★ 05/06/2017, 03:43
The latest post from Cliff Mass seems like a pragmatic take on the Paris Accord. In particular, I agree with this re Trump:
“Stop giving him what he wants. Ignore his silly tweets. Do what he will hate the most: make him irrelevant.”
Yeah. Don’t feed the trolls.
★ 04/06/2017, 03:14
Way to go, Preds. That was a helluva game. No doubt the Pens will come back strong, but Nashville looked up to the task tonight. This one could go 7 games.
★ 02/06/2017, 06:44
The other thing I noticed at the LCML was just how far we’ve come with user interface design. Like, there was no obvious way to close a window on an old Mac. Double-clicking didn’t open a program. Things look familiar, but the interface isn’t refined.
★ 02/06/2017, 06:33
Visited the Living Computer Museum & Labs today. I keep thinking about it. It’s just so cool that you can go up and start typing on an IBM 360, or an Apple I, II, SE, Lisa, a NeXT Cube, a TRS-80, an Amiga, Atari, Sun, or any of dozens of other vintage computers. Must go back.
★ Pen Spreads
You couldn’t ask for anything more out of a Game 7. Congrats to the damn Penguins. It’s going to be a Pens / Preds matchup for the cup. Or, as I call it, Pen Spreads.
★ Senguins
Can’t wait for tonight’s Senators / Penguins game (or, as I call it, Senguins). If the Bolts aren’t in the playoffs, I root for a) triple overtime; b) every series going to 7 games; c) the Canadian team. C’mon, Sens!
★ Senguins
Can’t wait for tonight’s Senators / Penguins game (or, as I call it, Senguins). If the Bolts aren’t in the playoffs, I root for a) triple overtime; b) every series going to 7 games; c) the Canadian team. C’mon, Sens!
★ Duck spreads
Got home in time to see the last half of the Ducks / Preds game. (Or, as I call it, duck spreads.)
C’mon Predators! Finish ‘em off!
YADIA: “IA defines spatial relationships and organizational systems, and seeks to establish hierarchies, taxonomies, vocabularies, and schema—resulting in documentation like sitemaps, wireframes, content types, and user flows, and allowing us to design things like navigation and search systems.”
from Sara Wachter-Boettcher. “Content Everywhere”
Glushko's definition of IA
Yet Another Definition of IA (YADIA):
“The activity of Information Architecture [is] designing an abstract and effective organization of information and then exposing that organization to facilitate navigation and information use.”
-from The Discipline of Organizing, by Robert Glushko
★ 21/05/2017, 01:14
Man, this Preds/Ducks series is just brutal. Anaheim seems to be getting the bigger hits in this game, but not by much. Whatever team comes out of this on top is going to be limping into the finals. Keep your heads up, boys.
★ Slow TV
Slow TV: Train Ride Bergen to Oslo is on in the background while I’m puttering on the computer. I’m about 3 hours in to the 7-hour trip. It’s oddly compelling to just watch the Norwegian countryside roll by. I must go do this in person.
★ Silicon Valley
Oh, man… Silicon Valley has gotten so good. The characters and relationships are so sharp, and the writing is impeccable. I can’t wait for the next episode.
Deeper T
So excited for Vanessa Foss & @magshanley’s new venture Deeper T. Their first round of UX workshops look amazing: deeper-t.com
★ Here Lies Love: impressive, but weak on story
We went to see the David Byrne / Fatboy Slim musical “Here Lies Love” this weekend at Seattle Repertory Theatre. As a piece of spectacle, it was a tour de force, a truly impressive, immersive production with an outstanding cast. The story left a lot to be desired, though. This Seattle Globalist article gets at how a lot of the uglier sides of the Marcoses and the revolution in the Philippines were glossed over in the production.
★ Moms Who Swear
This made me laugh hard: https://www.popsugar.com/moms/Alternative-Curse-Words-Moms-Who-Swear-43499465
★ New password guidelines
The new password guidelines from NIST seem eminently sensible: 1) No periodic password changes; 2) No imposed complexity; 3) Disallow weak passwords. Wonder how long before they’re widely adopted.