Author Archives: dan

Design Thinking

By dan | Published: March 9, 2010
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/special-report/design-thinking/ This is more for personal reference, I’d like to go back and read some of these articles in the future. Since it’s coming from MIT Sloan, these topics are viewed through the lens of management, but the content still looks pretty interesting. Nice to see how other professions / fields can use the principals of [...]
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Where is your milk from?

By dan | Published: March 9, 2010
http://whereismymilkfrom.com/ The UI is crap (you type the milk code into the skewed form on top of the milk carton), but the idea is cool. The milk at my office comes from Franklin, MA, not too far from Boston. Where is yours from?
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Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop

By dan | Published: February 2, 2010
Uggggggggg, I really really really hope this does not happen!
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Flickr Flow

By dan | Published: February 1, 2010
Really cool infoviz project the duo at hint.fm put together about colors seen on Boston Common throughout the year. I’m seeing this one a bit late cos it was originally published in Boston Magazine, maybe I should actually start checking that publication out! Anyway, Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg have tons of really interesting projects. Check [...]
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The Age of Undoing

By dan | Published: January 29, 2010
Interesting article from New York Times The Age of Undoing Facebook, for instance, allows you to register approval for a posted message in a very concrete way, by clicking a thumbs-up like button. Toggling off the button results in unliking your previously liked item. Note that this is different from disliking something, since unliking simply returns you [...]
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Collection: Design Patterns

By dan | Published: January 28, 2010
This collection captures findings of consistent, unique or interesting interfaces and design flows from across the web.
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Working through Screens

By dan | Published: January 28, 2010
Working through Screens: 100 Ideas for Envisioning Powerful, Engaging, and Productive User Experiences in Knowledge Work Working through Screens is a reference for product teams creating new or iteratively improved applications for thinking work. Written for use during early, formative conversations, it provides teams with a broad range of considerations for setting the overall direction and [...]
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N building

By dan | Published: January 22, 2010
The N. Building in Japan is one huge QR code that becomes a living website thanks to augmented reality on the iPhone.
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Services for making your content more spreadable

By dan | Published: January 22, 2010
Here are two cool new ways to track who is consuming your content, and which pieces users find most interesting. First up: http://www.tynt.com/ Depending on the site, up to 6% of page loads results in a user copying content. While this may not sound like much, think of it this way: on a site that has 20 [...]
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Arduino and Processing for Android

By dan | Published: January 22, 2010
So, I’ll probably never actually use this stuff now that I’m done with school, but just thought I’d share these links if anyone is interested: http://www.amarino-toolkit.net/ Cell phones are great for communication in a virtual manner, but lack expressiveness in personal surroundings. Many people try to give their phones a personal touch by customizing them. ‘android meets [...]
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