Mill Valley
Indeed, that’s my home. Makes me nostalgic. Thanks Mariko.
Archive for July, 2008
I like paper prototyping
The past couple weeks I’ve had a few nice paper prototyping sessions. It’s fun to create little modular UI components and then rearrange them, almost like a game.
I’m drawing inspiration from a couple nice references people have shown me. Jess pointed me to this Vimeo design (which I would include here, except it’s all rights reserved). It’s a really nice, clean style, and I know I like Vimeo’s feel, so I’ve been looking through this whole series.
And then I really like the mock interaction approach in this one (via Deeplinking):
We’re now making some screencasts of clickthroughs on top of the paper. Hopefully we’ll get a few up online soon. They’re a lot rougher/messier than these, but watching the mouse click and interact with the paper UI is really satisfying. It’s a fast process to create this stuff, and users pretty much get it right away, so it seems like a nice way to get feedback quickly.
“Animals Attacking Humans” at the Castro this Saturday
Well I’m happy that my Saturday is all figured out. Castro Theatre’s Midnites for Maniacs is running the “Animals Attacking Humans” fest this Saturday. The lineup:
3pm – Phase IV (1974)
5pm – Alligator (1980)
7:20pm – Jaws (1975)
9:50pm – Days of the Animals (1977)
11:59pm – Piranha 2: The Spawning (1981)
$10 for all 5 films. It’s a no-brainer.
My neighborhood
It’s not uncommon to hear the Mission compared to Brooklyn. Following that comparison, I evidently live in the equivalent of Williamsburg. The New York Times is right. Despite being only a short stretch, there is definitely some extra action hipsterness around here.
I feel like lately I have been acutely aware of the new breed of hipster yuppies that now seem so endemic to my neighborhood. And, to be fair, I sadly seem to fit in this category myself. What is the life cycle of a neighborhood like this stretch of Valencia? How did this particular type of semi-culture arise, and how long will this phase last?
Links for July 3rd through July 9th
0xDECAFBAD » Queue everything and delight everyone interesting blog post on architectures for scalability of microblogging and messaging/publishing. argues for queue systems over sql queries, which is reasonable. consider extensibility of the queue processors as the hook for new apps/innovations.
Let the microblogs bloom – RussellBeattie.com this guy is right. there are definitely opportunities for niche microblogs, and they don't need to suffer from the same scaling issues. think ning for microblogging, or twitter/plurk for workgroups. the shared timeline becomes a wonderful communal asset.
Handwritten Typographers this guy sent requests to various famous typographers to get a sample of their handwriting. I personally prefer (and relate to) Söderström's messiness. :) from dave merrill.
DOWNTEMPO | Internet Product, Strategy, and Design andy volk's product, strategy and design company.
HyveUp Web 2.0: Swivel: Cornerstone for the Information Age – Gerad Suyderhoud, Product Manager gerad is famous on the internets today.
Yay America day
It’s 3 on a Thursday, and I am drinking an Anchor Steam at work, kindly purchased by my patriotic CEO. And last night Noah and I enjoyed fireworks amid the fog after the Giants game at the ballpark. I love it when America is actually awesome.
Links for June 28th through July 2nd
the barbarian group they seem talented. broad digital/design portfolio. reasonable sense of humor.
Googlecharts nice looking ruby library making it even more retardedly easy to use google charts. as if it wasn't easy already.
Startup School 08 | Omnisio the 2008 startup school videos. the bezos one seems particularly good.
blueprintcss – Google Code web grid layout framework.
Information Design Patterns well executed, methodical reference on different visualization and information design patterns. via deeplinking.