Archive for the ‘Trends’ Category

Old-world skillz

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Image via Wikipedia I do not know how Michael Leddy finds so many great items for his Orange Crate Art blog. I was struck by his link to this column by The Providence Journal's Mark Pantinkin on certain specialized life skills we (of a certain generation) accrued growing ...

Nirvana, or something like it

Saturday, September 20th, 2008

My friend Rani left me the following intriguing comment: Mike - would love to know how the life/school/work balance (or juggle rather) is going. Have you been able to obtain equilibrium at all? What about nirvana? I was going to reply as a blog post that night but spent too much time ...

Mark Hurst’s “Bit Literacy”

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Mark Hurst’s book Bit Literacy: Productivity in the Age of Information and E-mail Overload attacks a problem that, of all people, my Alexander Technique therapist mentioned to me today. She said that evolution has granted our bodies numerous ways to deal with few or no calories, but no way -- except ...

Information Architect

Monday, July 23rd, 2007

Web Worker Daily posts a mini-profile of Dayna Bateman, an information architect for Fry Inc. Various education qualifications are listed, and hands-on experience (though education can help out there too). I don't find it a surprise that many shopping and interactive sites get it wrong and need help. Those are big ...