Pleasure and Pain

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Entries Tagged as 'Tools'

My mug is on the new Skitch homepage

May 6th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Design, Pleasure

It’s no secret that I’m completely obsessed with Skitch — the handy screenshot, annotation and image sharing tool for Mac — since I tell pretty much anyone who’ll listen. I’ve probably stood over 100 shoulders waiting for folks to download and install it, then watch their eyes open wide when they realize what they now [...]

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I am a stencil

March 6th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Pleasure, User Experience

This happened five months ago, and I was so stunned by the honor that I think I pushed it somewhere deep into my subconscious until now. In Search Patterns: Design for Discovery by Peter Morville and Jeffrey Callender, there are these cute people icons that accompany various illustrations throughout the book. There was so much [...]

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Yet another list of iPad apps (what I use)

January 12th, 2011 · 10 Comments · Productivity

I’m pretty obsessed with my iPad. When I first bought it back in April, I didn’t take my laptop out of the house for a good month. I watched movies in the park, showed samples of my work to prospective clients, read my feeds in the bath, and tested out a whole bunch of apps. [...]

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My 10 Favorite Tools of 2010

December 13th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Pleasure, Productivity

As the year comes to a close, I can’t help but think of all the ways my life has gotten even better over the past 12 months. I’ve met incredible new people, I’ve opened myself up to new experiences, I’ve taken new risks, and I’ve found new loves. The most significant behavioral change that comes [...]

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Whit Hour – Week 13

August 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Whit Hour

Thank you so much to the ~29 people who showed up for the thirteenth week of Whit Hour — my weekly one-hour video chat to answer any and all of your questions about user experience, consulting, and whatever else you throw at me. Tune in every Monday night from 10-11pm Eastern Time at http://www.livestream.com/whithour. Whit [...]

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