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Iâ€™m trying to figure out what Facebook is thinkingâ€¦

This New York Times article discusses how Facebook is doing more and more to come across as Twitter-like. Which strikes me as absurd. Facebook and Twitter serve some pretty distinct needs. Any move toward “Twitter-like” will detract f

Posted: Sep. 14, 2009 10:33 AM

UX Week Early Bird Pricing Ends Monday, August 30!

Adaptive Path’s UX Week 2009, for which I’ve done extensive programming, is only a few weeks away. And the deadline for early bird pricing ends August 30. Enjoy 4 days of UX goodness, combining thought-provoking presentations with hands-o

Posted: Aug. 27, 2009 11:49 PM

Toronto, Ontario, Here I Come

I tweeted something similar, but I thought I’d ask here: tomorrow (Thursday) I head to Toronto for a little over a week. What must I do? Eat? Drink? Understand, these are the things I know I like: awesome hole-in-the-wall ethnic cuisine great

Posted: Aug. 12, 2009 10:36 PM

What does the user experience field have to say about social media?

In recent months, likely due to the rise of Twitter, potential clients of Adaptive Path have been asking more and more about social media, and how to respond to it. And while we have some definite ideas, one thing I realized is that the field of user

Posted: Aug. 12, 2009 11:03 AM

UX Week 2009 â€“ Single Day Registration, Crazy Day 4

Sigh. I really need to write more on this thing, eh? The combination of Twitter, raising a child, and writing for the Harvard Business online has definitely sapped my publishing here. But that’s not what I want to discuss. I want to talk about

Posted: Aug. 11, 2009 02:20 PM

Indy and the garbage

Over the past 6-12 months, Indy had pretty much lost his eyesight, hearing, and sense of balance. He staggered around, and mostly just walked between his two beds. In his earlier years, Indy was a willful and ornery pup, to the extent his prime nick

Posted: Jul. 21, 2009 12:02 AM

Indiana

Posted: Jul. 18, 2009 10:47 PM

Three Questions for Scott Rosenberg, author of Say Everything

Scott Rosenberg’s been observing the blog scene for 10 years. I’ve gotten to know him over the last few years, and recently he’s been talking about nothing but blogs, as he’s just written Say Everything, a history and explorat

Posted: Jul. 10, 2009 01:31 PM

Happy is as happy does

I’m a couple months late on this, but I finally got around to reading What Makes Us Happy?, a lengthy article on the Harvard Study of Adult Development, a remarkable longitudinal study that has followed a set of Harvard men for over 70 years. I

Posted: Jul. 8, 2009 12:00 AM

UX Week 2009 â€“ $1,776 Independence Day pricing extended

For UX Week 2009, We’ve extended our $1,776 Independence Day pricing for another week, recognizing many people were gone over the holiday and might not have had a chance to use it. And, if you use the promotional code FOPM, you’ll get an

Posted: Jul. 7, 2009 11:13 AM