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Scared Sandwich
business

Future of Web Apps: Finding Light in Dark Times

An uncertain economy makes it a good time for web workers to return to good-for-the-web core values.
FOWA London
conference

“Future of Web Apps” in My Immediate Future

I’m zipping under the English Channel to attend the FOWA conference in London.
art

“Go Into Space”

Every day I climb into a rocket ship of my own invention.
La Poste - Heat-map grid close-up
business

Follow the Grid, Skip the Lines

My post office features a clever heat-map grid to announce slow and busy hours. A perfect idea for the web.
Paris Plages poster
icons

C’est la Beach

As Paris morphs into the Riviera, some clever icon design works its own transformation.
Amazon robot
amazon

Amazon Image Bookmarklets

Add these to your browser for easy access to large images of book covers, album art or commercial products.
Runner
c25k

No Pain, No Pain: The “Couch to 5K” and Humane Design

I wrote the “C25K” training program for new runners over a decade ago. Its philosophy overlaps neatly with my philosophy of software design.
Paris - Gendarmes
bigmedium

Controlled

Your faithful correspondent fell under the browbeating eye of authority on a few recent and essentially trivial occasions, making me think a bit about the effects of control, rule enforcement and tone in my own work.
opera-blue.jpg
art

Design Treasures Found and Lost in the Paris Métro

Tons of cool historical design in the Paris subway is getting gutted.
Coffee Cup
business

Paper Cup? Five Bucks, Please

When behind-the-scenes systems replace common sense and customer expectations. A parable at the coffee stand.
Spinning
business

Will Work for Magic: Creativity and Play at SXSW

My latest scheme to improve productivity and creative flow: Screw around. Waste time. Make stuff. Banter. Play.
Cowboy
conference

Messin’ with Texas

If you’ll be in Austin for the SXSW Interactive Festival over the next several days, be sure to say howdy.
Soluna Cafés
creativity

A Subtle Nose for Coffee, a Taste for Good Design

A coffee tasting leaves a caffeine buzz and a lesson that applies to design, too: In matters of taste, subtlety is everything.
Jardin des Plantes - Centaur Bench
creativity

Centaurs and Park Benches: Innovation by Idiosyncrasy

A park bench becomes a subversive design element. Every project needs one.
Forney - Facade
art

Gotta Have a Helipad: Banality and Betrayal in Design

A neighborhood landmark gets a garish transformation, and thoughts wander to designer responsibility and online communities.
Louvre - Mona Lisa Photos
art

Buggy Behavior at the Louvre

The Louvre lifts a photo ban, and visitors go insane. A small change in the rules can spark dramatic behavior shifts, not always for the better.
Bike Station
community

Pay To Play: Fair Price for Good Community

A new bike-sharing program in Paris suggests that a modest fee buys good behavior.
Robert Ullrey's podcast
c25k

A "Jogcast" for New Runners

My “couch to 5k” training plan for new runners is made even better by Robert Ullrey’s podcast version.
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