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Sometimes I don’t want an “Experience.”

Friday’s kvetch: Sometimes I don’t want an “experience,” I just want good, usable design that let’s me get crap done.

Speakerphones: Some Guidelines

I recently received a call from a prospective client — a really nice person, as it turns out — who conducted the entire call on speakerphone. It was a brief call and its main purpose was simply to set up a meeting, but when it was over I found that I had a slight negative [...]

George Carlin, RIP

For me, George Carlin defined “funny.”
At the tender age of 15, I memorized every word of his 1982 post-heart-attack-recovery concert at Carnegie Hall (which you can watch here in its entirety — thank you Google). It wasn’t just his ability to see the irony and absurdity in everyday language and situations — [...]

.xxx? ICANN’t

What could be wrong with a .xxx domain? ICANN isn’t talking.

A Drinking Problem

Peter gets a handle on rental car parking brakes.