner for Mashable’s Open Web Awards. The final voting round started yesterday at noon ET. You can vote anytime until 11:59pm ET on Sunday, December 14. Mashable Open Web Awards Final Voting Round – Top 3 Mainstream & Large Scale Social Networks Name: URL: Netlog [Keep Reading…]
Pleasure and Pain is #1 on Google
Yeah, so sometimes I Google myself. And for some reason tonight I Googled “pleasure and pain.” Imagine my shock when I saw that this measly 11-month-old blog, my pride and joy, is the #1 search result (when in quotes — #3 when not in quotes). Thank you for your continued support. I really love this [Keep Reading…]
I’m Quoted in the New York Observer
Out of the blue this weekend I received an e-mail from Gillian Reagan, a reporter for the New York Observer, asking if she could interview me for a story on profile pictures. She mentioned that she’s been following this little ol’ blog for a while (which was very exciting) and knows that I write a [Keep Reading…]
Why I Work at New Work City
New Work City, a new coworking space in New York City (get the name?!), opened its doors on Monday, November 3, and I’m pleased to say that I am a part-time member. What’s “coworking,” you ask? It’s a new movement for freelancers and small business owners of all kinds to stop working at home or [Keep Reading…]
“Web Navigation Design” Workshop with James Kalbach
On Tuesday I attended James Kalbach‘s one-day workshop on “Web Navigation Design” organized by Smart Experience, a small independent design school run by Victor Lombardi. The workshop took place in a conference room at the lovely Center for Architecture on LaGuardia Place in Manhattan. Victor invited me to attend the sold out workshop, and I’m [Keep Reading…]
My UX Bookshelf on Flashlight Worthy Books
In July I posted the books on my UX bookshelf. Then a couple months ago I received an email from Peter Steinberg, a product development guy with a lot of cool experience who reads and enjoys this little blog. He recently launched a site called Flashlight Worthy — a hand-picked book recommendation site — and [Keep Reading…]
Mashable’s Open Web Awards – Voting Round 1
As I announced on Nov 5, nominations for Mashable’s 2nd Annual Open Web Awards were open until last Sunday. On Wednesday, the first round of voting began (sorry for the delay in posting this). Vote for your favorite site using the widget below until November 30th at 11:59pm Pacific Time. Some ground rules: One vote [Keep Reading…]
Happy Cog and Happy Whitney
Shortly after I quit my full-time job in late August to become an independent consultant, the ubiquitous Liz Danzico kindly referred me to Jeffrey Zeldman for a short-term gig with Happy Cog. If you haven’t heard of Happy Cog, they are an internationally-recognized web design consultancy responsible for the design of Ma.gnolia, Advertising Age, Housing [Keep Reading…]
Links from 11/11/2008 to 11/18/2008
ThinkGeek :: SnūzNLūz – Wifi Donation Alarm ClockPossibly the most genius invention ever. Via @naterkane [ paul isakson ]: Confessions Of A (Fake) Mad ManPaul Isakson reveals himself as @don_draper. I feel played! :) Designer//Slash//ModelDesigners everywhere: WATCH THIS VIDEO! Future Practice User Experience – Webinars seriesA new joint venture from @louisrosenfeld's Rosenfeld Media and @threefour's [Keep Reading…]
I was asked to join the IAI Board of Advisors
You may remember that I ran for the Information Architecture Institute‘s board of directors in September, but wasn’t elected. Though I couldn’t announce it until recently, three weeks ago I was asked by the new Board of Directors — Jorge Arango, Peter Boersma, Christian Crumlish, Andrew Hinton, Livia Labate, Stacy Surla, and Russ Unger — [Keep Reading…]
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