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Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Coleman Propane of Washingtonville, NY are crooks

I happened to be home today when they came and filled my propane tanks (which are only used for the water heater) so I walked out and met the delivery man in the driveway to get the receipt.  As I walked back to the house I eagerly checked the price per gallon hoping that it [...]

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Book Review: Reality Check by Guy Kawasaki

Reality Check, The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition.
Guy Kawasaki’s new book Reality Check is a what to do and what not to do in business, specifically start-ups in the silicon valley.  It covers a variety of topics including Pitching, Venture Capital, Business Plans, Meetings, Innovation, Customer Service, Speeches, Evangelizing, PR, E-mail, [...]

Monday, December 1st, 2008

Instant On OS coming to Netbooks

http://www.thinkgos.com/press-release20081201.php
Good OS, most known for its gOS Linux that debuted in Wal-Mart computers, today announced “Cloud,” a new operating system that boots into a browser with Google, Yahoo! and Live in seconds, and optionally boots into Windows. Good OS will preview Cloud on a GIGABYTE Touch-Screen Netbook at the Netbook World Summit and online at [...]

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

Overhaulin’ A fine example of Design Research

I was watching TV this afternoon and caught an episode of Overhaulin’.  On this show Chip Foose, a famous care designer, and a team of mechanics rebuild cars in one week for deserving people, along the same lines as Extreme Makeover Home Edition.
While I really liked the show for the cars I noticed today that [...]

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Advertise, Market, or Passionate

I used to think it was all the same thing, but I recently read something on the subject and learned….
Marketing and Advertising are like breathing in and exhaling out.
Marketing is gathering information, listening to customers, and applying to business….. It’s the taking in of what the customer/client wants in a product.
It is breathing in.
Advertising is [...]

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Interaction Design Philosophy

I was asked to define a philosophy for Interaction Design at work.  Here is what I came up with.
 ”To create a human connection in technological products with usable form and content by understanding business and user desires, needs, and motivations. “

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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Entertaining Information Architecture

As part of my job at iMed Studios this year I am taking on some information architecture responsibilities. I’ve always been interested in IA and it has always been part of my job that I’ve enjoyed. Now it will be a formal part of my job description so I am setting up this [...]