Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
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Rant About Online Banking with RBC
When I lived in the US, I had a Bank of America checking account. I used their online banking services all the time, and, simply put, it was awesome. Not only did it do a whole lot (bill pay, transfer funds, updates, etc.) but it was so easy to use.
Now I do my banking with [...] -
Contextually Aware Fitness Tech
To keep this concise, I’ll skip the part about how I haven’t written a blog post in months, and feel like a slacker for it, but my excuse is that I’ve been real busy with other things (like work, triathlon training and planning an epic hike for this summer), and how I always get really [...]
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Cupertino Syndrome
For the first time in as long as I can remember, I got angry at my computer. Not just perturbed, but teeth-clenching, fist pounding, expletive-blurting, co-worker-disturbing angry.
Surprisingly, my anger wasn’t directed at the network for being slow or at Parallels for taking entirely too long to boot up or shut down. It wasn’t because I [...] -
Parking in Calgary
Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve written. I’ve been busy, sure, but it’s mostly just laziness.
I recently moved from Chicago, IL, USA to Calgary, AB, Canada. Jury’s still out on whether or not trading the El for the C-Train, pizza and hot dogs for Vietnamese subs, or the lake for the mountains (which [...] -
Best Error Message Ever
From GMail. Apparently I tried to upload a file when I was offline or something. Awesome.
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Knowledge in the Head vs Knowledge in the … Stapler Base
I always appreciate when I can pick something up and start using it without having to read any instructions, but I also am always very thankful when a product manages to fit everything you need to know about how to use it right there on the product itself. Sometimes this is done with a sticker [...]
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Art Meets Design in the Ancient World
On a recent vacation to Houston, I had the opportunity to visit the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFA H). I’m not as keen on fine arts museums (I much prefer modern, or design) — but wow! was impressed. The building itself is gorgeous, and even though we seemed to have visited in a gap [...]
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Is the Obama brand Organic?
Maybe this is old news by now. Is it just me, or does the Obama ‘08 campaign logo look a whole lot like the USDA Organic logo?
I guess that the shapes in the Obama logo are generic enough that it could be interpreted in any number of ways - an american flag? sunrise over a [...] -
Thoughtless Design: Price Check
I came across a great illustration of what happens when something is designed without considering the context in which it will be used.
In the Macy’s department store in New York City, stationed throughout the store are these little stations where you can either scan a gift card to see the remaning balance, or scan the [...]
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I-GO Car Sharing
One of the things that I love about living in a city is that I can walk everywhere. Walk to the grocery store, walk to a restaurant, walk to work, walk wherever. During the summer, when it’s nice to run outside, I’m even able to integrate such errands into my runs, choosing a location suitably far [...]
