Make no mistake; I don’t actually have my 6 Plus yet. But I went out of my way to try and get one early in line Friday morning. When I found out for sure that the store wouldn’t have the stock to accommodate my order, it was only half an hour before they opened their… Continue reading Initial iPhone 6 Plus impressions
Category: design
Business email address judgment
I have an unusually large number of email addresses (something like 40 existing, 20 active, 5 very active). When possible I funnel them all through the same inbox, but I’m running into some frustrating tech issues so I was considering a shift. How much do you judge businesses whose email domains differ from their sites?… Continue reading Business email address judgment
Apparently, I care a lot about swag
Tina Roth Eisenberg (aka SwissMiss) recently asked her readership about swag, on Twitter and her blog. What's the coolest swag you've ever received? What was it? What company gave it out? — Tina Roth Eisenberg (@swissmiss) May 14, 2014 I was surprised by the strength and length of my opinions on the subject in the… Continue reading Apparently, I care a lot about swag
Design getting in the way of content
I’ve had a recent epiphany about website design. I’m blown away by how much I’ve fought usability in order to shoehorn in certain design quirks or trends or ideas that were utterly out of sync with the goal of delivering a useful and easy to navigate website. I’m hanging my head in CSS shame here.… Continue reading Design getting in the way of content
My first piece for Medium
Check it out; I finally wrote my first piece for Medium! It’s about how I hate default text and crappy auto-tweets and generally bad non-human-like behavior on social media. What should the next one be?
Design lessons from narwhals
This is a whale tale. It’s a father-daughter story. It’s also a lesson about a design job gone wrong. It was inspired by a recent blog post from Seth Godin, soliciting a narwhal logo for the Krypton College project he started. (You can see the logo they ended up with here.) When I was in… Continue reading Design lessons from narwhals
Virginia vs. Minimally Minimal
A blogger I love, Andrew Kim, recently reviewed a couple mobile phones. Andrew is a very different person than I am. I’m design-picky, for sure, but I’m far more obsessed with pragmatism, ergonomics, and comfort than with aesthetics, minimalism, and polish. We have different careers and backstories that inform our different values, and I’m WAY… Continue reading Virginia vs. Minimally Minimal
iPhone 5s and accessories
I got my iPhone 5s, and I LOVE it. (Space Gray, 32 GB, ordered via AT&T because the Apple Store hated me at preorder o’clock.) 1AT&T did a good job with all this; surprisingly, much better than Apple. 2 I was debating getting a larger hard drive, because I love having a massive music library… Continue reading iPhone 5s and accessories
My Apple announcement annoyances
Last week was the Apple announcement about iPhones, as we all know. I lazily covered the coverage with a couple Internet pals here and here, in case you feel like watching a lot of awkward banter and dead air. :) One week after the Apple shebang, here’s where I’m at: –I don’t give a crap… Continue reading My Apple announcement annoyances
TV above the fireplace
Ever since flat screen TVs took over the old cathode ray tube models, people have been mounting them on the wall, causing the earth’s interior design community to have a collective cow. Wall-mounting is so practical, though! It saves valuable floor and furniture space since TVs no longer have to rest atop a bulky media… Continue reading TV above the fireplace