I’ve been watching a lot of Instant Netflix lately, ever since I canceled my cable and bought a Roku (another more in-depth post on that experience at some point). Netflix never ceases to amaze me. They’ve been learning my tastes from the films I watch, rate, and add to queue. At this point I think [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Inspiration'
Netflix Recommends: Art & Design Documentaries
April 10th, 2011 · 6 Comments · Design
Tags:Design·Inspiration·Video
Samantha LeVan’s Lame Cancer
April 1st, 2011 · 1 Comment · Community, Pain
A year ago March 28, my close friend Samantha LeVan sent me a fairly routine email asking me if she could pass my info along to a young web designer looking for a mentor. It was so nondescript that I might have put it off for a few days, busy with other things. I’m glad [...]
Tags:Community·Inspiration·Pain
10 best Twitterers to follow for your soul, not your career
March 19th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Digressions, Twitter
I always see these “top Twitterer” lists of people with high follower counts touted by social climbing social media DBs. Those people bore me. Instead I’m inspired by people with a unique perspective on the world around them, unique voice and style, who make me smile or think differently or challenge me to be a [...]
The most accurate portrayal of User Experience Designers ever created
January 27th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Pleasure, User Experience
This is possibly my favorite 1 minute and 32 seconds in the history of moving images. I got shivers at the end. Please do yourself and everyone else a favor by taking the time to watch this now, then send it to everyone who has ever asked you what a user experience designer is. ILUVUXDESIGN [...]
Tags:Design·Humor·Inspiration·Pleasure·User Experience·Video
Awesome Email of the Day: I write to you, thanks to Google Translator
November 30th, 2010 · 7 Comments · E-mails, Pleasure
Passion knows no bounds. Thanks never gets lost in translation. From: Bruno Chaves To: Whitney Hess Subject: hello from brazil Date: August 4, 2010 9:04:13 AM EDT I do not know write in English. my English is very bad. But you can read;) I write to you, thanks to google translator:) I met his blog, [...]
Tags:Emails·Inspiration·Pleasure
