technology

12
Jun

NPR Soundclips.

I love Soundclips, a great segment on NPR. It’s like sound snapshots, which I’ve been thinking about a
1 min read
12
Jun

Touchscreen Cartography.

This is soooooo cool.
12
Jun

Designers I'd like to meet.

John Maeda is one of them. What a great personality he has and what an engaging speaker! I’m using
12
Jun
On Microsoft Excel, Big Software, and Brazilian Favelas.

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
1 min read
12
Jun
On touching data.

On touching data.

Touch interface design guidelines dictate that the more simple and limited the gestural language used to control a system, the
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12
Jun
On the Great Works of Software and Detroit.

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.
2 min read
12
Jun
The Secret Life of My Passwords

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
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12
Jun
Letters from Paris: Montmartre and the Digital Cabaret.

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
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12
Jun
Letters from Paris: Flâneur as Voleur.

Letters from Paris: Flâneur as Voleur.

PARIS — Aggravated robberies are up more than 40 percent in the Paris public transport system, and the government places blame
2 min read
12
Jun
On how engineers and scientists are like guardian angels.

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
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