On Microsoft Excel, Big Software, and Brazilian Favelas.
I often telling people designing for Excel is more like urban design than anything else. Because like a city, big
On touching data.
Touch interface design guidelines dictate that the more simple and limited the gestural language used to control a system, the
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.
The Secret Life of My Passwords
In 2012, it dawned on me that I had lived on the East Coast for four years. My promise to
Letters from Paris: Montmartre and the Digital Cabaret.
It was on the northern slope of the Butte Montmartre on a cobbled street that this enchanted house became a
On how engineers and scientists are like guardian angels.
“Wasn’t that a miracle? she remarked. Her guardian angels were with her that day.” Those were the words of
On leaning in.
Dear Sheryl Sandberg,
I read about your book. The one where you tell women in technology to “lean in”. The
Why I still don't have a Kindle.
I am not one to shy away from technology. I love it, actually. Excited for the Singularity. And yet, I
On sonic interaction design, the Velveteen Rabbit, and R2D2.
Wikipedia on sound + interaction design:
Sonic interaction design is the study and exploitation of sound as one of the principal
