12
Jun
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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White Space
12
Jun
"Critique" is a long-form verb.
In this article on The Importance of Critical Thinking, Lane Wallace talks about factors that affect reasonable, productive discourse:
In
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12
Jun
A design credo in seven words.
I took a few students on a quick field trip to MoMA on Saturday. I have a rule. The MoMA
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12
Jun
On guarding your innermost.
Wet torrential. Flashing light. Cozy in a coffeehouse. Justin, MacKenzie, Melissa and I, designers and artists we, reflecting on how
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12
Jun
When you're in love with a beautiful dog.
Photos by Callie Neylan.
This is Mies, the younger of my two Weimaraners. To make a long story short, he
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12
Jun
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’
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12
Jun
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
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12
Jun
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
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
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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