Posts in User Experience

Who would have thought that the iron grates and manhole covers that dot a city’s streets could be an opportunity for creativity, and small moments of wonder. I love that even in the most unexpected places somebody on the planet has the vision and execution to discipline to deliver beauty and quality. I started noticing […]

It’s a new take on an existing electronic device. It’s wicked cool. And I am desperate to get one. The iPhone? No. A Chumby. And the world of clock radios wll never be the same. I’ve never even seen one up close but to me the Chumby makes me feel like I felt when I […]

Building on the discussion of software as an incredible canvas for creativity and self-expression, today at TED we got a demo from someone who’s doing it every day – Jonathan Harris. The visualization and the emotional impact of We Feel Fine are pretty impressive. The feelings with images and the visualizations organized by different axes […]

UPDATE: Some of the items I mention below have been addressed by able folks in the comments. Make sure to check them out. I’m in an interesting position in that I was a Mac user since 1984, moved to Windows just before OS X, used 98 – Vista (and in the interest of full disclosure […]

I promise the title will make sense by the time you get to the bottom of the post. (Well, I hope it will.) Am I the only person who still believes that making a user’s data available when they’re not connected to the internet is important? To be fair, it’s relatively rare that I am […]