Digital hoarding
When we moved from the Philadelphia area to Chicagoland late last year, we moved into a house that’s about half the size of the one we left behind. Our new place is a sweet little Dutch Colonial built in 1924, and it’s been almost completely redone inside and out. But the reality is, I think the 1000+ square feet that we lost in the move must have been storage space! We have some stuff in a storage unit, but our garage and attic are stuffed to the gills. Some of you may be familiar with an A&E television show called Hoarders. It is a fascinating and disturbing show...
Read MoreIntroducing Froggy!
In the past few months, it has become increasingly clear that my website and blog were woefully outdated, and that it was time for a refresh. I have been reticent to post until the site was up and fully navigable, but I think it’s close enough now that I can get back to producing content. So, welcome to my new integrated website and blog! I’ve permanently pulled down my old website, and all the traffic from my former blog on WordPress is being redirected here. I started a mommy blog in 2006, but once I had kids, it became difficult to blend my tweets and posts about poopy...
Read MoreArt, science, & pasta
Today I came across a really appetizing interesting site, which is an excerpt from a book called Pasta by Design, by George L. Legendre. What is so wonderful about it – to me at least – is that it brings together the math which produces the curves in the pasta, the technical reproduction of the pasta shape (which looks like a stipple contour drawing!), and then photographs, a brief origin / history of the shape, and even recommendations on how to eat it! You can browse the interactive site on the New York Times website. And a shout-out to one of my favorite bloggers Nathan Yau at...
Read MoreFriday yumminess
This week I had a chance to dig into my RSS reader this week for the first time in months, and I found a few things I thought I would pass along for fun. And in honor of this post I’m introducing a new tag – yummy. For those of you that know me in real life, you know that I use this word all the time. Let’s see if I can bring it to the blog with any consistency. :) The first site is a great sampling of well-done Customer Experience maps. What an great format for visualizing workflow, experience, and opportunities for future work! I may have to...
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