February 2009
Photo of the day: Push to take toilet paper →
I snapped this shot inside the spiffy public restroom at Madison Square Park. The restroom cleans itself after every use, a total water-and-soap spray-down of the entire space. So naturally,…
Photo of the day: Push to take toilet paper →
I snapped this shot inside the spiffy public restroom at Madison Square Park. The restroom cleans itself after every use, a total water-and-soap spray-down of the entire space. So naturally,…
Future of Web Apps — Miami 2009 →
Last weekend, Orian and I flew down to Miami for BarCampMiami and Carsonified’s Future of Web Apps (FOWA). Unfortunately I caught a cold and we missed most of BarCamp, but at least we…
Future of Web Apps — Miami 2009 →
Last weekend, Orian and I flew down to Miami for BarCampMiami and Carsonified’s Future of Web Apps (FOWA). Unfortunately I caught a cold and we missed most of BarCamp, but at least we…
Photo of the day: Burn Calories, Not Electricity →
While attending Smart Experience’s Web Navigation Design workshop with Jim Kalbach at the Center for Architecture, I noticed this great sign by the elevator:
Burn Calories, Not…
Photo of the day: Burn Calories, Not Electricity →
While attending Smart Experience’s Web Navigation Design workshop with Jim Kalbach at the Center for Architecture, I noticed this great sign by the elevator:
Burn Calories, Not…
Photo of the day: Warning! Guard Dogs →
I was walking down the street with Dan Rollman of URDB and spotted the most perfect irony. I managed to get my camera out just in time; the dog looked at me just as I snapped the pic,…
Photo of the day: Warning! Guard Dogs →
I was walking down the street with Dan Rollman of URDB and spotted the most perfect irony. I managed to get my camera out just in time; the dog looked at me just as I snapped the pic,…
Photo of the day: 25″ Sharp tube TV + 12 Bud... →
I saw this great sign posted in an apartment building. The seller is clearly a genius — anyone who’d still want a 25″ tube TV must obviously love Bud Light.
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Photo of the day: 25″ Sharp tube TV + 12 Bud... →
I saw this great sign posted in an apartment building. The seller is clearly a genius — anyone who’d still want a 25″ tube TV must obviously love Bud Light.
Similar Posts: Photo of the…
Photo of the day: How do we call agent?? →
As I was walking down the jetway about to board an American Airlines flight from MIA to LGA, I noticed this sign mounted next to an employee phone. It’s amazing to me when people write…
Photo of the day: How do we call agent?? →
As I was walking down the jetway about to board an American Airlines flight from MIA to LGA, I noticed this sign mounted next to an employee phone. It’s amazing to me when people write…
Photo of the day: Hebrew elevator →
Okay, so this isn’t really a Hebrew elevator. It’s in a building in San Francisco, actually the offices of Cooper Design. I took a course there two years ago and found these buttons to be…
Photo of the day: Hebrew elevator →
Okay, so this isn’t really a Hebrew elevator. It’s in a building in San Francisco, actually the offices of Cooper Design. I took a course there two years ago and found these buttons to be…
Photo of the day: Keep dog’s away →
Consider the number of people that must have seen this sign before it was posted: the writer, the printer, the sign manufacturer, the installer, the building manager. And not one knows how to…
Photo of the day: Keep dog’s away →
Consider the number of people that must have seen this sign before it was posted: the writer, the printer, the sign manufacturer, the installer, the building manager. And not one knows how to…
Photo of the day: Yes if no →
Orian got this hilarious survey in the mail and saved it for me cuz he knew I’d get a kick out of it. (He knows me so well!)
I knew something was off immediately, but I had to stare at it…
Photo of the day: Yes if no →
Orian got this hilarious survey in the mail and saved it for me cuz he knew I’d get a kick out of it. (He knows me so well!)
I knew something was off immediately, but I had to stare at it…
Photo of the day: But if you teach me to organize… →
A few months ago I was walking down the street in TriBeCa and noticed this amazing poster in a window on Hudson Street. I didn’t have my camera with me so I sent a triptych-tweet with the…
Some early posts that deserve more traffic →
I hit 250 posts the other day after 13 months of writing this blog. Looking back on some of the earlier posts, I found a few that I really liked but barely got any traffic. There were only 5 people…
Some early posts that deserve more traffic →
I hit 250 posts the other day after 13 months of writing this blog. Looking back on some of the earlier posts, I found a few that I really liked but barely got any traffic. There were only 5 people…
Photo of the day: But if you teach me to organize… →
A few months ago I was walking down the street in TriBeCa and noticed this amazing poster in a window on Hudson Street. I didn’t have my camera with me so I sent a triptych-tweet with the…
My favorite terms from The Dictionary of Corporate... →
Today as I was cleaning up my desk, I found my old 2008 Page-A-Day Calendar of The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit. I used to have it on my desk at Liquidnet and got a huge kick out of…
My favorite terms from The Dictionary of Corporate... →
Today as I was cleaning up my desk, I found my old 2008 Page-A-Day Calendar of The Dictionary of Corporate Bullshit. I used to have it on my desk at Liquidnet and got a huge kick out of…
Photo of the day: Warning: Movie longer than... →
There was outrageous and incredibly frightening turbulence on my Cathay Pacific flight back to JFK from Vancouver. When it was all over, my heart was pounding and I was just happy to be…
Photo of the day: Warning: Movie longer than... →
There was outrageous and incredibly frightening turbulence on my Cathay Pacific flight back to JFK from Vancouver. When it was all over, my heart was pounding and I was just happy to be…
Photo of the day: Hand-written menu at Chanterelle →
Chanterelle is a fancy schmancy restaurant in my neighborhood, TriBeCa. Like many restaurants they post their menu in the window, but theirs is completely handwritten and absolutely…
Photo of the day: Hand-written menu at Chanterelle →
Chanterelle is a fancy schmancy restaurant in my neighborhood, TriBeCa. Like many restaurants they post their menu in the window, but theirs is completely handwritten and absolutely…
User Centered Design is now closed →
Last year at IA Summit 2008, Jared Spool declared that it was time for us to retire the dogma of user-centered design, citing that the most effective design teams don’t follow a specific…
Gel conference videos now online →
Not everyone has the chance to attend Gel — it’s pricey and not directly related to the work we do so it can be hard to justify to managers who control your professional development budget. It’s…
Gel conference videos now online →
Not everyone has the chance to attend Gel — it’s pricey and not directly related to the work we do so it can be hard to justify to managers who control your professional development budget. It’s…
User Centered Design is now closed →
Last year at IA Summit 2008, Jared Spool declared that it was time for us to retire the dogma of user-centered design, citing that the most effective design teams don’t follow a specific…
IxDA Interaction 09: Day 3 →
My Twitter notes from Interaction 09 Day 3 — Sunday, February 8, 2009 — are below. I have gathered my tweets from Day 1 and Day 2 in other posts.
Keynote: How to Change Complicated…
IxDA Interaction 09: Day 2 →
My Twitter notes from Interaction 09 Day 2 — Saturday, February 7, 2009 — are below. I have gathered my tweets from Day 1 and Day 3 in other posts.
Saturday Opening Remarks
I’m…
IxDA Interaction 09: Day 1 →
Well Interaction 09 was a blast! Vancouver is a hip, chic town and the energy level at the conference was really high. My favorite thing about the user experience community is just how much…
Essentials to Designing a Conference →
In the past year, I’ve been to an obscene amount of conferences. It started with Nielsen Norman group’s User Experience in Las Vegas in December 2007, followed by the inaugural IxDA Interaction…
Maimonides’ Eight Levels of Charity Applied to... →
I’ve been thinking a lot about acts of giving lately. It’s been an incredible year for me and so many people have given me so much. It seems impossible to give back.
In Judaism, it’s common to…
Essentials to Designing a Conference →
In the past year, I’ve been to an obscene amount of conferences. It started with Nielsen Norman group’s User Experience in Las Vegas in December 2007, followed by the inaugural IxDA Interaction…
Maimonides’ Eight Levels of Charity Applied to... →
I’ve been thinking a lot about acts of giving lately. It’s been an incredible year for me and so many people have given me so much. It seems impossible to give back.
In Judaism, it’s common to…
IxDA Interaction 09: Day 2 →
My Twitter notes from Interaction 09 Day 2 — Saturday, February 7, 2009 — are below. I have gathered my tweets from Day 1 and Day 3 in other posts.
Saturday Opening Remarks
I’m…
IxDA Interaction 09: Day 1 →
Well Interaction 09 was a blast! Vancouver is a hip, chic town and the energy level at the conference was really high. My favorite thing about the user experience community is just how much…
IxDA Interaction 09: Day 3 →
My Twitter notes from Interaction 09 Day 3 — Sunday, February 8, 2009 — are below. I have gathered my tweets from Day 1 and Day 2 in other posts.
Keynote: How to Change Complicated…
Photo of the day: Ferry rates in 1743 →
Inside the bar at the Beekman Arms Inn in Rhinebeck, NY, we found this list of ferry rates between Newburgh and Fishkill from May 24, 1743. Notice the stuff that people were bringing…
Photo of the day: Ferry rates in 1743 →
Inside the bar at the Beekman Arms Inn in Rhinebeck, NY, we found this list of ferry rates between Newburgh and Fishkill from May 24, 1743. Notice the stuff that people were bringing…
Photo of the day: HSBC’s Pleasure and Pain →
Imagine my surprise when I walked into the Cathay Pacific terminal at JFK and saw this HSBC ad. Kismet! I’ve always enjoyed their Your Point of View airport campaign, but even with all of…
Photo of the day: HSBC’s Pleasure and Pain →
Imagine my surprise when I walked into the Cathay Pacific terminal at JFK and saw this HSBC ad. Kismet! I’ve always enjoyed their Your Point of View airport campaign, but even with all of…
Hanging out at IxDA’s Interaction09 →
I arrived in rainy Vancouver late last night on Cathay Pacific’s once-a-day non-stop flight from JFK, along with Lou Rosenfeld, Peter March and Liz Danzico.
I’m here to attend …
Hanging out at IxDA’s Interaction09 →
I arrived in rainy Vancouver late last night on Cathay Pacific’s once-a-day non-stop flight from JFK, along with Lou Rosenfeld, Peter March and Liz Danzico.
I’m here to attend …
I have joined the UXnet board of directors →
In mid-December, the venerable Lou Rosenfeld asked me if I would join the UXnet board of directors. Saying no to Lou would have been wildly foolish. After all, he literally wrote the…
I’ll be speaking at IA Summit 2009 in Memphis →
Another wildly overdue announcement (well I mentioned it on Twitter, but not here on the blog):
My submission to the business/strategy/management track of IA Summit 2009 was accepted! I’m…
