heyblog"A Space for Half-formed Thoughts"Review of "Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing" by Adam Greenfield- December 26, 2006 (First, a disclaimer: I recently criticized Bill Moggridge pretty strongly for writing a book all about his friends, so I&8217;ll admit up front that Everyware&8217;s author Adam Greenfield is a friend of mine, and he thanks me (along with many others) in the book&8217;s acknowledgments. I also read and commented on bits of Everyware before its publication. Adam&8217;s writing period was bounded roughly by two design events (Design Engaged 2004 and 2005) I organized that he attended. Everyware..http://www.heyotwell.com/heyblog/archives/2006/12/review_of_every_1.html Is You is or is You ain't- December 17, 2006 TIME magazine just proclaimed me Person of the Year! Well, me and you: But I don&8217;t think that Chrysler&8217;s ad department got the message. Before reading that story on Time&8217;s site, I had to click through an ad, where I was told&8230;http://www.heyotwell.com/heyblog/archives/2006/12/is_you_is_or_is.html Amazon Wire Podcast- December 15, 2006 An Amazon co-worker told me about the Amazon Wire Podcast the other day, and it&8217;s really great. I&8217;ve been getting a little bored of the various NPR podcasts I listen to on the bus. This is a good addition to the roster.http://www.heyotwell.com/heyblog/archives/2006/12/amazon_wire_pod.html They should be thanking me- December 13, 2006 I paid off my last grad school student loans yesterday. Like many people, this is a big deal for me. For those of us with big student loans, it&8217;s probably the biggest purchase we&8217;ll make in our lives aside from a home. I know loan vendors like Unipac and SallieMae are as pleased to be rid of me as I am of them, but the exit experience from both has been about as crappy as possible. I&8217;d paid off a different smaller set of loans with Unipac Nelnet about a year ago, and I was...http://www.heyotwell.com/heyblog/archives/2006/12/they_should_be_1.html |