Pleasure and Pain

Improving the human experience one day at a time

Pleasure and Pain: photos by Whitney G. Hess

Entries Tagged as 'Photography'

Photo of the day: The corner of W 13th St and W 4th St

June 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Accessibility, Pain, Photography

For anyone who’s ever been to Manhattan, or perhaps even heard of Manhattan, chances are you know that our roads are based on a grid — Streets are east-west and are numbered, Avenues are north-south and are numbered or named. 62nd Street and 2nd Avenue 106th Street and Park Avenue 1st Street and 1st Avenue [...]

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Photo of the day: Back in 30 minutes

June 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Customer Experience, Design, Pain, Photography

Time has always bothered me; I don’t really believe in it. It’s a human invention, a representation of reality. Now the passage of time, that’s something I can believe in. You can feel it. You can measure it. But it’s always, ALWAYS, relative to something else. Like when you’re in the train station waiting for [...]

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Photo of the day: A man in need of an iPad

June 11th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Accessibility, Pain, Photography, User Experience

…or a Kindle, or a nook. I recently spotted this man at a Starbucks in SoHo. He was clearly settled in for the day, his keyboard propped up against the wall behind him, feet kicked up, book in hand…and in the other hand, a magnifying glass to help him read the damn thing. That very [...]

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Photo of the day: Bags on Board

February 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Photography, User Experience

My cousins have an adorable Boston Terrier named Luna. She likes to play tug of war, and fetch, and tear her toys apart. And unlike the dogs I had growing up, she also likes to poop outside. Over the summer my cousins were taking Luna for a walk and I noticed their completely amazing leash. [...]

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Photo of the day: Penn Station, Charging Station

February 22nd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Customer Experience, Photography

I’ve found myself at Penn Station quite a lot lately. You see, I’m working on the project of a lifetime with Happy Cog Philadelphia, so I visit by train from time-to-time. A few weeks ago I observed some unusual behavior: I’ve passed by this column dozens of times when I walk into the Amtrak area [...]

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