I was pleased as punch to discover the book Ambient Findability by Peter Morville yesterday.
Studio Transmissions
Vacation Time!
We’re heading to the coast.
Skipping the First
Is this skip the top phenomenon bleeding into interactions with other modes of information online? Are we learning to assume that any top of the list item is to be skipped?
Is DIY Always the Right Way?
Find the things that you do better than anyone else in the world, and focus on being the best at those things.
The Problem with Wikis
Using Writeboard has reminded me of what I don’t like about wikis.
The Hidden Genius of Writeboard
Whiteboard was released over this past weekend, it’s great.
Tagging Tips for Unorganized Organizers
Wired’s Tips from top taggers with the following advice for tagging bookmarks…
More Mint
Enjoying the use of Current Activity.
Stone Soup, with Mint
Compared to the old-skool, freeware statistics we were previously using, Mint gives lots more information, lots better information, and it’s kinda pretty too.
Tired of Writing Newsletters That Don’t Get Read?
On catchy subject lines and persuasive titles.
TextMate – Text Editing for Designers
If you use a Mac, and do any significant amount of text editing, I highly recommend you give TextMate a try.
Excellent Font Service!
A new t-shirt design for Stumptown and just a tad bit of Ray’s complaining about fonts. He quite literally cannot help himself. But hey, the shirts are rad!
The MS-DOS of the Web?
By now you’ve probably heard about our website updating application, Ladybug. Inspired by the best ideas of “Web 2.0” and software like Backpack and Strongspace, we’ve borrowed some great ideas and practices…
Ugly Greatness?
We picked up two books yesterday, both great books, but both with very unique design.
Careful With Those Features!
Most of my favorite software has just enough features to get by, usually fewer obvious features than its competitors.
Clever Uses for your Phonecam
A lot of neat ideas for ways to use your cell phone’s camera, many of which don’t really even require that the photos ever leave the camera.
Designing for Access
A reminder for each of us that we make powerful decisions about access whenever we create a website.
Ji Lee’s Speech Bubbles
Ji Lee pastes empty speech bubbles over advertisements in the Manhattan area.
Pony Project
Hasboro is sponsoring the Pony Project, inviting 50 artists to paint oversized ponies from their own perspective.
A Suggestion for the iPod Phone
I’m sure I wasn’t the only person disappointed by the recent unveiling of the iTunes phone.