Archive for August, 2006
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006
Music makes the nerds come together
Via Last Plane to Jakarta, I found Harp magazine (which, seriously, how had I not heard of this before?) and a short piece by John Darnielle titled “How Souled American’s Flubber Changed My Life.” It’s a lovely piece, and I’ll wait here while you read it, but my first thought on reading that title […]
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Sunday, August 27th, 2006
Book questionnaire
I hate the word “meme” with a violent passion, so even though I accept Telecommuniculturally’s challenge, I’m going to call it a questionnaire. Which is my right, since it is one.
1. One book you have read more than once
I am reminded of Jesse Sheidlower quoting Umberto Eco about his library, “when people ask if […]
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Friday, August 11th, 2006
Where are you going, where have you been
At the end of a long research project: we’ve logged something like 20,000 miles in the air so far, and that’s before the two trips out west to present our results. I want to do a full-on Jan Chipchase and post about the pleasures and terrors of doing user research far from home, but for […]
