31 Jan 2010
The Real Work is teaching the child, healing the patient, selling the house, logging the road defects, fixing the car at the roadside, capturing the table’s order, designing the house and organising the party.
Most of us use software as a tool to reach goals that exist outside the software. Good design makes the experience of using the software disappear and allows the person using it to focus on the "real work."
26 Jan 2010
We’ve been using Google Voice for our main phone lines for the past few months with great success. We’re excited about getting to use it on the iPhone (without hacking the firmware).
25 Jan 2010
We’re quickly getting the new studio organized. You’ll have to visit us sometime.
25 Jan 2010
It’s always fascinating to watch people try to interact with tools for that time, especially those that we take use on a regular basis.
21 Jan 2010
As a Kindle owner (and raving fan), I’m curious what Amazon’s strategy is with this move. I purchased the Kindle for what it does well, which is allow me to read books. Hopefully they’ll not dilute the experience of picking up the kindle, turning it on, seeing my recently viewed books, and start reading.
21 Jan 2010
This discussion between Carlos and I took place on Campfire last week. As you can see, our internet connection is now much faster.
One of gripes with our old building was that we only had a few DSL options to choose from. Our internet at work was always sluggish. When we found our new place we were pleased to find out that we could switch over to Comcast Business as an internet provider. We were also able to move our phone lines to them, which means we’ve consolidated three bills into one… and the best part? We’re saving $50/month now.
20 Jan 2010
Pardon our dust… but we’ve been in the process of moving to a new studio in downtown Portland. After four years in our last building, we thought it was time to upgrade our digs. We now have a full kitchen, bath, and a nice view of a park across the street. Here are a few photos from our first days in the new space.
Be sure to follow us on twitter or subscribe to our blog feed as we’ll be announcing a studio warming party in the near future!
20 Jan 2010
We’ve been using this framework for Adobe InDesign to package up our strategy-related client deliverables.
19 Jan 2010
We recently started a new podcast that covers various topics related to the projects that they work on. We invite you to check it out.
17 Jan 2010
We recently had to take our puzzle apart. We’ll miss you!
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