Using your finger is the best way to interact with apps on the iPad, no doubt about it. But for drawing and creating sketches? The finger is sadly lacking. It blocks your view, is not accurate, and…

What can you learn about employee freedom and values from a company that is known for promoting both? Culture View more presentations from Reed Hastings.

Click for the large version. My Grandpa sent this letter to a friend a long time ago, and it just made its way to me via an email from my dad. Typed, on what looks like it may have been an electric…

I work for http://www.couchsurfing.org and we are 100% remote with no central office. We have 30 full time contributors spread over 15 time zones in every contenant but Antartica and have been…

Originally posted on Quora: I envision a situation where interface design will involove more conceptual work based on user personas. We currently use AB testing to find the best design for a…

Hitching the South Island Mandy and I took the ferry across early on sunday morning with Jim and Casey Ann who were on their way to Queenstown to look for a place to set up for the next month and a…

When I spend a few minutes filling out a long web form, I cringe every time I click Submit, because I know that I will have to correct something, it will time out, or there will be an error. Many…

ALL SPAM! I forgot to turn on the spam filter. I wonder if all the links helped my rankings?

Google has put together a great storybook about what the internet is, how it works together and how web design has changed over time. Take a look at it if you have even a fledgling interest in web…

Im on the Overlander train from Auckland to Wellington. It is an idyllic trip that will take me all day. A flight would have coast about the same and taken only an hour and a half, but that would…