Pulling together some photos for a project while I watch Xanadu. # Finally watching Alcatraz, episode 1. Umm… yeah. Hoping it gets better. # OK, saw the first two eps of Alcatraz. I gave it a shot. It's… not good.…
My Quora answers, UX Articles
How do UX designers track their productivity?
When it comes to tracking productivity in UX design, the focus should always be on the outcomes, quality and hitting key milestones, and not on day-to-day activity. Because there is no one "perfect" UX design process (just as there is…
My Quora answers, UX 101, UX Articles
What are the foundations that need to be laid out before designing an interface?
I have used multiple techniques to do this, depending upon the amount of time available on the design project. At the very least, you need to have focus as to what you are designing, and know the target audience for…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-21
Just had the best iced coffee ever. It was like a caffeinated milkshake filled with love. #yum # Attended the Chinese New Year celebration with the lovely Angela Mastrillo (who needs to get on Twitter). # Link: Prepare to Ace…
Apple, My Quora answers
Why can’t you sell an iBooks Author edited book by other means than Apple?
Apple created the iBookstore and the new iBook Author tool. As creator of said platform/application, they can put stuff in their EULA that says "you must never use this tool without wearing pants" if they want. It's their IP, they…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-20
Working at Apple Is Brutally Insane and Awful http://t.co/DbX8f6eo # Who says I never tweet anything useful? Case in point, here's instructions on how to build your very own Tom Servo. http://t.co/35owwxeK # My first sushi since returning to Sydney:…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-19
In protest of #SOPA I intending on drinking so much I black out. # New at Josephdickerson.com, Lessons in Service Design: How to avoid "Showrooming" http://t.co/jjO4vKiN #ux # Google has launched their #SOPA page: https://t.co/49VGI40N # Here's the complete Battlestar…
UX Articles
Lessons in Service Design: How to Avoid “Showrooming”
Retailers have noticed a disturbing trend of the past few months. Many of the people visiting their stores are browsing but not spending any money… At least, not at your store. They’re still spending their money… just online. These customers…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-18
On this day in 1929 Popeye first appeared. Well, blow me down. # Still waiting…. impatiently… for Apple to approve my two books for thier iBooks storefront. It's been three weeks now… # Still waiting – impatiently – for Apple…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-17
House kills #SOPA http://t.co/at5MPWLl # 'Immense Pressure' Leads to Cancellation of Steve Jobs Figurine http://t.co/9vK9jtx9 # Sherlock series 3 already confirmed http://t.co/BO7MyBnR # Get ready for these new User Interface innovations http://t.co/Tlqhh6m8 #ux # Watched the Jerry Weintraub biography His…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-16
Just spent two hours talking to a work colleague – he just came from Sydney, I'm on my way… # Ah, Sydney. I missed you. # G'day! http://t.co/K7iVDpla # #SOPA shelved until "consensus" can be found. http://t.co/sQXoiVbv # Well Green…
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-15
Los Angeles, I AM IN YOU. # Hollywood and Vine is absolutely dead at 9AM on a Saturday – besides all the Japanese touring groups. # Lawmakers beginning to backpedal – hard – over supporting #SOPA http://t.co/000pGRDv # A TV-series…
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Videos from Kennedy Space Center
Here’s a couple of videos I shot – the first is a look inside the Assembly Building:
The second is the recreation of how the launch of Apollo 8 went:
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Twitter Updates for 2012-01-14
Scrambling to pack and wrap things up before my travel back to Sydney… # Added some more scans of 1990s articles about #twinpeaks to flickr: http://t.co/9dHrqrsF # Video of the James Bond Directors panel from CES http://t.co/MSQYXRiG # Powered by…
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Apollo Flight Control, Kennedy Space Center
A recreation of the launch of Apollo 8 at the Saturn V building at Kennedy Space Center.
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Inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, Kennedy Space Center
NASA goodness.