Some of you who’ve read anything I’ve written online—in a non-work-related context—have noticed my propensity toward spelling in a manner alien to American English palettes. I’ll get notes and tweets from people saying I used a U when spelling colour, or that a word is not spelled with an S–it’s a Z, damn you! Today,…
Trusera nominated for the SXSW People’s Choice
Just a quick update and request for the 5 of you who read the site: Recently, “Trusera”:http://trusera.com was nominated for the “South by South West 2009 Interactive Festival’s People’s Choice Award”:https://secure.sxsw.com/peoples_choice/. Yep, that’s a mouthful, but it’s also pretty damn flattering for us. Well, you know what would be even more flattering (and would look…
For those not up to speed
On Inauguration Day, I had a seizure while talking about the M’s with the eye doctor dkr and I share. Early February, I had an object the size of a plum surgically plucked from my skull. A granuloma, to be exact. Late February introduced the idea of blood clots in my leg due to the…
One bite has changed a lot of lives
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sfQ5lBa9Nw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00] This is one major reason I work where I work. I hope my contributions to the site are helping fulfill that vision.
Birth
As I currently work on a minor new feature for the Trusera website, I’m reminded for the fourth or fifth time today that 12 November marks my one year Trusera “birthday.” It seems bizarre to realise that exactly one year ago, I was sitting—eyes wide, brain trickling out my ear—at the end of my first…
What were you doing when Obama won?
I guess the real question is this: What were you doing when you heard that Barack Obama was elected to become the 44th president of the United States? Here’s what Sabrina and I were doing: We went to Kidd Valley for a quick cheeseburger. We’d been following the results trickle in via the web for…
Plan for change
== [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONM7148cTyc&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1] == I encourage everyone to watch this. I’m paranoid constantly that my bank is about to fail (yes, I use WaMu), and watching and experiencing the hypocrisy and contempt shown by the major corporations and banks as they pay out millions to fired failure CEOs (Killinger, anyone?) and place the burden upon…
Enough distraction
==[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zAbeu3v3Wc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1]== I’ve said it before–hell, this site has worn a button for the past year or more–but I’ll say it again: I’m very proudly voting for this man.
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…