tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63052432024-02-08T04:25:34.080-08:00recognize that the other person is youmary13http://www.blogger.com/profile/09487330615938084972noreply@blogger.comBlogger259125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6305243.post-45179408792244559172011-12-12T09:32:00.003-08:002011-12-12T09:34:56.524-08:00

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To follow up on my last post, Spend Lite is doing a mighty fine job of keeping track of my expenses. Well, let's be clear, I am doing a fine job of using the tool to keep track of my expenses, and it's working. The action of having to track my expenditures does keep me on top of how much cash I actually have, and I am becoming more realistic about how I spend my money.Seems to be an easier habit

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I am sure of it! As you may or may not know, I am a bit obsessed by my new lil friend, my iPhone, otherwise known as Molly. Noted life improvements:I can actually receive phone calls. My previous phone was faulty and would not pick up signals all the time from Fido. Not so great for the social life, though not a bad excuse when you are avoiding someone. Not that I avoided any of you!!!I can make

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yeah, so did i. there are no excuses. i am not making time for it, but if you knew how exciting and busy my life is, you would take pity and not be so hard on me. seriously, birthday celebrations with family, concerts at gm place, indian weddings, weekend naps, they just take time people!let's see if i can get something sketched tonight, i know there are some ideas in there...:p

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I wasn't able to do a drawing yesterday, but I think I have a good excuse. Some one was drawing on me!My friend, Kiran, is getting married on Sunday, and one of the traditions in her culture is a mendhi party. Mendhi is henna, and it is applied to the skin in beautiful patterns and allowed to dry. I slept with mine overnight, and look at the results in the morning!It was really fun in yoga class

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Scooter crash graphanother day, another drawing. This one inspired by Tufte, feelings and transience, and real life. A bit analytical, I'll admit. I've been working with ideas around cognitive analysis lately and it's fun to visualize this stuff.Now only if I could snap my fingers and create the application I see generating this graphic. I can see it, but oh to be able to build it!

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I managed to make some time for drawing today, but it is challenging to make it a priority. I took the easy way and decided to fill out my drawing from yesterday in Illustrator. I could work on this for hours! The fun part was going free stylee and playing around with the headache part. I used the Flare Tool and messed around with the settings a bit, and then put a Zig Zag effect on the whole

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Today is a new moon, a good day to make wishes and start new things. I have been thinking a while about how my art practice has been languishing - at the same time, I have been caught up in the drawing meme that has been sweeping teh web. Putting it all together, I have decided to do a little drawing everyday to get those creative juies flowing. And today is the perfect day to do so!Strangely

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The school year is complete for my students in the EMD program at Langara College. The EMD program is pretty intense, a full three semesters of design, code and theory (and not necessarily in that order). The group was easily working up to 60 hours week with all of their assignments and classes. They are happy to be done!Checkout the website that showcases their portfolios. I am pretty impressed

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I've been taking a yoga class in the morning on the eastside this week, and am finding myself on the SkyTrain again to get to work. Just as I remember, getting on and off the crowded morning train drives me a bit mental. Getting pushed on and off the train is not pleasant in the morning, and I've been pondering this experience. I've deduced that it is not that people are rude or impolite, but

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into the clouds. Dang I thought we had some sun coming our way!This pick I grabbed with Skitch, a cool snapshot tool that you can use on the web and share images easily with firends. I've been meaning to try it for a while, and want to introduce it to my students so they have another means to make digital sketchbooks.

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Jared Spool - Designing Really Usable WebsitesAs usual, Jared Spool gave an entertaining workshop on usability, user testing and website analysis. Though I would have welcomed an exercise or two, he did impart a huge wealth of knowledge. He will be sending the slide deck along, which I will post when I get it, so most of my notes were focused on the gems of information not on the slides. It was a

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I'm attending Web Directions North this week, and the first workshop I attended, Web 2.0 and Government was quite interesting. Tara Hunt and Chris Messina approached this topic from the point of view of Happiness - what makes your clients / constituents happy, and how can this help your organization? It was a great breakdown of motivation and psychological gratification, and you can check out the

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I'm excited to announce that I am co-teaching the Interface Design course at Langara College. Part of the Electronic Media Design program, it's a fast-track one-year program in all things electronical - music, video, websites, etc. I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time - coffee at Prado, ran into my friend Haig, who is now teaching for ECIAD and needs to lighten his workload.

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I went to see Elizabeth:The Golden Age on Friday night. It was a bit of a treat, as the theatre was almost empty and I could immerse myself right into the film. DISCLAIMER: I did not do my prerequisite Wikipedia homework, so if I don't comment on the accuracy of the history, don't hold it against me. We are not looking at the Facts, just the Feelings. And I do think the Spanish got the bum rap,

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In my daily news feed readings, this site was pegged by Jeffery Zeldman as their website, A List Apart, is one of the fifteen chosen. I do like the typograhy of ALA, but I am also pleased to have some new sources of inspiration.I am always amazed at how a finely wrought sentence, a carefully crafted text architecture, and the fine art of typography can transform communication into a seamless and

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This is a very cool project! Daily news is parsed through a knitting machine to create graphic sweaters. It's an interesting application of technologies: language, publishing, data, knitting. I want one!newsknitter

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"Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore, we must besaved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sensein any immediate context of history; therefore, we must be saved byfaith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone;therefore, we are saved by love."-Reinhold Niebuhr

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Cat's DreamHow neatly a cat sleeps,sleeps with its paws and its posture,sleeps with its wicked claws,and with its unfeeling blood,sleeps with all the rings--a series of burnt circles--which have formed the odd geologyof its sand-colored tail.I should like to sleep like a cat,with all the fur of time,with a tongue rough as flint,with the dry sex of fire;and after speaking to no one,stretch myself

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SimpleBits logo ripped off by LogoMaidIt is fantastic to see how the community has banded together to support a fine and talented designer. I feel for Dan, he does great work, and it's not fair that someone can come in and copy his logo, and sell it.I wonder how people sleep at night, I really do.

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I came across a posting tactic last week that I thought was really slick.Happy Cog just announced their launch of the AIGA web site.Happy Cog had their ducks in a row when they launched the site, and it'sobvious this post was ready and waiting in the wings. The blogosphere hasbeen actively talking about this launch, as you can see by the amount ofcomments and cross posts.The part I think is

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Maybe I will get a chance to use this one ...

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Not that I'm complaining, I love to check out the latest styles from my favorite designers. And I will admit, I've been dreaming of grey shoes, and look at this lovely outfit to match! Soft and feminine and utilitarian all at the same time. Cool.

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oh PradaLove you for your palettes, love you!The autumn/winter 2007/2008 collection at Milan fashion week, there are certain elements I adore. The broadly banded tight leg warmers/long socks. Very hot. I think I could design a whole site on this palette ... or does one exist already? It reminds me of Icon Buffet ...But really, I'm not loving you, Prada, for resizing my browser and opening far.

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Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing UsThis encapsulates some of the thinking shared at WDN07. Sweet animations too!

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