Pulse is the latest news aggregation application exciting people on the iPad. (Is Flipboard not cool anymore? I can’t keep up with these things.) Reporting on the quick success of the application, The New York Times tells us: The company will also announce that it has raised $800,000 in venture capital, the first step in [...]
Author Archives: Chris
Silly Saturday Project
November 6, 2010 – 10:10 pm
Well, here’s a thing that didn’t exist this morning: The End. Toolbox: Flip camera, Final Cut Express, ScreenFlow, Soundflower, WireTap Studio, and QLab. Music: Hey Pocky A-Way, The Meters. (Amazon, iTunes)
Your theater has a place. Why doesn’t your website?
September 30, 2010 – 2:44 pm
This morning I was reading this piece by Baltimore theater-maker and all-around-deep-thinker Tim Boucher. It reminded me of a story. A few years ago, my alma mater Carleton College rolled out an extensive redesign of their website. The design was driven not just by the aesthetic taste of talented designers, but also by extensive research. [...]
Columbia University thinks journalists should be able to program their own tools
September 27, 2010 – 2:27 pm
Well son-of-a-gun. This morning I finally got around to reading last week’s New York Times Sunday Magazine. Turns out the day I was busy building Seymour was the day this article appeared on my doorstep: And now, the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is starting a dual-degree master’s program in journalism and computer science. [...]
Here’s a Thing I Made This Weekend
September 21, 2010 – 9:44 pm
All this talk of news sites and product design and user experience… it got me thinking: Wouldn’t it be fun to have a sandbox to play in? Wouldn’t it be pleasant to try out some ideas? This summer, in the depths of my obsession, I had a few conversations with Adam Bachman and Jesse Kriss. [...]