Assuming: You and Me, and Hopefully Good (Opposed to . . . ) Software
When reading a review of the new iMovie ’08 on macworld.com, I was struck by how much hope, belief, educated guessing, and philosophy hardens into assumptions to inform software design. In the review, Macworld says that many of the iDVD integration features have been dropped from iMovie, because Apple believes that the web is the […]
In the Race
Sooo close. That’s the theme this week. We see the finish line and it’s T-minus 2 weeks or so until we release Red Rover**. It needs a little polish on the user interface and some touch ups to the design and that’s it, we’ll be done with version 1.0! When Red Rover is finished, it […]
Swift Kick has left the MySpace
Swift Kick has had a company page on Myspace for a couple of years. We’ve met people, it’s been mostly cool. Recently, myspace** has gone downhill. It was always a little rough around the edges, and this left room for creativity to flower and we enjoyed that. In the last year, however, it’s just been […]
Interview with Facebook’s Youngest Employee – Dan Weatherford
At the writing of this blog, Dan Weatherford is at the ripe young age of 20 + 1 month. What makes him special is he’s currently the youngest full-time employee at Facebook.com. Though most of you don’t know him, he programmed the ability to sort your Facebook photos which was a highly celebrated addition released […]
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 […]
Give up Facebook for Lent
Normally people give up meat, sugar, TV, or even sex for Lent. But this year another addiction is the focus. WIth 93% of students on Myspace and Facebook and 63% logging in every day, it is no wonder many are thinking about giving up Facebook for Lent. Maura Toomb of Loyal College** was the first […]