conditions of Satisfaction

Internet Euphemisms Decoded

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:59:22 -0700

Internet Euphemisms Decoded: BoingBoing recently found itself in a public tiff with one of their former writers, Violet Blue, after the website’s editors decided to delete every one of her posts with no identifiable…

that is some loud thunder! wtf. 80 degree sun, then this happens?!

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:49:03 -0700

that is some loud thunder! wtf. 80 degree sun, then this happens?!

The Vicious Cycle of Staying Up Late [PIC]

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:08:03 -0700

The Vicious Cycle of Staying Up Late [PIC]: orge Cham of PhD Comics (stands for Piled Higher and Deeper, a cheeky acronym for the graduate student comic strip) nailed the essence of the vicious cycle of staying up late.

7 Visions Of Social Networking’s Future: Is This Web 3.0?

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:08:03 -0700

7 Visions Of Social Networking’s Future: Is This Web 3.0?: Considering that there are now kids in college who don’t remember a time before the Internet, we can only imagine what will be possible in just a few short years.Here is a list of scenarios and…

Swurl Aggregates Your Online Activity in a Calendar [Aggregation]

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:42:29 -0700

Swurl Aggregates Your Online Activity in a Calendar [Aggregation]:
Web site Swurl aggregates your online activity in a simple blog-like format. From del.icio.us bookmarks and favorite YouTube videos to Twitter posts and Flickr photos, Swurl pulls it all…

Marketing to Women: R.I.P.

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:42:29 -0700

Marketing to Women: R.I.P.:

Did you feel that?

It was a subtle rumbling of the earth, a shifting of perspective.

I think it could mean the death of marketing to women.

Not that that’s a bad thing.

In…

Meet the mobile anthropologist

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:00:01 -0700

Meet the mobile anthropologist:

GLOBAL ??? You’ve seen some of his research, you’ve heard a bit about how we works and what he does. Now though you can find out everything you’d ever want to know (almost) about…

Meaningful Measures: Valid User Experience Measurement

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:46:48 -0700

Meaningful Measures: Valid User Experience Measurement : Proceedings of the International Workshop (Reykjavik, Iceland June 18th 2008) - “The workshop VUUM brings together a group of experienced HCI researchers and practitioners to explore a long-standing…

Meet the mobile anthropologist

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:46:48 -0700

Meet the mobile anthropologist:

GLOBAL – You’ve seen some of his research, you’ve heard a bit about how we works and what he does. Now though you can find out everything you’d ever want to know (almost) about Nokia’s

Get Better Fireworks Photos This Fourth of July [Digital Photography]

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:46:47 -0700

Get Better Fireworks Photos This Fourth of July [Digital Photography]:
When you snap pictures at the fireworks display on Friday, you’ll either wind up with immensely rewarding photos or frustration that makes you wish you’d left your camera at home and just…

Why you should beware cars with lots of bumper stickers

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:46:47 -0700

Why you should beware cars with lots of bumper stickers: To some people, cars are just a way of getting from A to B. To others they can become fully personalised shrines of the road.

Red racing seats, shiny steel hub-caps, stickers, lots of them,…

Now Let's Do It in Practice: UX Evaluation Methods in Product Development

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:46:47 -0700

Now Let's Do It in Practice: UX Evaluation Methods in Product Development: UXEM workshop in CHI’08 (April 6th, 2008 in Florence, Italy) - “The aim of the workshop is to transfer knowledge from practitioners to academics about challenges with putting UX evaluation into…

Twelve emerging best practices for adding UX work to Agile development

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:13:07 -0700

Twelve emerging best practices for adding UX work to Agile development: “If the user experience practice in your company was weak before Agile, Agile development isn’t going to help things. If your user experience practice was strong before Agile, it’ll remain strong…

Digital Yet Invisible: Making Ambient Informatics More Explicit to People

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:13:07 -0700

Digital Yet Invisible: Making Ambient Informatics More Explicit to People:

In Torino today for the Frontiers of Interaction conference where I’ve just given a talk entitled “Digital Yet Invisible: Making Ambient Informatics More Explicit to People”. Slides can be…

Huge data sets are yielding patterns that may be more...

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:07:56 -0700

Huge data sets are yielding patterns that may be more...: Huge data sets are yielding patterns that may be more accurate than pre-built models. Data-driven advances are changing quantum physics, law, cosmology, medicine, travel, politics, and helping to…

Online vs. offline word of mouth

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:07:56 -0700

Online vs. offline word of mouth:

People who do a lot of online research are significant sources of advice about products and services compared to adults who don’t do much research, according to a new study of 15,727 people by …

Veerle's Posters

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:07:55 -0700

Veerle's Posters: Another fine episode in Veerle’s Inspiration Series. This time it’s time posters, including a classic from Saul Bass for St. Joan.

What's so funny?

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:07:55 -0700

What's so funny?: The New York Review of Books has published a fascinating review of two books that deal with the history and philosophy of laughter: Stop Me If You’ve Heard This: A History and Philosophy of…

[BREAKING] Starbucks To close 600 Stores!! Economy Sucks Ass

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:04:46 -0700

[BREAKING] Starbucks To close 600 Stores!! Economy Sucks Ass: Starbucks Corp. has announced it’s closing 600 underperforming stores in the United States.

Diablo III First Look

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:04:46 -0700

Diablo III First Look: Blizzard shows off the first trailer and gameplay of its latest dungeon crawler, and we’ve got the first look.The Barbarian sees, and the Barbarian smashes. The Witch Doctor sees, and usually let’s…