The Inmates are Running the Asylum
So I just read this classic in interaction design! Yay. I was expecting to read a how-to, so imagine how I felt when I read this in the intro: I intended to write a very different book from this one: a how-to book about the interaction-design process. Instead, in May 1997 on a family visit […]
Parallel Coordinates
http://eagereyes.org/techniques/parallel-coordinates Here’s a new data visualization technique I’ve just discovered! It seems like it’ll be especially good for interactive displays.
Android Design Guidelines
I can’t concentrate. My mind feels like it’s floating away – probably due to the heat and the opiates. So it’s with the utmost effort that I started my plow through the Android Design Guidelines this morning. I now know that 9 patch exists, and how to use it. (It’s a simple way to visually […]
Swype Calligraphy
And because I’m so overcome with love for Swype right now, let me write a little bit about it. It reminds me of calligraphy. Not many people are aware of this, but I used to do a lot of Chinese calligraphy and painting (link points to a gallery of like, 0.5% of my total output). So when I […]
Why I got an Android Phone
Once upon a time I was young and smartphone-less. I was using my uncle’s old Motorola Razr, a replacement for a lost device (swallowed by a deep rain gutter), and I was holding out on this smartphone business. I didn’t want to just get an iPhone; in fact, I knew that I didn’t want an […]
Today
I sat at my laptop in my aunt’s kitchen. At my side was a freshly brewed cup of Lipton tea, and a small plate of McVities Digestive biscuits, piled in a cylindrical stack. Without looking, I picked up the top piece, broke it in half with one hand, and dipped one half in the steaming […]
USB Typewriter
Oh goodness gracious me, how quaint and badass. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu3g4ZBt3o0&w=560&h=315] You can buy these babies from Etsy at $800 a pop or purchase a kit for 10% of the price! What a steal, I’m sure.
On domain names and hosting
So one long-term project I’ve been working on is a proper portfolio website. I had wanted this to be it, but it feels a little too… drafty. Draft-like. And I don’t like the fact that I can’t customize my CSS on WordPress without paying. The best way out that I can think of is to […]