March 2011
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Project Proposal: Cute Manifesto
cute.pdf Download this file Presentation for my final IACD project. Possible goals, in no particular order or gurantee: L2Turk. Investigate the possibility of science behind cute. Assert everyone can draw cute. Provide silver bullet cute tutorial, never get bothered again about it! Overload viewer with cute computer generated content. Overload viewer with cute generated content from...
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I love it when the user experience includes a good...
Seriously, leverage it. 3 minutes of engagement could go a long way. It’s all about how your users connect, no, FEEL with you.
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Inspiration: Snapshot, indie game
Snapshot is an adorable 2D puzzle game. Capture objects with your camera, and move them about. Love the concept and potential.
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Mechanism Concept | Grey Paper Rendering
View on Flickr | Originally based off a crank music box. Accompanies a hand-drawn animation of the same mechanism.
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Proposal: richer public libraries
It was surprising to come across a posting on the campus job board which required a cover letter. To be honest, I’ve never written one. Or at least, not one with serious investment. It’s perhap specific to the environment (ahem, geek school), but this is probably one thing we take for granted. It definitely does not seem to be the exclusion out there.
On a possibly relevant tangent, I...
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Brief Thought on Minimalism
One thing that I’m seeing in the design world is this shift toward minimalism. In order to optimize our signal/noise ratio, we’re cutting away, leaving just the core of the experience. This is great, I’m all for it…
Except, my beef is, it’s starting to feel like a trendy thing to do more than a thoughtful decision. ”Designers” are slapping Helvetica in...
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Fuzzy Photo Moment
Not dead yet! I will give you, my precious blog, a sizeable revamp and update soon. For now, enjoy some new photos of my family’s fuzzies. See the full gallery on Posterous Storyline as it unfolds. Bunny rest by window, bunny love cracker, puppy finds scraps, puppy is defeated. That pretty much reflects the true and unexpected relationship between them.
