My digital life.

back from dinner/Bistro Aix w/@carlsmith & @alexrubin — always awesome hanging with Carl the...

Oct 2nd

yes, pool: http://twitpic.com/jvppt

Oct 1st

checking into the Omni in Jacksonville with 20 minutes to spare before a client call. I’m *so*...

Oct 1st

looking forward to dinner with @carlsmith & @alexrubin tonight in Jacksonville — if you’re...

Oct 1st

Jim's Polaroid camera collection: Home page

Oct 1st

GoogleWave would be interesting if I had any time to check it out, which I don’t. That said,...

Oct 1st

now’s a great time to check out PCalc for iPhone, if only for its Profanity Prevention:...

Oct 1st

squeezed in a late lunch (and even later breakfast) with @alexrubin — now: errands, packing, coffee,...

Sep 30th

so designers are at fault for the death of hyphens? http://tinyurl.com/27h8t2 “The hyphen is...

Sep 30th

Hey Comcast, thanks for making it harder for me to sign into my account: homepage > click >...

Sep 30th

Yet another Paul Rand logo bites the dust — the culprit? Yale Press: http://j.mp/jP0Qo so sad…...

Sep 30th

wondering what the best way is to get back and forth across the Atlantic on a semi-regular basis for...

Sep 30th

also wik: trying my hand at illustration tonight — the illustrators of the world can sleep soundly...

Sep 30th

also: why does Dropbox for iPhone require OS 3.1? I won’t upgrade until tethering is...

Sep 30th

in the next two weeks, I’ll be in Jacksonville, Dallas, Chicago, Redwood City and San...

Sep 30th

I’ve turned my Twitter account pink — find out why: http://pinkforoctober.org/

Sep 29th

replying to email while rocking out to Cadence — a brilliant contemporary a cappella group from...

Sep 29th

spent some time looking backward tonight. time heals wounds, but it doesn’t void memories....

Sep 29th

there are times when the necessary creativity does not flow. I am in the middle of one of those...

Sep 25th

New #BambooTablet from @Wacom has multi-touch gesture support for Mac. http://touch.wacom.com/ (via...

Sep 25th

just picked a bone with Twitter over the suspension of a few of my side-project accounts. *they* get...

Sep 25th

Why do game characters look so creepy?

Sep 24th

Coding Horror: Avoiding The Uncanny Valley of...

Sep 24th

I can’t seem to maintain a healthy balance between the condition of my brain and my body. when...

Sep 24th

someone at Microsoft’s marketing department is smoking way more crack than usual:...

Sep 24th

don’t like Yahoo! on your Flickr? add to your user stylesheet: body #TopBar .Header...

Sep 24th

the IQ of commenters on Smashing Magazine articles seems just shy of those on Digg.

Sep 24th

right now, I’m booked solid through late-November. break time will be a month in the UK...

Sep 24th

two articles on user interface familiarity you should read (if you haven’t already):...

Sep 24th

my great aunt just turned 101. I have a feeling she’s lasted this long by sheer will, refusing...

Sep 23rd

reading about Google Chrome Frame — similar to the suggestion @dylans made to Adobe at #Web09 back...

Sep 23rd

Kayak, I love you, but your new iPhone app icon is, um, “not good.”

Sep 23rd

medium format take-up spools anyone? http://twitpic.com/iucck

Sep 23rd

landed, taxiing — next flight leaves in 50 minutes from concourse B, this plane is going to a gate...

Sep 23rd

now the flight attendant is telling us we should have left more time between connections. Delta...

Sep 23rd

the clowns and space invaders in @rampchamp are mocking me. if I could uninstall them, I would.

Sep 23rd

my avatar needs an AngryWebbie alternate version…

Sep 23rd

shows what the Delta bitch knows: made it to the gate (in *A* so even further away) before 1st class...

Sep 23rd

OH: “I’m emotionally unstable.” “So is the atom bomb.”

Sep 23rd

back in Fort Lauderdale, pondering how I’ll make it through tomorrow without the presence of...

Sep 23rd

at the airport, flight’s only delayed a few minutes, which should mean I won’t have to...

Sep 22nd

thanks to everyone who came to my #EdUI session this morning, especially those who braved a 2nd day...

Sep 22nd

shoot — left my iPhone’s a/c adapter in the hotel room. damnit.

Sep 22nd

flight delayed 30 minutes due to congestion by ATL’s ATC — I’m guessing that means they...

Sep 22nd

put my laptop in the room for my presentation, now walking to get coffee and a bagel, as I...

Sep 22nd

think I might lug my cameras over to #EdUI today — maybe I’ll even have time to shoot a few...

Sep 22nd

had a *great* time today at my #EdUI workshop — many thanks to all the attendees for being such a...

Sep 22nd

hmm, now I feel like I might have too much for tomorrow — or at least, too much to finish preparing...

Sep 21st

clearly, I need rest, exercise, and a haircut — these things will all have to wait until I get home...

Sep 21st

hello Charlottesville! now, where’s my hotel room?

Sep 21st

checked into the hotel, got room 234 — little things like this brighten my day :)

Sep 21st

ruthlessly deleted messages from my “respond” folder that have been waiting for a reply...

Sep 21st

I’m going to start using individual notebooks for each project from now on. I used to think it...

Sep 21st

still working on my first full-day workshop for tomorrow — not sure if this material will last 3...

Sep 21st

for all he complains about airport security, I just had the easiest time ever going through it with...

Sep 20th

camera collection photos updated — the Minolta 110 Zoom SLR: http://bit.ly/11uhqo (1970s 110 format...

Sep 20th

users and clients are in two different camps: users are rarely stupid (poor designs are), whereas...

Sep 20th

I just realized today is Talk Like a Pirate Day — to think, we could have done this entire day of...

Sep 20th

does anyone know if CS5 is in beta yet? enjoyed testing CS4 (filed a few helpful bugs, too), would...

Sep 20th

the benadryl helped me sleep, but I’m definitely waking up a sick puppy: aching, etc....

Sep 19th

what @jmspool said.

Sep 19th

voice recording to an iPod in my hotel room, high on a combination of benadryl, bad coffee, advil,...

Sep 19th

it appears a few of my fun side project twitter accounts have been suspended without notice,...

Sep 19th

biting my tongue. hard.

Sep 19th

giving it* up for free. *not as dirty as it sounds. (“it” being “design...

Sep 19th

if you ever think of having me judge a contest, understand one important thing: I’m a bastard...

Sep 19th

I really want a Wacom tablet. I’ve said it before (and received good advice from @anton) but...

Sep 19th

my bastardness (bastardality? hmm, that sounds *really* bad) could also be compared to that of Dr....

Sep 19th

so it looks like the Intuos 4 (small / 4x6-ish) is the current front-runner — a good thing too, as...

Sep 19th

an instant morning — Polaroids at sunrise: http://twitpic.com/i9fw2

Sep 19th

sometimes, a hot shower is exactly what you need at the end of a long day when you really need your...

Sep 19th

it still amazes me how fierce my body’s reaction is to certain @names. makes me glad Twitter...

Sep 18th

there were a lot of questions asked that I didn’t have time to answer, so *please* @reply me...

Sep 17th

just wrapped my session for the #DIYSummit — not bad for my first virtual presentation, I enjoyed it...

Sep 17th

curious what the “cool kids” have on their iPhone home screens? check out...

Sep 17th

busy busy day today: user testing, then bouncing to a temporary office for my DIY Summit session,...

Sep 17th

YES! http://rampchamp.com/comingsoon (via @motherfuton) — I’m in love with the graphics in...

Sep 17th

about to have Afgani for dinner. as a non-experimental eater, there’s a good chance I’ll...

Sep 17th

as good as it may be, Afgani food is not for me. enjoyed the rice though.

Sep 17th

dear Apple: if you are going to sell glossy screens, you’d better figure out a way to remove...

Sep 17th

I’ve reached the point with @rampchamp where I get frustrated enough to throw my phone....

Sep 17th

FLL->SFO — hope the hotel room brings me a good night’s sleep.

Sep 16th

do yourself a favor and pick up a copy of @fling’s new O’Reilly book, Mobile Design and...

Sep 16th

cataloging TypeKit’s “browse” pages with LittleSnapper while waiting for my...

Sep 16th

just got selected for “random additional screening” at the gate. my @jmspool fu is...

Sep 16th

Introducing TUNGSTEN, a new font from @h_fj. http://bit.ly/M63Ah (via @H_FJ) — suhweet!

Sep 16th

dear everyone: you can mute your mobile phone’s ringer while you figure out if you want to...

Sep 16th

It’s my potty and I’ll cry if I want to.

Sep 15th

You gotta fight *dun-dun* For your right… *du-dun* To potty.

Sep 15th

Make Photoshop Faster: http://✪df.ws/drs (via @daringfireball) #fireballed #w00t

Sep 15th

phew, internet’s back. crisis averted.

Sep 15th

sending overdue emails, finishing overdue projects, writing overdue articles. there’s a theme...

Sep 15th

thanks Comcast, I didn’t need the internet tonight anyway. OH WAIT, I DID. #internetfail...

Sep 15th

grabbing some sun before the storm. #realmetaphor

Sep 14th

on the beach, contemplating mistakes I’ve made in the last week. of primary concern: allowing...

Sep 14th

dear makers of WordPress: it sure would be swell if the writing screen had keyboard shortcuts, such...

Sep 14th

wrote 80% of a post last night, my first actual draft in months that’s been that close....

Sep 14th

dropped a roll of 110 film for processing at Walgreens — they had never even seen one before.

Sep 14th

found a reason to post forgotten shots of the embossed Moleskine cahiers I made for Sidebar...

Sep 14th

Tweetie seems to be eating my tweets — that or it just doesn’t want me to reply to @malarkey.

Sep 13th

thunder and lightning on the horizon, so of course I’m going up to the roof of a 7 story...

Sep 13th

spent the last few hours with mum (@helenrubin, though she isn’t “on” twitter yet...

Sep 13th

may have to pick up one of these little 110 cameras: http://bit.ly/K5xJS

Sep 13th

my 20in Cinema Display is dying. granted, it’s been slowly getting worse over the last two...

Sep 12th

Typewriter Ribbon Tin Collection - a set on...

Sep 12th

Great Ideas, Volume III - a set on Flickr

Sep 12th

TheSamba.com :: VW Archives - Barndoor Logo...

Sep 12th

Westvaco II, inspirations for printers, 1953...

Sep 12th

Security Patterns - a set on Flickr

Sep 12th

Flickr: The Otl Aicher Pool

Sep 12th

lamarde's photosets on Flickr

Sep 12th

Graphic Design for Olivetti - a set on Flickr

Sep 12th

playing with photos, textures and type in Photoshop — at 300dpi.

Sep 12th

hand delivered by @alexrubin — my new iPod nano: http://twitpic.com/hd23j

Sep 11th

the @CreativeXpert episode recorded last week is live: Dan Rubin {37} Partnerships and Collectives...

Sep 11th

when I can’t access a site on my iPhone due to its use of Flash (say, for navigation), it...

Sep 11th

finally uploaded my test shots on the Fujifilm Instax 100 — interesting results, still prefer the...

Sep 11th

after only 10 minutes, I’m in love with the iPod nano. the FM radio is great, and the screen...

Sep 11th

investigating fraudulent charges on my check card. seem to be coming from THE INTERNET.

Sep 11th

though I have many negative things to say about Wachovia on the whole, their fraud protection folks...

Sep 11th

ML Badges & More, UK's cheapest Enamel Badge,...

Sep 11th

my brain often forgets simple things, such as a moment ago when I couldn’t remember what...

Sep 11th

Opera 10 is a beautiful browser — pity it doesn’t support border-radius though…

Sep 11th

grandma is in the hospital today, in England, the day after mum came home from her stay there. this...

Sep 11th

nearly bought a new nano today, but the Apple Store was all out of 16GB Red units. oh well, their...

Sep 11th

only “food” has been water today. because of this, I feel justified in eating ice cream...

Sep 11th

finished my first pack on the Polaroid 180 the other day (blue film) and shot my first 669 image...

Sep 10th

I need a more active lifestyle: put on 10lbs since getting back from the UK — considering getting...

Sep 10th

my film collection continues to grow: http://yfrog.com/0m7hnj (4 packs of each :) #polaroid #film...

Sep 10th

Beatles Rock Band is beautiful, but I wish the typography was better: http://twitpic.com/h5bjj

Sep 10th

it’s important to note that the mispelling of “The Beattles” in that pic is...

Sep 10th

Beatles Rock Band may be the best game ever. I’ve never smiled this much while playing a game....

Sep 10th

Fluid users: you can install user styles like Helvetireader by just clicking on them within the...

Sep 10th

now has an alter ego.

Sep 10th

kicked my inbox’s ass last night, but damned if it didn’t call in reinforcements by the...

Sep 10th

there are 3 Xbox 360 games on my purchase list this fall. I just bought one of them, and it rhymes...

Sep 10th

how is it I’m only just finding out that Adrian Holovaty is an amazing guitarist? for example,...

Sep 9th

ISO50 Blog - The Blog of Scott Hansen » Blog...

Sep 9th

I’m on a mission to replace all the t-shirts in my wardrobe with American Apparel tri-blend...

Sep 9th

for those of you who want your iPhone to look like something older and less-cool:...

Sep 9th

2 x 36 Kodachrome: http://twitpic.com/gzdmn

Sep 8th

Same View, Different Day: dozens of photos @lbm took from the same spot at the top of Dolores Park....

Sep 8th

Polaroid lovers — I’m curious: is there much appeal in owning prints (esp. enlargements) of...

Sep 8th

dear @Twitter: I like your site, but I see no reason why it can’t get some progressive...

Sep 8th

sometimes I get the feeling that optimizing sites for modern browsers is akin to the old “this...

Sep 8th

The all-online DIY Summit takes place Sept. 17th w/ @danrubin @kellygoto @fling Kelly Goto &...

Sep 8th

considering buying a Powerbook Duo 2300c for old time’s sake. #oldmacsarejustmorefun

Sep 8th

looks like someone is sleeping over at Apple’s QA/marketing/design/whatever department:...

Sep 8th

had too much caffeine tonight, thus in bed unable to sleep at 6:30am. would like some rest now,...

Sep 8th

pissed off at apparently missing commands in Aperture’s Applescript dictionary that would...

Sep 8th

so now I have the Spotify app, but Spotify won’t let me sign up for a Premium account with a...

Sep 7th

… I have a Spotify account which I’m about to upgrade to Premium, but as it stands right...

Sep 7th

not that anyone will read it, but I just submitted feedback to the iTunes Store regarding the...

Sep 7th

“I have decided I am the least self-motivated person on the planet.” -me, 7 years ago.

Sep 7th

many thanks to @grantsteele for the instructions on creating an iTunes UK account — worked like a...

Sep 7th

scratch that: current # of images is actually 783, my math was way off. this won’t be...

Sep 7th

current count of negatives and slides being sent to ScanCafe for scanning: 668. *so* happy...

Sep 7th

with the cost of the film, the developing, and the scanning, this batch will be over $1000. granted,...

Sep 7th

looks like Ramp Champ v1.0.1 has been approved by the App Store. It should fix memory crashes, so:...

Sep 6th

and just like that, Ramp Champ 1.0.1 shows up under my app updates (wasn’t there a second...

Sep 6th

found two old Polaroids of me from back when I was cute: http://bit.ly/JBfjh &...

Sep 6th

and yes, dad still has that mustache — had it before he met mum, even waxes it for special occasions...

Sep 6th

writing answers to questions. this feels like homework, not that I’ve ever done much of that...

Sep 5th

slowly catching up, but still exceedingly tired from the back-to-back all-nighters I pulled earlier...

Sep 5th

Bill Higgins’ weblog :: the Uncanny Valley of...

Sep 5th

yesterday, I tried to catch up on paperwork I owe people. instead, I answered emails that had piled...

Sep 5th

got any questions you want the nice people to ask me tonight? send them in over here:...

Sep 4th

chatting (but not via video thanks to the hair) on http://tinychat.com/snookca before I get into the...

Sep 4th

after waiting a few hours to calm down, I still hate this haircut. will either hack it off myself...

Sep 4th

many thanks to @alanhouser & @esquareda for having me on the @creativexpert show — that was a...

Sep 4th

had my first haircut since London - two cuts there were the best I’ve ever had; this one is...

Sep 3rd

meeting @alexrubin for a late lunch before he goes off for a weekend of singing. this is the first...

Sep 3rd

$3 off per-pack of Polaroid ArtisticTZ film (for SX-70 cameras, great for manipulating) — use the...

Sep 3rd

Ramp Champ only crashes when I’ve scored well, & before it saves said score. this pisses...

Sep 3rd

the bird died in my dad’s arms Monday. my dad and I found her on the grass after a hurricane,...

Sep 3rd

•@mkammerer cockatiel, and a slightly rare type from what we were told. she was the most...

Sep 3rd

a old client just requested I update the contact information on a 1999 version of their site that I...

Sep 3rd

checking out @jina’s revamp(ire) and loving it as much as everyone else is:...

Sep 3rd

at Houston/Hobby airport for all of 20 minutes. I miss Houston, had a great time here once.

Sep 3rd

cute girl on the flight just told me I look like House, and that it’s a good thing. I...

Sep 3rd

anyone know if the SAT airport has wifi? or food? or anything that will keep me amused for the 5...

Sep 2nd

get $25 off September 17th’s DIY Summit — use the code DIYDANR or follow this link:...

Sep 2nd

checking out Gruene Hall before dinner. now THIS is Texas.

Sep 2nd

slept for 2 hours last night, after an all-nighter the night before; as it’s the only sleep...

Sep 1st

client loved the design direction — now back in this month-old Marriott working out the kinks for...

Sep 1st