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Courier

Perhaps I’m just jaded, but I can’t get excited over the two videos Gizmodo has put up demonstrating...

Oct 1st

Presentation Tips

When you are going to be giving a presentation, be it at a conference, to a client, or in class, it...

Sep 30th

Up to Snuff

Back in the beginning of August, I posted about my dissatisfaction with the way NewsGator handled...

Sep 29th

This Side Up

I noticed this sheet of paper tacked to the wall just above a Xerox color Phaser printer in our...

Sep 28th

Acknowledged

Thanks to companies such as Apple, Target, Oxo, Simple Human, Dyson, Ikea, and so on, Design is...

Sep 25th

Tales from the Field: Digital Data...

Power system engineers require a lot of detailed information about the electrical system of an...

Sep 24th

Practical Lessons from Games: Inventory

One common feature of most adventure and roleplaying games is the inventory. This is where you store...

Sep 23rd

Leave Me Alone

If you read DesignAday regularly, it’s obvious I’m a Mac user. Of course, as an Interaction Designer...

Sep 22nd

Designer’s Toolbelt: Yojimbo

One of the tools I rely on and use almost daily is not really a design tool at all, but a general...

Sep 21st

Tales from the Field: Harsh Environments

By its very nature, a mobile computer must withstand a lot of physical abuse. At the same time, it...

Sep 18th

Commiseration is Good for the Soul

We had a great event last night. Hosted by General Dynamics Viz, IxDA Pittsburgh gathered for an...

Sep 17th

Tales from the Field: Postponement

Oil drilling platform technicians relate a tale common to maintenance in most industries. Rather...

Sep 16th

Worth a Mint

I’m a long-time user of Quicken, but Intuit hasn’t been making Mac customers very happy recently....

Sep 15th

Interaction Design for Military Users

This Wednesday, IxDA Pittsburgh is holding an event centered around military-related, interaction...

Sep 14th

Managed

Perhaps one drawback of my career is that I have never had a senior designer as my boss. My only...

Sep 11th

Interaction 10 Proposal

The deadline for session proposals for the Interaction 10 conference is rapidly approaching. I...

Sep 10th

Let Teachers Teach

There are serious problems with our current educational system, and this week’s mailing from my...

Sep 9th

Toner Moaner

I’ve only been the owner of a laser printer for less than a year, and while I’ve used plenty of them...

Sep 9th

Modularity

“Write simple parts connected by clean interfaces.” This rule from Eric Raymond’s book The Art of...

Sep 4th

Defining Design

I kicked off my course this semester with a discussion about the definition of design. Here are some...

Sep 3rd

Cornucopia of Conferences

The folks over at Interaction-Design.org have just released a new resource that will be quite useful...

Sep 2nd

Design Pattern: Persistence Pays Off

Contextual forms are great! At least, they are better than dumb, non-contextual forms. When I make a...

Sep 1st