2008

Jul

Favtape.com/top

Talking in robot voices with my daughters.

Moderating Usability Tests

Flexigrid (data grid plugin for jQuery)

Buying a soda from some kids who’ve set up shop alongside the street.

Getting ready to go to scout camp early in the morning. Staying until the next morning.

Just got a DropBox beta invite…sweet!

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-13)

Listening to the Vampire Weekend station via the Pandora iPhone app while doing yard work.

Watching Raising Arizona on Hulu when I should be sleeping.

About to eat a delicious cinnamon roll, after that I’ll figure out what to have for dinner....

Ponoko - Get your designs made into real...

Checking out the iTunes App Store. Feels like Christmas arrived early.

Writing a Creative Job Posting

Yay. He was there. Dax is back!

Checking the animal shelter for my dog. He went missing while were gone overnight.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-6)

Agile Project Management: Lessons Learned at...

Top 10 Most Viewed TED Talks

Eating at the pizza place I worked at during the 10th grade.

The Fillmore parade isn’t what it used to be. Each entry is spaced about 5 minutes apart. We...

SPF 50 on my balding head…time for a parade.

Going to Wall-E

Pandora’s music recommendations are working so much better than Last.fm’s were.

The Spinning Wheel Motel, where we’ll be staying in...

Planning to go to Fillmore for the 4th of July. Childhood nostalgia commencing.

70 Amazing Business Cards

Watching a car fire - http://twitpic.com/327r

it’s alive again!

my computer died

Eating a Choco Taco

Going for a jog with KayeLynne.

Jun

Bjørn Letterpress Studio

Dog on a hog - http://twitpic.com/2wqg

Watching a movie in the backyard projected on a twin sheet. Good times.

$1.4M seems like a steal for this home on Bainbridge Island...

My niece is showing me the stuffed animal social network she’s a member of -...

MBA in Design Strategy

Had nitrous oxide (aka laughing gas) for the first time ever. Felt like I had to, since the dental...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-22)

At the Strawberry Days carnival in PG. The girls are loving the rides.

Feeling like I need to watch the Karate Kid and Back to the Future…soon!

Finished scoring the soundtrack to our...

Just lost an hour’s worth of productive work due to a sudden crash. Macs aren’t supposed...

just noticed that @squamosity is sporting a soul patch.

Enjoying Firefox 3’s robot easter egg. Type “about:robots” in the address bar.

Pagination Gallery

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-15)

‘Hazzard’s’ Cooter: I was out of control

Mary Kay: 1946-2008

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-6-8)

Watching The Belmont to see if Big Brown can win the Triple Crown.

After several months of using primarily Safari, I’m switching back to Firefox. Hopefully FF3...

jQuery for Designers

Coda Slider Effect | jQuery for Designers

My new favorite blog: http://contemporist.com. Makes me hate my house though. Is it impossible to...

Miraentu Interior

May

Asking the internets how to dig a trench under a sidewalk.

Wondering why there is an anime kids show called Sushi Pack. Saturday mornings aren’t what...

City Center Lofts in Salt Lake City plans to be the first...

Listening to Mac suggest only the most life threatening team-building activities.

not baking no-bake cookies

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-25)

Shoveling manure at the in-laws.

The Butter Fiasco: This is what happens when kids get hungry...

My wife is completely in love with this house. Even though...

After filling up my truck this morning I couldn’t...

Who says I’m not handy? Check out this wood shelving I...

I am definitely getting one of these $100 Netflix streaming...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-18)

Communing with nature while reading Subject To Change.

Locked my keys in my car while getting gas and for some reason its taking 35 minutes for my wife to...

Planning to do all of my shopping here from now on: http://asseenontvnetwork.com

Though I was a fan of the X-Files series, I think Xzibit being in it is just one of the reasons the...

Disassembling the crib, and it’s a little sad we won’t be needing it anytime soon.

The Next Page: Thirty Tables of Contents

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-11)

Desperately wanting to move out of Utah due to our governor declaring today “David Archuleta...

Just subscribed to the Business Week “Innovation of the Week” podcast...

Trying out iChat after using Adium for 4 years.

We are looking at using comics to communicate product ideas,...

Information Design Patterns

Scouting out a camp site for the Fathers & Sons camp out.

KayeLynne and I have been sick all day.

Trying the Thai House in Lehi…very good.

The kids had fun at Chuckie Cheese. With any luck we made it without a case of pink-eye.

On my way to a kid’s b-day party at Chuckie Cheese.

In case GTA4 isn’t meeting your violence threshold,...

Apr

New York City Subway Diagram 2008 by Vignelli Designs, Inc....

Guru’s Steak Burrito.

Watching people explore the wonderful world of PowerPoint.

Listening to 70’s & 80’s rock and treating myself to a burger and onion rings from...

Not twittering via SMS anymore. Too many individual text messages sent mistakenly to Twitter.

Finding it difficult not to picture a baby who is in the 20th percentile for weight and 99th...

This Ain’t No Disco {it’s where we work}

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-20)

The civic has been replaced.

Another evening of car shopping yields no results.

My document didn’t print out, but at least I have...

Designers Toolbox: Design Resources

Eating Cuban food.

Waited an hour for an Apple “genius” to tell me that AppleCare doesn’t cover...

Listening to DJ FireForce randomly play laserbeam sound effects during a song. Love that Miami FM...

Watching a presentation on design that is less impactful because the text is in Arial instead of...

33 hours after our initial attempt, we are now in Miami. Thanks a bunch American Airlines. :(

Packing for the IA Summit in Miami.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-4-6)

annoyed that it’s pledge week on public radio. If I contribute now can I listen beg free?

These new British coins are beautiful - Details

Enjoying some 80’s rock on a long drive home.

Mar

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-3-30)

My excitement for a new Lost has been dashed. No new episodes until April 24.

Loving the Evernote 3 beta (http://preview.evernote.com/). This thing blows Yojimbo & DevonThink...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-3-23)

Leaving for St. George.

Simple Logo Swapping

Wondering why a guy in the stall of a public restroom had to call his daughter and put her on...

Talking about Darby O’Gill and the Little People. I think the banshee would still scare the...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-3-16)

Living it up as the father of two little girls. Easter egg hunt in the morning, and then Disney on...

This WallyPower GigaYacht would be perfect for that getaway...

Loving my newly jailbroken iPhone. Especially the Last.fm and Netflix apps.

going on a date with my wife

Secrets of UX Design Productivity from...

Equidistant Objects with CSS

Nourish – RSS to Email Service – Blog Powered...

I need to get one of these.

Stylish Blight - New York Times (via)

Star Wars vs. Saul Bass

“Apple’s philosophy goes like this: Too many companies...”
— “What makes Apple...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-3-2)

Data Visualization: Modern Approaches

Feb

Surface Collective

30 of the Most Creative Bookshelves Designs

Putting up with a ridiculously long month of February.

dancing with my girls.

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-2-24)

Rosenfeld Media UX Zeitgeist

Can’t believe I’m doing my taxes on my birthday.

“The average interest rates of mafia loan sharking syndicates...”
— Professor Christopher...

Watching American Gladiator and frightened by how entertained I am.

Getting my nephew to play my Warcaft character while I go hiking. Fresh air, exercise, XP, and...

on a marathon road trip to St. George, Utah from Afton, Wyoming. In other words, 20 degree weather...

Top 5 artists this week

Full from eating funeral potatoes. Surprisingly I ate them after a funeral.

Eating pink, heart-shaped waffles and drinking strawberry milk for Valentine’s day dinner.

Disappearing Car Door

Everything sounds better in Dobly

As I sat down to watch Juno last night I was assaulted. How you ask? By an audible barrage of...

Just watched Juno. Very good.

On a date with Kayelynne

Mitt’s out of the race. Now who will Utah vote for?

Aviary - Creation on the fly

“MMOs help players develop and exercise a skill set closely...”
— NASA Goddard’s MMO Game

Mer-Maya and the Sharks