On August 13, the venerable Todd Zaki Warfel of Messagefirst gave a great talk on prototyping (on which he is the premier speaker) at the monthly IxDA NYC event. His energy and engaging style really got the crowd pumped up. We even did a group exercise towards the end of the evening. My Twitter notes [Keep Reading…]
The Flawed Dining Experience at Hill Country
The food is great. The atmosphere is great. The dining experience is so poorly thought out it boggles the mind. Hill Country Barbecue needs a redesign. After winding through a maze and squeezing between seat-backs, you get seated at your table. A sweet lady comes to take your drink order and explains the “barbecue market” [Keep Reading…]
Help me celebrate my 1st year of self-employment
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been a year since I quit my full-time job to give independent consulting a try. In a nutshell, it was the best decision I’ve ever made. I plan on writing a longer post to wrap up the year, but in the meantime I wanted to invite you all [Keep Reading…]
Get a 15% discount to DelveUI in NYC
I’m very excited to be attending DelveUI on August 5-6 in NYC, and even more excited that I get to give away a 15% discount on the $595 registration fee to the first 15 people to comment on this post. Delve:UI – A 2-Day Masterclass on Designing User Interfaces August 5-6, 2009 (Wed-Thurs), 8am-6:30pm 13 [Keep Reading…]
Ultra Light User Experience
A couple months ago Graham Lawlor asked me to be on the July panel for Ultra Light Startups, a group of entrepreneurs who collaborate to help each other launch startups quicker and cheaper. Their events have a unique format. As Graham describes it, “The first hour is ‘introductions by elevator pitch’ where people give a [Keep Reading…]
City Trails: May 25-29
This is part of a series called “City Trails” to track my daily treks around NYC Here’s what I put myself through this week: Monday, May 25 Tuesday, May 26 Wednesday, May 27 Thursday, May 28 Friday, May 29 The maps include distance traveled by walking, subway and cab. What did your week look like? [Keep Reading…]
City Trails: May 18-22
Last Friday I started a new blog series called “City Trails” to track my daily treks around NYC. The response was good so I’m gonna keep it going. Here’s what I put myself through this week: Monday, May 18 Tuesday, May 19 Wednesday, May 20 Thursday, May 21 Friday, May 22 The maps include distance [Keep Reading…]
Photo of the day: How to make the perfect egg cream
This photo was taken at the famous Junior’s Restaurant in Brooklyn on my first date with Orian. God what he must have thought when I eagerly pulled out my camera to snap this pic. I’m on a date with a chick who takes photos of her food? If it weren’t for that milkshake I might [Keep Reading…]
Photo of the day: 12 Gay Street
Today’s photo comes courtesy of my friend Mike Singleton over at drop.io. This door is at 12 Gay Street in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan. According to Mike, this sign on the front door (DANGER!! NO INTERIOR FLOORS!!) is the only sign that there’s any construction going on inside or around the building. It’s [Keep Reading…]
City Trails: May 11-15
I’ve been realizing this week that I’m a true road warrior. Most days I find myself in all corners of New York City, from TriBeCa to the Upper West Side to Union Square to the West Village and sometimes to DUMBO. So I’ve decided to start a new blog series called “City Trails” to track [Keep Reading…]
