http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/ en Copyright 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 17:38:27 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss How to stay very, very dumb / It's a fact: TV sitcoms destroy your brain. But what else can you do with all that unused mental power? See, I still want immersion. I want to feel the full expression of the artist, the filmmaker, the writer, the journalist, the individual. I don't want to walk into an art gallery and have the ability to change a painting's colors on a silly whim. I don't want to read a book and be able to change a character's name or even pick a particular cover design to match my couch. I don't want to click the remote and choose which characters die or select an alternate ending. If I want to interact with my DVD, I'll just buy porn, you know?]]> Morford tickling the ivories on Web 2.0 - why it's good, and why it's not necessarily the be all and end all. While I don't agree with all of it, most of it I'm on board with, and this quote is solid gold: "See, I still want immersion. I want to feel the full expression of the artist, the filmmaker, the writer, the journalist, the individual. I don't want to walk into an art gallery and have the ability to change a painting's colors on a silly whim. I don't want to click the remote and choose which characters die or select an alternate ending. If I want to interact with my DVD, I'll just buy porn, you know?" http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/14/how_to_stay_very_very_dumb.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/14/how_to_stay_very_very_dumb.html morford webculture Wed, 14 May 2008 17:38:27 -0500 Turning the tables on Debbie Millman ]]> Great interview with Debbie on brands and brand design. I think I'm definitely going to be picking up her book. http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/14/turning_the_tables_on_debbie_m.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/14/turning_the_tables_on_debbie_m.html marketing Wed, 14 May 2008 16:14:00 -0500 Information Design Patterns ]]> Online Master's thesis on information design patterns. Really interesting stuff here; I've only had a chance to glance through it but it seems like a great resource. http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/14/information_design_patterns.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/14/information_design_patterns.html UX Wed, 14 May 2008 16:12:32 -0500 Type rugs ]]> Laser-cut mats for your home in sweet sweet type. I want "little black rug" more than words can say. Seriously. http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/14/type_rugs.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/14/type_rugs.html shopping type Wed, 14 May 2008 16:10:56 -0500 Time to Wake Up to Email HTML Standards ]]> Nice hard dose of reality for email marketers. Unfortunately. (God I hate how ostensibly "user-friendly" email programs handle HTML.) http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/14/time_to_wake_up_to_email_html_1.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/14/time_to_wake_up_to_email_html_1.html email marketing Wed, 14 May 2008 16:09:52 -0500 Time to Wake Up to Email HTML Standards ]]> Nice hard dose of reality for email marketers. Unfortunately. (God I hate how ostensibly "user-friendly" email programs handle HTML.) http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/14/time_to_wake_up_to_email_html.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/14/time_to_wake_up_to_email_html.html email marketing Wed, 14 May 2008 16:09:51 -0500 No I'm Not on Facebook Tshirt ]]> Absolutely fabulous and outstanding tee. In fact so fabulous that even though they're sold out I think I'll hop down to the place in our hood that does custom tees and make myself one. Because seriously. http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/14/no_im_not_on_facebook_tshirt.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/14/no_im_not_on_facebook_tshirt.html funny shopping Wed, 14 May 2008 16:07:15 -0500 UFO Lamp ]]> That's just awesomely cool. It looks WICKED when lit. Love it. http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/08/ufo_lamp.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/08/ufo_lamp.html shopping Thu, 08 May 2008 21:37:32 -0500 Walk Score ]]> One of the smartest Google mashups I've seen in ages. You enter a street address, and they calculate how "walkable" it is - how many amenities are within walking distance, or in other words, how dependent on a car you'd be at that location. I'm definitely using this next time I go shopping for a new home. My old hood scored an 80 (sigh, I do miss it) and this new one, for now, scores a 63. http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/08/walk_score.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/05/08/walk_score.html tools toronto Thu, 08 May 2008 14:32:36 -0500 Origami Yoda ]]> here.]]> http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/04/30/origami_yoda.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/04/30/origami_yoda.html geekery movies Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:43:48 -0500 User Interface Implementations of Faceted Browsing ]]> Here's my concern: ability to data mine or created faceted views of large-scale sites is great for the intermediate to the advanced user (when implemented with a focus on the user, and logic - sadly, not always the case, but I digress). But building these UIs into the default interface (seen by all, as opposed to by choice) seems to create an environment rich in complexity and potentially confusing as all hell, particularly since this is a new(ish) UI trait that hasn't become standardized, hasn't been widely adopted, and therefore the user isn't necessarily well educated about how to work it. http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/04/30/user_interface_implementations.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/04/30/user_interface_implementations.html UX Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:36:11 -0500 Diana Dreamer ]]> Absolutley gorgeous retro mint green Diana camera, comes complete with a Diana Vignettes book on the history of the camera, images, and other fun stuff. Sah-weet. http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/04/30/diana_dreamer.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/04/30/diana_dreamer.html photography shopping Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:29:30 -0500 Classic Star Trek Bottle Opener ]]> You know you're a geek when you're drooling over this. I so want one; it's gorgeously pretty and, plus, Star Trek. You know? http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/04/29/classic_star_trek_bottle_opene.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/04/29/classic_star_trek_bottle_opene.html gadgets movies startrek Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:24:24 -0500 Quit your job! ]]> Sometimes I think some of the high profile webbies - like the folks at 37 Signals - forget that not everyone out there is about chasing the VC + millions route. But regardless, they make some good points here and the most important one of all, really: do something that will make you HAPPY. Seriously. http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/04/24/quit_your_job.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/04/24/quit_your_job.html business entrepreneur Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:52:42 -0500 Hire family people ]]> don't have to work 14 hour days or weekends or evenings too often any more, I realize the value of this all the more. Best quote: "sprinting for an ever-shifting target that keeps being 90% done for 90% of the time". Yeees.]]> http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/04/24/hire_family_people.html http://www.angiemckaig.com/links/2008/04/24/hire_family_people.html business entrepreneur Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:45:11 -0500