I received this text message during a meeting at work today and it buzzed 4 separate times since it’s also one of the longest texts I’ve gotten in my life. I personally think it’d be awesome to have talking dogs and my own hologram. Thanks E!
Alas. It’s available to the public. It’s the best phone out there — even better than the iPhone or Droid. Trust. Me.
“Above the fold” used to be referred to only for main articles in newspapers but now it applies to the web. To see if your website’s main content makes the cut, try a tool that’s been released by Google as a 20% labs project: Browser Size. Marsie.com does okay by the public’s browser size standards.
I got an email from the guys at Friendster thanking me for being a part of the “thriving” Friendster community. That line made me smile for the irony of the word in quotes but also because I hadn’t logged into Friendster for possibly 2-3 years since they dropped the ball in providing a usable social networking experience.
But the email said a “new and improved” Friendster had arrived and it’s easier to use, more fun, more colorful, faster, has easier commenting and photo-sharing, provides profile skins and a new ‘gift shop’. Ok, I’ll bite, I said to myself and I clicked a link in the email to check it out.
And then I got a broken link:
Friendster FAIL.
My ctrl button is outta control.
Online shopping usually lacks intimacy. When I go into a neighborhood bookstore, I often pick up books that catch my eye. I take a subtle second to notice how heavy the book is, how crisp the cover’s print quality is — and as I open the book for the first time, I subconsciously feel the stiffness of its spine, the thickness of its paper, the “new book” smell it gives off… Although I can’t sniff my computer, Amazon’s Windowshop surprisingly had me pressing arrow keys for the last 15 minutes of my day. By browsing books, movies and music visually and interactively with page samples, audio and video previews — I had an overall experience that was delightfully simple. Unfortunately while the intimacy of online shopping is increased, its context, descriptions, keywords and reviews are gone.
The use of negative and positive space on paper: by subtracting from the whole, the surrounding space gains. I am not sure who the original artist is but leave a comment if you do.
We had a pumpkin carving contest at work last week for Halloween. Looking back now, I wish I carved an evil version of Hello Kitty. Holla “@” at me. Word.
Someone at work sent this out. The angles are particularly interesting to see in this form.
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