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What’s the point of handing out name badges if nobody can read them?

There is a simple lesson that all conferences should learn from TED. It’s not to charge thousands of dollars. It’s not to bring celebrities to your conference. And it’s not to only have one speaker at...

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Company Genetics — The Value of Balance

Our little firm was founded with a healthy dose of engineering and design DNA. And it’s not as simple as pairing up an engineer and a designer. Walter loves creating beautiful usable things, and Jenny...

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Be Yourself, Advice from Conan O’Brien

Conan was interviewed in the New York Times about his shift to the Tonight show. The following quote is about entertainment, but I think it applies to any creative endeavor, or possibly, any human...

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Hoax vs. Reality, It Doesn’t Really Matter

I know this is not necessarily on topic, but this blog is sort of about whatever we like anyway so why not. I stopped being a Jay Leno fan decades ago when he decided to stop doing smart political...

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Best. Loading screen. Evar.

We love making software with incredible attention to detail. I’m not saying we always succeed, but we certainly try. And there’s nothing we love better than using software made by people with the same...

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Sketchnotes from my talk at Web 2.0 Expo

Check out Anita Hart’s awesome sketchnotes from my Web 2.0 Expo talk on aesthetics in software. Thanks for taking such “expressive” notes Anita!

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What I think it means to be a “true software designer”.

I’ve had this blog post kicking around for awhile. And now, since I’ve been recklessly pontificating about the definition of the term “software designer” I might as well give some background on what I...

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Hover R.I.P. (~1991-2010)

Was it the first tooltip (or screentip as Microsoft called it) that showed up when you hovered over toolbars in Word for Win95? Was it in 1991 with System 7 Baloon Help? Was it before those? In a game...

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Why does the Valley want designers that can code? Because the Valley doesn’t...

Jared Spool recently posted about “Why the Valley wants designers that can code.” Basically, he makes the good point that hiring managers at startups are always looking for ways to get more value for...

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State-of-the-Art Experience Design for Experience Nerds — Attending a...

Let’s get this out of the way at the outset. LARP is an acronym that stands for Live Action Role Playing. Think Dungeons and Dragons, but running around in the woods in costumes and with fake swords....

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