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January 14, 2003
Mishegas
Alright, the web tells me that "mishegas" is Yiddish for craziness. Not sure this entry applies, but as a former WBCN listener, I just like the word and figured it'd make a good title. So sue me if this isn't really "crazy." Shall we say it's just a bit more freeform than these entries have been in the recent past? Let's begin! First of all, one of these days I am really going to have to do some kind of commentary about the weblog. One thing that struck me recently is how compelling a personal weblog is when it is dotted with even low-res photos (see Mike Lee's personal blog on Hiptop Nation as a terrific example). Mike does his normal design/IA blog at curiousLee. This blogging thing can be scary...my co-worker Amy (who is Mike's wife) is getting used to hearing about her personal life from her friends, family, and co-workers who are checking in on Mike :). Anyways, I'm so glad I've been keeping up with Mike on Hiptop, as he posted a link to this fabulous story about a guy with a waterlogged camera that is now taking magic pictures. If you are a visual type, this is worth checking out. Other things that have been compelling: a link from the folks at xblog that has led to a couple of interesting tidbits. First there's a neat idea for using a scanner to do illustrations. There's also a great page on using type as design. If you like these, you may want to check out their other tips as well. IDers should really be staying up-to-date with what the fab folks at Boxes and Arrows are publishing. If you don't, you may miss cool articles like this one on printing the web. This final entry compels me to ask...are IAs to PCs as IDs are to Macs? Anyways, Thomas suggests that the new 17" Powerbook has a heavy-duty lust factor. That was true in my office until I whipped out a piece of tabloid-sized paper, and the reaction was "gee, that wouldn't fit in my backpack." I think this plus-sized laptop may be nice for designers who need to do lots of on-the-road presentations. But it seems a tad large to be really "portable."
Comments
Beth you are right about the size of the 17 inch Powerbook it would be tough to cart around. I had my Timbuk2 bag built for my 15 inch TiBook and its padded sleeve. The bag just fits through the Metro turnstile as is follows behind my bum going through. The two extra inches would make this tough, at least with my favorite bag. Somehow I think IAs are also Mac users. At the intial meeting in Asilomar (Monterey, California) to see if there was a perceived need for what would become AIfIA, those of us who made the trip were mostly Mac users. Macs do not get in the way of working with thoughts or diagramming information structures. Now that there is UNIX underneath Macs more of the geeky IAs have moved over (that is what drew me to Mac initially). There is no better platform for design or information workers than Mac right now. -- Posted by vanderwal on January 18, 2003 11:14 PM
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