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Soft Launch July 29th, 2008

Should anyone out there stumble upon my humble little home page: please excuse my dust. At the moment, I don’t have a staging environment, and I don’t see a need to password protect this stuff, so whatever changes I make to my site are built and tested live. Feel free to peep in, but in the spirit of openness, I am hoping you’ll be forgiving of any weirdness or outright FAILness for the next couple of weeks. I expect to have things humming before long.

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eye forward | dissecting design

Ubiquity for Firefox: text commands that pull the web together
August 27, 2008 † Rick

Ubiquity for Firefox from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.Mozilla labs blows minds with this mold-breaking, innovative, and nearly genius addition to the browser kingdom: Ubiquity. As they describe it,Enable on-demand, user-generated mashups with existing open Web APIs. (In other words, allowing everyone (not just Web developers) to remix the Web so it fits their needs, no [...]

Great design is intuitive. It eliminates confusion. But not all the time.
August 5, 2008 † Rick

Seth Godin had a great post today about designing for users who just don’t get it:Great design is intuitive. Great design eliminates confusion. But not for everyone, not all the time. The words and interactions you use often have a sophistication that will confuse some portion of your audience.One  of the constant tensions I deal [...]

eye for cars | taking a close look at automotive design

2010 Ford Mustang: The Crease
November 19, 2008 † Rick Munoz

or, The Crease is Now EverywhereThe Crease, as some call it, is now everywhere across the Ford brand. Most clearly identified with Ford of Europe’s current “kinetic” design theme, the strong shoulder crease, finished with a deep undercut curving into the main side surface and gently swooping up along the side towards the tail. Aside [...]

Editorial: The Big 3 and the Bailout
November 14, 2008 † Rick Munoz

GM is teetering on the brink of insolvency. Ford and Chrysler are not far behind. Congress will soon have to decide whether to pump tens of billions in emergency loans into the automakers’ coffers. If they don’t, they’ll be sealing the fate of one of America’s industrial giants. If they do, what strings should theyattach? [...]

Daily Dos » riggy | Politics & Cultura

Debt crisis expert Juan Enriquez’ 10-point remedy
October 30, 2008 † riggy

Juan Enriquez (2008) Pop!Tech Pop!Cast from PopTech on VimeoBest-selling author and debt crisis expert Juan Enriquez catalyzed a vigorous debate on the impetuses of the current American economic meltdown – and the immediate actions the country and next U.S. President will have to take to address the situation.  Combining information and ideas from many sources, [...]

John Kerry gives the speech of his life.
August 28, 2008 † riggy

Although Bill Clinton’s speech was absolutely phenomenal, I have to agree with Josh, John Kerry’s speech may well have been the best of the convention. He delivered it with such heart. And he really layed into McCain, in a way that the other keynote speakers have failed to do. Most tragically, if this Kerry had [...]