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Archive for January, 2007

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I call it iBitch

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

So i created a new expression/category/tag for my virtual life… i call it iBitch. So from now on end, anything i find that rants, critiques or talks about Apple products, i will put under that category… no matter if positive or negative, because in the world of blogging, noone’s really right or wrong, its about whether anyone hears you to begin with : )

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links for 2007-01-17

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
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links for 2007-01-16

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
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Snailmail sucks

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Snailmail experience of 2006:

Sent package with RoyalMail in London to Bogotà, in Colombia in October 2006 … never made it to it’s destination.

Now in 2007 I get book sent through Amazon.com to the Netherlands, (not Swaziland!) and i get this:

Bastards!

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links for 2007-01-15

Monday, January 15th, 2007
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iphone redefining the urban experience?

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

One thing that I think has been grossly overlooked about the iphone is that on top of imposing lots of the usual Apple kingdom restrictions like DRM and a specific provider, it only offered a 2 mega pixel camera. Anything sound weird in that?

All of the top notch handset providers have been recently competing on how high res their cameras are. I’m assuming because they correctly assumed that their users were more often taking great pictures, sending them to each other on the go, at concerts, etc.

We have come to embrace amateur photography and are offered great tools that we can operate easily and get great quality pictures from. So why this lame camera on the phone thats supposed to redefine the way the cell phone industry functions? Does this indeed show a user-centered design? Is it a coincidence that Steve, in his keynote talks over and over again about “those great digital cameras”… hellooooooo noone is interested in carrying one around anymore! This is why that particular convergence has been so successful in terms of usage.

Don’t get me wrong, i like the iphone, i think it looks cool, and never having owned an ipod and having one of the oldest phones around i can say this is an appealing product… but i think the question still poses itself, would i rather be able to take great pictures on the go or listen to Alanis Morissette ?

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Physical computing platforms for designers

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

Interesting article written by my friend Camille who’s studying interaction design at Umea on the different platforms for designers to do physical computing and quickly prototype behaviors.

PDF(2.4 MB) here.

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links for 2007-01-13

Saturday, January 13th, 2007
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links for 2007-01-12

Friday, January 12th, 2007
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links for 2007-01-11

Thursday, January 11th, 2007
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links for 2007-01-10

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
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Who dares to doubt…

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

That global warming is a hoax. Today in Amsterdam:


Last month in Amsterdam:

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links for 2007-01-08

Monday, January 8th, 2007
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links for 2007-01-07

Sunday, January 7th, 2007
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5 things about me

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

So I thought that for my first actual post of the year I’d be a little audacious and inspired by this meme reveal 5 things about me. I’m not promising they’ll be interesting though : )

1. I NEVER have cereal WITH milk in the bowl. I’ll always have a glass of milk on the side, have a spoonful of cereal and then gulp down some milk after. Always done it, don’t ask me why, can’t remember.

2. I always make my bed because of John Le Carré’s book “The perfect spy”. There’s a bit in it about making your bed as a way to order your life or something.

3. I wore the Hijab when I was 14, when my family and I were living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for 6 months. That was not a fun time for a teenage girl let me tell you.

4. I would kill for dark chocolate. Milky chocolate is so inferior.

5. I used to be a lifeguard. Worked on a lakeside beach for 2 summers, red bathingsuit and all.

How’s that for blog confessions? : )