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Seat Memory

San Francisco: seat assign
Seat adjustment interface in ANA first has shifted to full touch screen, a nice enough design, but in-use feels kinda cheap compared to more nuanced …



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Ride Hard

26 Jan 2012

In: Cultural Norms, San Francisco
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One of those short stopovers in San Francisco – three hours on the ground.
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Put it On…

Square’s ‘put it on my tab’ in action, used by Grignani.
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Missed, Mixed Emotions

19 Dec 2011

In: Design Inspiration, Portland
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The electric toothbrush is a wonderful invention – even if Braun’s milking of the its patent portfolio with propriety toothbrush heads feels like price gouging …
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Dimensions, Focus

02 Dec 2011

In: Design Inspiration, Los Angeles
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A Brief Rant

15 Nov 2011

In: Cultural Norms, Salton Sea
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On the future of interaction design, by Bret Victor.
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Typo Alignment

30 Oct 2011

In: GRF, New York
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Touch, Don’t Touch

30 Oct 2011

In: Future Perfect, New York
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There was a time when we made an effort to connect. Today if you are reading this, then you make the effort to disconnect. Today …
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Live Stream

30 Oct 2011

In: Camden, Cultural Norms
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The blurring of live/not live experiences and our ability to seamlessly switch between the two: watching Pop!Tech live through Wi-Fi whilst bathing – with the …
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Tangible Support

30 Oct 2011

In: Camden, Cultural Norms
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Rare to see a pen(!) still attached to this ATM machine in the USA, admittedly in Camden Maine – a small town of ~5,000. Wonder …
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