Defensive Design in the Kitchen
Our apartment came with an Breville Fresco cordless electric kettle. I’ve never used one before. It’s really nice. It boils water very fast (significantly faster than the electric stove) and keeps it warm for a good long time. It also has a nice little design touch…
There is a large power switch at the top of [...]
Google Reader Improvement!
The Reader folks added support for including a feed in a folder when you subscribe (along with a number of bug fixes).
We also snuck in a small feature with this release: when you subscribe to a feed, you’ll get an “Add to a folder…” drop-down. This way, you can move that feed to a folder [...]
Making MOO MiniCards
Jason’s Goldman’s post on MOO Flickr MiniCards reminded me that I wanted to get some for handing out when I met new folks here in NZ.
Making the cards is very easy. You pick your photos, then position them within a cropping outline. It’s low weight creativity. And a lot of fun.
There are a number [...]
Picking, Poking, & Proding
I just noticed my last two posts were about Google apps.
I’m not intentionally picking on them. It’s just that Google makes the web apps I want to (and do) use every day. I’m far more likely to both notice and get annoyed with seemingly minor parts of their design than something I only use a [...]
Subscribing in Google Reader
Here in New Zealand, Internet service is often times slow (thanks to lower available speeds and that pesky distance thing). There are also caps on the total amount of bytes you can transfer in a month. While I enjoy visiting friends sites, It can become a costly test of patience.
As a result, I’m getting [...]
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