Monthly Archives: June 2009

Challenging conventional wisdom about the direction of media

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Karl

New Yorker: Malcolm Gladwell: Priced to Sell – a scathing review of Wired’s Chris Anderson’s new book “Free: The Future of a Radical Price” and the concepts promoted within. NYTimes: Keeping News of Kidnapping Off Wikipedia – the NYTimes coordinated … Continue reading →

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Michael Jackson’s reach was across generations, across the seas

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Karl

YouTube: (Michael Jackson) Billie Jean – Sungha Jung: Wow. I had posted the following to Twitter, but it belongs here: “11 years old, standing on chestnut st. near 11th, outside store, watching tvs play Thriller thru a window. that was … Continue reading →

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Two Links on Car Repairs, Crashes, and Infrastructure

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Karl

Mr. Aaron Held: Designing a new Infrastructure is like buying a new car: ** You usually start this process due to a crash ** code: User gen data + no cache eviction = FAIL car : SUV from the side … Continue reading →

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How to get started in IA or UX

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Karl

Livia Labate shared some advice for those looking to get started in Information Architecture. At a recent brown bag she reviewed a number of great design games for generating ideas.

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If I was in Chicago, I’d be going to see “Little Brother”

Posted on June 28, 2009 by Karl

BoingBoing: Videos from the stage production of Little Brother

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A Blogging History Worth Reading?

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Karl

I’m really looking forward to reading Scott Rosenberg’s “Say Everything”. I’m sure “Say Everything” will be a book I can share with others (which I do with “Dreaming in Code”) to provide them insight into why I do some of … Continue reading →

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“Listening To NRBQ” by Jim Boggia

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Karl

YouTube: “Listening To NRBQ” by Jim Boggia:

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More on Graphviz

Posted on June 24, 2009 by Karl

Linux.com: An Introduction to GraphViz Emacs mode for Graphviz OmniNerd: Automating Data Visualization with Ruby and Graphviz

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Reading about Graphviz

Posted on June 21, 2009 by Karl

While gearing up on a content management project, a few developers were wrangling with how to share solution diagrams between Visio and OmniGraffle. While there is a level of compatibility between the two, its not ideal. While researching, I went … Continue reading →

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Privacy’s not dead

Posted on June 20, 2009 by Karl

for Steve Jobs

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