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Fave idea of the week: Mar 1st, 2008

       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…

the EARP model

    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 =…

1% for art is good.

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…

Dear blog, sorry it’s been so long

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…

Emeryville General Plan Workshop

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…

care for the ones you love

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…

that 80s song

 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…

“budgetarily” is not a word

 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.…