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Maker Faire 1 - SFIFF 0

In Geeky, I've Journal on 26 April 2006 tagged brandon hanvey, leonard lin, maker faire, nicole lee, redvsblue, sfiff, Tantek Çelik with no comments

I went to Maker Faire over the weekend with Tantek (and ran into Nicole, Brandon, Leonard and many others). We didn’t arrive until quite late due to a number of circumstances (including some protesting on Bill 42) and I have to say I was pretty disappointed. Not in the Faire but in myself for not [...]

At TED

In Design Discourse, Geeky, Thoughts and Rants on 23 February 2006 tagged alpc, conference, connexions, gapminder, hans rosling, infoviz, nicholas negroponte, ted, ted2006 with no comments

Day two of TED conference (where I’m uploading pictures as soon and often as I can). This conference was meant to be the change of pace from the many design conferences I tend to go to. TED stands for Technology Entertainmend Design and has just an incredible speaker lineup (which I really can’t do justice). [...]

Webcomics and Weblogs

In Geeky on 19 August 2005 tagged barcamp, blogs, Comic Relief, webcomics with no comments

I’m sitting in BarCamp which can only be described as a major conglomeration of geeks. There are, and will be, some interesting discussions. Currently, the discussion is about Blogging for Profits. The more this discussion unfolds, the more I start to recognize that webcomics have paved the way. Sure, there’s podcasting and video and endless [...]

Online Photo Albums

In Geeky on 2 March 2005 tagged Unfiled with 6 comments

A few people have asked what I use or recommend as an online photo tool. I’ve tried a few from Ofoto to Imagestation and investigated various photoblog systems as well as out of the box php applicaitons like Gallery. Picasa doesn’t quite count as an online tool but I still looked into it. So here’s [...]

Tools I Use, 2004 Edition

In Geeky, Unfiled on 18 November 2004 tagged Unfiled with 3 comments

I have a lot of little applications that run on my machine. I thought I’d share what I felt are the best ones so you can try them. I’ve included key features that make me stick with them.

Trillian Pro 2.0/3.0 - Instant Messsenger ($25/yr for pro)

aggregates all of MSN, Y!, AIM and ICQ lets me treat [...]

Movable Type Enhancements

In Geeky on 28 September 2003 tagged Unfiled with 3 comments

In trying to determine whether Movable Type (MT) was a feasible backend for OK/Cancel, I found a variety of sites and discovered just how big the MT community really was. If there’s a function you can think of (and many you can’t), somebody’s already done it and posted about it.

Before I go on, for all [...]

Big Day

In Comic Relief, Geeky, I've Journal on 22 September 2003 tagged Unfiled with 3 comments

Before I talk about my special day where I bring my Transformer lunchbox to school and meet nice people during recess, I would like to point your attention to three things:

1) This site has a new design. I know, you didn’t notice until I just said so, but there it is. It’s quite pretty but [...]

Scientists ‘touch’ via Internet

In Geeky on 29 October 2002 tagged ucl with no comments

CNN.com - Scientists ‘touch’ via Internet - Oct. 29, 2002

Cool. The London school mentioned (UCL) is actually one I’d consider applying to for HCI.

Update: it is in fact the one I did apply to and went to and finished my masters at.

It’s 7:00am

In Geeky, I've Journal, Unfiled on 4 October 2002 tagged Unfiled with no comments

It’s 7:00am. I’m fucking tired and I’m really fucking pissed with Blogger and their inane way of including archives. I’m on my fourth revision of a design for a blog I’m doing for my friend Jeremy and it was going really well - I’m liking the design and it’s taken only 3 hrs to go [...]

Keyboard, Camera and Monitor

In Design Discourse, Geeky on 2 December 2001 tagged shopping with no comments

So, I was in the market for a digital camera, ergonomic keyboard and a Flat Panel Monitor. Discussion follows:

Ergonomic Keyboard

These things are highly necessary for anybody who spends significant amounts of time using a computer (like me). And while there are tons of models out there (including some really snazzy wireless ones and [...]