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Oakland, California
writer, designer, information architect, social being
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- design
- information architecture
- social design
- strategy
- interaction design
- user experience
- design patterns
- pattern languages
- patterns
- social patterns
- social design patterns
- consulting
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Interview on the Well about Designing Social Interfaces
October 30 2009
This week we’ve begun a two-week-long interview in the Well’s public Inkwell conference. The interview is being led by Jon Lebkowsky my friend and longtime co-host of the Well’s blog conference. The cool thing about these interviews is that because they take two weeks and are published “live” they can cover… read moreOctober 30 2009
Boy was I smart to start my first real blog on my birthday (in ‘97). It sure helps keep things straight around here. Somehow along the way I turned 45. What. The. Fuck? Now, in honor of the kind of manic blogging I used to do before the twitter and the… read moreOctober 28 2009
teeny falls Originally uploaded by true dirt Briggs took some wonderful pictures in Oz. This one’s from the rainy day we climbed down the ravines in the Blue Mountains. Some possibly related postsbig cardboard box, leetle teeny printer cartridgeSeaside Jazz Fest 2007Great, now I have to keep up with BuckyThese… read moreDesigning social interfaces at Web Directions South 2009
October 12 2009
I had a great time presenting at Web Directions South 2009. J.J. Halans took some wonderful photos at the event, such as this one (showing Erin’s awesome visualization behind me: This image is another great one, as is this one, with the Where’s Waldo imagery behind me: The slides by… read moreUkulele for geeks: secrets of the pentatonic scales
October 08 2009
My Ignite Sydney talk last night was fun (for me, at least). Here are my slides: Ukulele For Geeks: Secrets of the Pentatonic Scales View more presentations from Christian Crumlish. Here are a few audience shots. The first is from a warmup: This one is from the actual talk: Dag, my chrome… read moreFirst YDN video podcast with Jonathan Leblanc
September 28 2009
Jonathan gives a few shout outs to the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library and my new book, Designing Social Interfaces. Some possibly related postsSocial design patterns slides from BayCHI last weekSlides from Designing Social Interfaces at IA Summit 2009Too risky!Girl Talk at Yahoo!Get Your War On says time for us to come… read moreSeptember 28 2009
the book has arrived! Originally uploaded by erin_designr We started our book proposal around June of ‘08… Some possibly related postsbig cardboard box, leetle teeny printer cartridgeGreat, now I have to keep up with BuckyWeird modal dialog box put up by iTunesThese are your most powerful and trusted friendsFrom MJ's… read moreSmile! You’re on candid skitch
September 28 2009
Not a manga or mad man among them. Some possibly related postsGreat, now I have to keep up with BuckyGoogle, you got me all wrong!gee and i've only met barlow onceinsert Microsoft overlords joke hereWeird modal dialog box put up by iTunes Related posts:gee and i’ve only met barlow onceNextFest was… read moreSlides from our mini-workshop at IDEA 2009
September 28 2009
Designing Social Interfaces: 5 steps, 5 principles, 5 anti-patternsView more presentations from erin malone. Related posts:Slides from Designing Social Interfaces at IA Summit 2009Designing Social Interfaces Web 2.0 Expo workshop slidesSee me speak at IDEA 2009 read moreThe new phone book is (almost) here!
September 28 2009
The writing is over (for this edition), the book has “shipped to the printer,” and the cover mechanical (shown above, in its technicolor glory) is in the can. My tech writing career is now complete: an animal book with O’Reilly! Some possibly related postsThe wheel of convosThe Information Architecture of Social… read morePresenting social patterns to patternistas at PLoP
September 28 2009
Social Design For Patternistas View more documents from Christian Crumlish. Last week I was in Chicago for PLoP (Pattern Languages of Programs) 2009, co-located with the Agile conference. PLoP is a unique conference, in some ways more like a funky academic confab than a typical tech industry conference. Most of the… read moreToday’s the last day to vote for my so-called SxSW panel
September 28 2009
Erin and I want to get a bunch of people together at South by Southwest in Austin next March to play SocialMania, the card game we’ve just started beta testing. If that sounds fun, go (sign up and) vote one snaps up for SocialMania: Designing Social Interfaces – The Game. Also,… read moreYahoo! Design Pattern Library relaunches with 10 new social patterns
September 28 2009
Over one year in the making… The work of many hands… A much overdue look-and-feel refresh, with some much-needed (if subtle) usability improvements… I am bursting with pride that I’m able to announce today the relaunch of the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library with “ten new patterns, a reorganized category-structure, cleaner URLs for easier… read moreSeptember 28 2009
Pretty cool visualization of various types of social media platforms (based on a cyclical model of conversation). (via Nick Terry) Some possibly related postsThe new phone book is (almost) here!The Information Architecture of Social Experience Design: Five Principles, Five Anti-Patterns and 96 Patterns (in Three Buckets)Bulletin article BoingboingedSee me speak at IDEA… read moreSeptember 28 2009
The IDEA Conference looks at the intersection of physical and information space and wonders how you design experiences for that. At IDEA we'll combine a straightforward presentation of the ideas in Designing Social Interfaces with an interactive quasi-workshop activity involving play-testing a prototype card game we're designing. Related posts:Slides… read moreRecent Posts | All Posts
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