Category Archives: Design and Technology

I look at interesting user centered design in technology to create great user experiences. I try to deconstruct and abstract the core principles that make these great experiences and create killer apps. Also covered are data visualization, visual design, cool gadgets, and innovative web 2.0 sites.

Embrace randomness – SXSW Themes

THEME 4: Embrace randomness ‘Go with the flow’ was definitely the best piece of advice I got for sxsw. It’s good to plan, but feel free to break that plan for a chance to go somewhere random with a random … Continue reading

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There is more to gain by giving it all away – SXSW Themes

THEME 3: There is more to gain by giving it all away Not exactly a theme of this year’s sxsw in particular, but of the whole blogger rooted culture that has grown sxsw to where it is now. The whole … Continue reading

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Do you make happiness, dreams, or just kick ass? – SXSW Themes

THEME 2: Help people kick ass so they can reach their dreams. That’s how you create happiness. Make that your business and your life. Happiness The products and services we build have a wide array of goals. We think of … Continue reading

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Interconnectedness and Cooperation Overlaid Onto Real Life – SXSW Themes

After transcribing my 15 pages of handwritten notes and starting to think through some of it, I’ll be posting a few big takeaways and themes I pulled from South By Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) this year. Here’s the first: THEME 1: … Continue reading

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Navigation for complex dashboards

I found a really nicely implemented Find function on Bluehost’s pretty complex hosting dashboard. It combines the lookup capabilities of a program like Quicksilver or Spotlight, but uses the actual dashboard interface to show the filtered search results. Live example: … Continue reading

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Left Godaddy for Bluehost, never happier!

I finally got so sick of how slowly my pages were loading when hosted on Godaddy I made the switch to a new hosting company.  I went with Bluehost because 1) it was listed on the wordpress.org suggested web hosts, … Continue reading

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Digital Camera Shopping and Comparison Widgets

After about 7 years with my trusty Sony Cybershot I decided it was time to retire it for something new and also get my Mom to make the jump from film to digital, too. The biggest annoyance with my old … Continue reading

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Back from SXSW, favorite quotes

I’m back from SXSW Interactive today and am feeling quite delusional from the lack of sleep and 5 days of hearing great ideas and meeting amazing people. I think the best part of the conference was just being around such … Continue reading

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Planning your visit to SXSW

This Friday will be my first time at the South By Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSW). I’ve been to a couple other conferences but this is by far the largest. It looks like it’s going to be a blast in Austin. … Continue reading

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3D Patient Records for Dentistry paper published in JADA!

After about a year of waiting, my senior project exploring 3D Patient Records for Dentistry has been published as the cover story in the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA)! I had no idea our work would end up … Continue reading

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Microsoft HealthVault and its third party user experience

Microsoft is shaking up the consumer health technology landscape today with their launch of HealthVault. The site allows anyone to sign up and store and share all of your health information and the health information of your family (even pets). … Continue reading

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DC Weekend In Review

I had a great weekend taking in 5 really great DC destinations and events. 1) Tech Cocktail Tech Cocktail is a meet up for tech folk to hang out and make connections in a fun venue. It was started by … Continue reading

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