(K)no(w) Context
Being a critic is easy. Breaking things is easy. Suggesting practical improvements to complex challenges is hard. Building things is hard. A good reminder from the Carpet Bagger Report**: * Public education in America is trying to do something unprecedented. We strive to educate every child — regardless of race, creed, socio-economic level, family background […]
We’re #4 on Google!
Most of you will giggle at the joy we get about moving up the Google ladder, but in a way, it’s a modern measure of our importance in the world. It bothered us when someone would say they Googled our website and couldn’t find any info. Alas, we made it to the first page behind […]
Bad Interface in Real Life
Bad interface is a huge pet peeve. Ever since I read Interface Culture* a few years ago the idea of someone adding extra confusion and disorientation to our disorientating world bothers me. Enter the US Government. I travel all the time and every airport in the country has some version of this sign all over […]
Urban Planning and Facebook
Jane Jacobs wrote a wonderful book about urban planning titled The Death and Life of Great American Cities. In the book, she explains how cities were ruined by poor urban planning and offer suggestions on ways to improve the development. One suggestion is to design streets and neighborhoods to allow for more eyes on the […]