Callie Neylan

Callie Neylan

Seattle, Washington
12
Jun
Cmd-Z, white space, and the alpine interface.

Cmd-Z, white space, and the alpine interface.

I like to write about unconventional user interfaces. Like cities and ski resorts. I don’t know about you, but
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12
Jun
Gowalla begets meaning; meaning begets beauty.

Gowalla begets meaning; meaning begets beauty.

After a morning interviewing bright, nervous Linehan Scholar candidates, I found this amazing mid-century modern furniture near campus. When I
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12
Jun
On gangsters, mental models, and beautiful interactions.

On gangsters, mental models, and beautiful interactions.

To create beautiful interactions, maybe interaction designers should learn ASL and make friends with gangsters. In Losing the Language of
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12
Jun
Nasty Golden Retrievers and the MFA.

Nasty Golden Retrievers and the MFA.

I love that I get home before Will sometimes now that I no longer spend three hours a day on
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12
Jun
Rhetorical appeals in interaction design.

Rhetorical appeals in interaction design.

Once you start looking for connections, connections spontaneously pop up to say hello. For my presentation last week in Boulder
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12
Jun
Flaxen alabaster.

Flaxen alabaster.

Dark brooding silver sway. Her hair behind the camera, laughing. She’s smart, that one. And more spirited than five-star
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12
Jun
Here comes trouble. Her name is Ada.

Here comes trouble. Her name is Ada.

“Good designers make trouble.” – Tibor Kalman Ada Louise Huxtable wasn’t a designer, but she made trouble. About design. For
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12
Jun
I am an instrument. Stroke me.

I am an instrument. Stroke me.

Alex Ross ruminates on the differences between live and studio recordings in his New Yorker article, The Record Effect: In
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12
Jun
Dogs as users and humans as iPhones.

Dogs as users and humans as iPhones.

They say that intelligence can be measured by a species’ ability to use tools to accomplish goals. Alexandra Horowitz, in
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12
Jun
On the undesigned vs the aesthetic.

On the undesigned vs the aesthetic.

I’ve been trying to perfect my latté art for months. Like anything that looks really easy, it’s not.
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