At the beginning of March, I started a project to sketch my favorite idea of the week. I do these each Friday. There are so many smart folks at…
- On November 1, 2007
- By Kate
As part of the Bathroom Blogfest 2007, I've joined up with 22 other female bloggers to spend this week blogging about the customer experience of bathrooms. All my posts are…
- On October 22, 2007
- By Kate
 She's Geeky, Future of Technology, part iii I'm hanging with the girl geeks at the She's Geeky un-conference on Monday and Tuesday of this week. So far it's been…
- On October 15, 2007
- By Kate
   the EARP model A few years ago in a moment of desperation, I came up with the EARP model. It's weathered well, so I'm sharing it here. EARP =…
- On August 21, 2007
- By Kate
The city of Emeryville has extended the 1% for art program to residential buildings, which means that now everything built in the city has dedicated funds for public art. The…
- On August 21, 2007
- By Kate
My move killed my blog. So many transitions, so little focus. But now, after the inspiring and insightful experience at UX Week 2007, I'm juiced back up and ready to…
- On April 24, 2007
- By Kate
Emeryville General Plan Workshop Last night I attended a workshop for the City of Emeryville, and we did a participatory design activity. It was interesting to see the different mindsets…
I was at a meeting a week ago, and the hostess offered me the carafe of coffee to take home. How could I pass that up? Only when I got…
 Yes, it's that 80s song Originally uploaded by kateruttr. Not everything that ends up on the hand is worthwhile. But really, I just couldn't risk losing track of this song…
 This is not a word but that doesn't mean that it should languish in non-usage. Try to use this next time you have a meeting. Go ahead. I dare you.…