Silverback: Usability testing for apes

Like many in my field, I was intrigued by the nifty “Coming Soon” page for “Silverback”:http://silverbackapp.com when word started pinging around the design-o-sphere. A page with a cool parallax effect (all the rage for a few months there), an illustration of a rather nerdy-looking gorilla (by the ever-talented “Jon Hicks”:http://hicksdesign.co.uk/), and a notification sign up.…

Loud noises!

Over the weekend, we were treated to two shows of the Blue Angels jet squadron, zooming around Lake Washington (and thus our apartment) as part of Seafair. We were thus also “treated” to the ungodly noise that accompanies six F-18 fighter jets screaming by at extremely low altitudes. Oh joy. On a positive note, it…

Succumbing to a meme

Okay, so I normally hate those pesky memes that spread across the intertube (Garrett, I’m just saying it that way to “push buttons”:http://log.maniacalrage.net/post/23459629), and lord knows it’s probably because I’m usually the last one in on it. Anyhoo, my friend Christine happened to post a fun little meme on her LiveJournal (people still use LJ?)…