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Monthly Archive July, 2008

Pet Peeve #3: Um, basically all of Windows Vista

July 18, 2008

Jesus, I don’t even know where to start, but I’ve just about had it with Vista after 3 days working in it (on a MacBook Pro, of all places… which, if you ask me is completely idiotic… and, frankly, it undermines the experience and pleasure of using the fine Apple hardware… not just because the […]

Pet Peeves, Technology - 0 Comments

Cute plush creatures every day for a year!

July 10, 2008

I went into a neat shop today as I explored Seattle called The Anne Bonny.  There were some great works of art in there (some fantastic drawings/paintings by an artist named Travis Louie) and lots of used brick-a-brack.  But, then I went upstairs and was delighted to discover the workshop of Coco Howard, where she […]

Pop Culture, Design - 0 Comments

Getting People to Talk: An Ethnography & Interviewing Primer

July 2, 2008

Kristy Scovel and I finished (finally!) our video for school, which premiered at the IIT Institute of Design to about 20+ people on Monday, June 30, 2008.
With the guidance, support, and great intentionally bad interviewing prowess of our advisor, Jeremy Alexis, we set out to create an educational video for new ID students and other […]

Fashion, Design, User Research - 0 Comments