12
Jun
Who made that Pantone 629M?
Robin’s egg blue is my favorite color. Luckily, it looks really good with brown. I’m getting ready to
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12
Jun
On how good design makes food taste better.
I never knew I was a foodie gourmande until I didn’t have access to good food. Misery loves company,
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12
Jun
On Learnability Theory and gestural interfaces.
How do humans learn to speak the language of machines? In order to communicate with computers, interfaces embody a set
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12
Jun
On cowboy boots and good design.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who wear cowboy boots and those who don’t. I
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12
Jun
On the Great Works of Software and Detroit.
I have never been to Detroit, but as a lover of cities, I am interested in what happens to it.
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12
Jun
Tuesday, December 23. The shoes I wore to meet the architect....
weren’t worn to meet the architect at all. They were worn to meet the builder. The designs aren’t
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12
Jun
On what designers can learn from icebergs and Ernest Hemingway.
My favorite passages In Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast are the direct, austere descriptions of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Painting
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12
Jun
You're not a designer, either. On the Mantle of Bullshit and the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
The Dunning-Kruger Effect is a phenomenon in cognitive science asserting that incompetence prevents the incompetent from realizing their incompetence while
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12
Jun
An open letter to NPR about the pay gap, inspired by Jill Abramson.
I have been holding this post inside my head (and heart) for years, and in my WordPress queue for months.
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12
Jun
On loving shoes.
After TWELVE years of lusting, I finally bought a pair of Cydwoq shoes. I don’t know the specific count
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