“This happens when the complexity of building out the design is greater than the certainty that it’s the right design.” -destraynor This is why I don’t stress out about visual design – any more. Product design – yes, visual design – no. Too often I’ve seen visual design stall, distract, and diffuse product design questions.
Author Archives: Garrick van Buren
Someone Else’s Algorithm
According to the majority of apparel retailers my body is shaped in a way they don’t expect. A little slimmer here and a little longer there puts me between sizes. For may years, it was so rare to find clothing that actually fit – that I forget what sizes I was even looking for. And …
I really need a mapping project
Between a great write up on how to build your own mapping service and the St. Louis Fed releasing a free MS Excel Add-in for their 30,000 data sets I’m itching to hack around on some maps.
No Sign of Success
“It’s hard for people sometimes to understand that things that look successful or generate attention don’t necessarily also generate money.” Misha Glouberman, via Luke Francl It took half my adult life to understand this phenomenon. Once I did, the world seemed both more approachable and hackable.
“If you have an exit strategy, it’s not an obsession.”
and another from Mark Cuban… “Know how your company will make money and how you will actually make sales.” From me circa 2006…
“…TRUST WINGS HAPPEN BEFORE GROUND.”
“VISION LIKE STORY WITH MOUSE AND CHEESE. SOMEONE MOVE CHEESE, MOUSE FORGET CHEESE, INVENT MACHINE GUN AND EAT CAT.” – FAKEGRIMLOCK Happy New Year.
Staple’s Mill Brewing’s – Stout of Morning Destruction
Amazing, delicious beer. Easily the best beer I’ve had this year. Easily in the top 5 beers I’ve had all time.
“You’ve Got to Build Bypasses”*
“We’re way too dependent on the Un-Internet., which behaves somewhat like the Internet, but has chokepoints that can cut off the flow. The whole point of the Internet, from the point of view of the US Govt, was that it couldn’t be cut off this way.” – Dave Winer * for those of you unfamiliar …
A Great Story of Free Speech @ UW-Stout
It’s unfortunate that a ‘climate of sensitivity’ was enforced so heavy-handedly. It’s unfortunate so many other players had to get involved to re-establish common sense. Especially at a campus that – at least when I was there – had gun lockers in the dorms for students. I trust the administration and police will be more …
Client Launches: ExperienceLife.com & FellowInc.com
I’m happy to announce two new client sites launched this week: one for Experience Life magazine and one for Minneapolis advertising and design studio . Both sites are powered by a heavily-customized WordPress installation. The Experience Life effort included the development of a system to migrate 10 years of archives, comments, assets, URLs (including shortened …
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