Thanks for Variety for letting me know that BBC America has just picked up the rights for the last five Doctor Who specials that will wrap up David Tennant’s run. Details on when the first two will be shown in…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-27
Day 2 in Chicago – Typing up my notes from yesterday’s user research, and getting ready for more interviews… #UX # One of the benefits of visiting Chicago: http://yfrog.com/0ot5fj # Back at hotel, one more interview today… Ate so much…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-26
Up way to early, on my way to the airport. Chicago here I come! # @televixen “Atlanta area friend?” Sigh. How about “regionally displaced hick?” # Finished up the first two Ux interviews, with interesting results… Getting ready for our…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-25
Back from fetching even more meat to throw on the grill… # Writing a blog post about the 32nd anniversary of the original Star Wars… # @tedmurphy Star Trek – MUCH better than Terminator 4 in reply to tedmurphy #…
Geek, Movies
Happy anniversary Star Wars! Thanks for the memories (good and bad)…
Today is the 32nd anniversary of the release of Star Wars (no, not Episode IV – they added that later)… and this past week was the 10th anniversary of Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Upon noting these milestones, I started…
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VIDEO: New Doctor Who scene with John Barrowman and David Tennant (BBC contest)
Here’s a clip from Tonight’s the Night, a show hosted by John Barrowman (Captain Jack from Doctor Who and Torchwood), which reveals the winner of a contest to create a new Doctor Who alien. The winner got to play a…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-24
Enjoying a lazy Sunday… # Wife asked me to take boys to “Night at Museum 2”, I said “honey, why don’t you go – I’ll take them to UP next weekend” She chose… poorly. # About to walk my oldest…
Trek
From Cracked.com: Instruction Manuals for the USS Enterprise
This is very funny. Example:
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VIDEO: A visit to Twin Peaks…
FINALLY got around to uploading and editing together the video and photos from my visit to Twin Peaks (actually North Bend, Washington) last year. Apologizes for the washed-out video of the Great Northern falls – the tape started to degrade…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-23
@brampitoyo Agree completely, doing this research in four different cities really helps ensure our findings are rich and accurate… #UX in reply to brampitoyo # @brampitoyo are you going to the UPA conference in #PDX? I’ll be there (in-between field…
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VIDEO: Harry Nilsson and Ringo Starr present at the 1973 Grammys
This video shows the two poking fun at the cloying dialogue written for award show presenters. God I miss Harry. [youtube]VWS5r9t_KEM[/youtube]
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-22
@gbarrow30305 that’d be great, though I have three days of UX testing when I get back and then I’m off to #SEA & #PDX for more research… in reply to gbarrow30305 # Follow Friday time!!!! Follow @gbarrow30305, @threebrick, @jdoobious, @televixen,…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-21
Last day of user research in the #ATL, heading to Chicago after Memorial Day for week 2. Get ready for me @DVDGeeks and @Televixen! #UX # Getting ready for the next user interview in the #Atl… #Ux # Just finished…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-20
For Amy… ♫ http://blip.fm/~6o0n3 # A bad Ui from Microsoft just let me accidentally delete all my calendar entries w/o warning – luckily I have multiple backups. Sigh. #UX # Having spent an hour trying to fix a calendar sync…
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Twitter Updates for 2009-05-19
Sherlock Holmes trailer: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Guy Ritchie… I’m there. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1810045845/video/13526202 # Day two of ethnographic research: done. Three interviews down, 15 to go! #UX #ixd #uidesign # Powered by Twitter Tools.
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VIDEO: Joelanta 2009 toy show “War of the Worlds” diorama
Hi all, here’s video I shot of the HUGE diorama that the guys behind the Joelanta toy and action figue show built for the event. Based on War of the Worlds, it features a mammoth Martian tripod terrorizing one-sixth scale…
