I am writing today in defense of the magazine. It’s an aged format which in it’s heyday could be likened to the iPad - a compact and flashy new way to consume content. Unlike it’s predecessors - scrolls, books, and newspapers - mag...
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November 12th, 2008Rarely is it the case that you place something out there for mass consumption and it’s received exactly how you had planned it. An essential di[...] Read the rest »
November 10th, 2008Anyone who tells you that they have the end all be all tools for success should be met with a swift smack to the face. Pills are not going to enlarge[...] Read the rest »
November 7th, 2008So I’ve realized that although I might blog each and everyday there is a lot lost in the fray. The average user gets my blog in a feeder and ch[...] Read the rest »
November 5th, 2008Yesterday was the beginning of a new era. It seemed awe inspiring at the time like seeing a man on the moon but just wait. In five years or a decade [...] Read the rest »
November 4th, 2008We are what we know. Tell me everything you can about ant colonies. That’s it? Why limit yourself to the things that make you a passable design[...] Read the rest »
November 3rd, 2008All good designs have one thing in common, they are conceptually simple. At the heart of everything is a simple digestible idea. Call this what you w[...] Read the rest »
October 31st, 2008Not only is the weekend here but it’s also halloween. I wanted to write a brief post and say, SAFETY FIRST!! Make sure to check all of your can[...] Read the rest »
October 30th, 2008The late Arthur C. Clarke stated, as one of his laws of predictions, any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. In other w[...] Read the rest »
October 29th, 2008As human beings we’re excellent at observing information, interpreting, compartmentalizing, and storing it for later . This process is known as[...] Read the rest »
October 28th, 2008When I lived in San Francisco I had a wonderfully eccentric dutch friend who worked for Peclers Paris. Peclers is a company in the business of foreca[...] Read the rest »
October 27th, 2008William McDonough, author of Cradle to Cradle discusses that all design has a signal of intent. What is it that your product is trying to accomplish?[...] Read the rest »