This is the War of the Worlds diorama from the 2009 Joelanta toy and action figure show.
Author: Joseph Dickerson
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-18
On my way to the first of 18 user interviews for ethnographic research – spanning the globe to inform the best possible UX! #ixd #uidesign # Rt Axure for Mac is coming soon!!! http://www.axureformac.com/ (via @breezyskies) Me: W00T!!! I was…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-17
The problem with being woken up at 4 Am is… You’re awake at 4 AM. # Steal of the day – a guy bought a near-complete Uss Flagg (biggest GI Joe toy ever) for $120. That coulda been me.. #Gijoe…
Geek
Joelanta 2009 toy show was a blast!
Hi all, if you’re like me (and most of you, blessedly, are not) and love the smell of vintage plastic action figures, then you REALLY should have been at the Joelanta 2009 toy show this weekend. There were a LOT…
Trek
Star Trek close to $150 million 11 days after opening
The title says it all – Star Trek made (an estimated) $42 million this weekend, to $147 million total. Right now, I’d give 50/50 odds that the movie makes over $300 million domestic by July (and if it doesn’t it’s…
Movies
The most ridiculous movie poster, EVER: You Only Live Twice
I collect movie posters, and I have seen some extremely silly ones in my time, but there is one poster that is the silliest, most ridiculous one ever created to promote a major motion picture – the poster for the…
Geek
At the Joelanta toy show preview night..
Me and my sons set up a table at the preview night of the Joelanta toy and action figure show – here’s some pictures from the show so far…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-16
At Shanes Rib Shack getting free ribs… Yum! # Just updates lots of my UX articles here: https://www.josephdickerson.com/category/UX/ #usability #IxD #design #UX # Just updated lots of my UX articles at https://www.josephdickerson.com/category/UX/ #usability #IxD #design #UX # New video on…
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Reminder: Joelanta toy show is this weekend at the Atlanta Marriott Century Center!
Hi all, I’ll be at the Joelanta toy show tomorrow May 17th with my three sons, and I hope to see you there. If you can’t make it, check back here as I will be posting tons of images from…
TV
Well, I am now completely clueless regarding what will happen next on LOST
Finally got around to watching the season five finale of LOST, and I how have NO IDEA where the show is going in the last season, which starts in January. There’s something exciting about that, though it is also, in…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-15
Writing up test protocols – have 2 UX tests, ethographic research in three states AND UPA conf in #Pdx this month! Busy… And loving it! # Finishing up designs… and getting ready to see Star Trek again tonight (first time…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-14
Just read that Leonardo DiCaprio is all but a lock to play Frank Sinatra in an upcoming biopic. Ahem. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! # Another productive day at work – designs created, barges lifted, bails toted. # Off to watch my oldest son’s…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-13
Good morning Internets! # Pulling together an equipment list for future mobile usability testing… #UX # Designing a mobile app, installing Photoshop CS4 (finally!) and playing with the G.I.joe mobile support vehicle I won on eBay. Me happy. # @whitneyhess…
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VIDEO: A message from the society for Geek Advancement…
Three things about this video: First, I recognized almost everyone in the video before they spoke thier names. So, yes, I’m a geek. Second, I’ve actually met several of these individuals in 4D Twitter (AKA the real world)… and look…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-12
On the way to work, listening to Harry Nilsson, content. # Not many updates today, setting up hardware and doing designs galore… #UX #apple # After having a heart-breaking conversation with an old friend, I’m once again reminded of that…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-11
Back to the office after a 3-day Trek weekend. Designing concepts… And setting up new hardware… #UX http://yfrog.com/dzxaej # Just read @thedigitalbits.com the Trek films soon on blu-ray have WAY too much digital noise reduction (except KHAAAANNN!)… Pass. # FInished…