How a pretty thing inspires me to write.
It’s always winter when I write. Beautiful, calm, soothing white winter.
As a child growing up in Colorado, there’
On Kant, aesthetics, and consumption.
I’ve been bantering back and forth with designers about aesthetics in design, via this fascinating discussion. Someone suggested that
Life is beautiful on public transportation.
When you think about it, we are all affordances.
The word “affordance” was originally invented by the perceptual psychologist J.
On Pearl Jam and wedding rings.
It was agreed. We would wear platinum. A metal known for strength and permanence. The perfect metaphor for “’til death
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
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
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
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
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
Flaxen alabaster.
Dark brooding silver sway.
Her hair behind the camera, laughing. She’s smart, that one. And more spirited than five-star
