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by jkestner 13y ago
Finally, a use for the Leap Motion.
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by jkestner 13y ago
That would be a great volley back on how revealing metadata is, a la the Paul Revere piece. I know the White House has to keep these records - if congresspeople (AND their staff) don't, there oughta be a law.
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by jkestner 13y ago
Metadata is data. It's a security leak for the government, not us citizens whose data they're holding.
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by jkestner 13y ago
Pedantry? Not here, surely. Yeah, I wouldn't use those words in place of "affordance". My point is that those are also words in the designer vocabulary, but ones that are on the fluffy side of design rather than the hard huma
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by jkestner 13y ago
'Affordance' helps designers flesh out a professional vocabulary. Sounds a lot more technical than 'honest', 'humane' or 'civil', all of which I overuse. Speaking of civility, my touchstone design boo
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by jkestner 13y ago
In the book, he's talking about the entry doors in commercial buildings that swing closed. A la that classic Far Side cartoon.
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by jkestner 13y ago
You're not crazy. I've found that a small customer service interaction early on (regardless of fault) helps solidify a good first impression. Not that I intentionally create problems...
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by jkestner 13y ago
> We definitely need to support someone who actually has a track record for this. Ahem. Russ Feingold is best known for his collaboration with John McCain on campaign finance reform, but was the only senator to vote against the Patriot A
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by jkestner 13y ago
"Any man who must say, 'I am the king' is no true king."
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by jkestner 13y ago
Right. The majority of images on webpages are the design elements, not the photos. His point would still stand if he included a relevant image inline. Focus goes to the content, not the chrome.
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by jkestner 14y ago
He's stated before he likes the employee-free lifestyle. And there is a huge gap to bridge between "I can do this myself" and "There's enough work to hire a full-time employee".
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by jkestner 14y ago
It's a honeypot.
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by jkestner 14y ago
Indeed, in hardware there's a larger gap between a working prototype and a scalable product. The iteration loop has been getting cheaper and faster, but still is very unforgiving.
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by jkestner 14y ago
Or, just hold down the O key and check out the variations available to you.
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by jkestner 14y ago
Since I'm usually starting with a bunch of data I want to parse/match/chop, I like going the other way - pasting a couple of lines into Patterns ( http://krillapps.com/patterns/ ) and tweaking my expression until it looks right. This woul
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by jkestner 14y ago
If you're doing something approaching consumer hardware, no, one person can't do this (until someone does, of course). Being good at the quadrant of hard/soft and design/engineering takes a da Vinci, and he didn't mass produce any of it. Ap
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by jkestner 14y ago
Exactly. It's a reminder that Kickstarter does curate, and that nothing beats email. Getting featured in Kickstarter's weekly newsletter is probably the biggest boost, and then they'll feature you on the front page and/or category pages.
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by jkestner 14y ago
Given the new Amazon Lending program, I'm guessing they're starting to move in that direction. It's for sellers buying inventory now, but Amazon has a lot of data about what sells that can help it determine what's a good risk for investment
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by jkestner 14y ago
Austin, TX - full-time and intern --------------------------------- Want to work with a web-connected physical product? Supermechanical is making a new generation of everyday objects that connect people. You may remember us from such Kickst
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by jkestner 14y ago
It can monitor itself. Emails when the batteries are running low.
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by jkestner 14y ago
One can see in this list that there are many ways to ease the pain of bringing an object to market without directly getting hands dirty in manufacturing. It'd be so much better if the burdens of sourcing, certifications, shipping, liability
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by jkestner 14y ago
This speaks to some of the low(-ish) hanging fruit in manufacturing that software can help with. I think we're closer to having the LaserWriter of 3D printing than the Pagemaker. It's a huge understatement to say that CAD/CAM software sucks
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by jkestner 14y ago
Maybe the problem is you live in Mountain View. Absent of good vintage/used furniture stores, try Blu Dot (made in the US, even) or Craigslist.
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by jkestner 14y ago
Just Google "TSA test fail" or something similar. There's enough real news coverage.
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by jkestner 14y ago
You get exactly that when you Duplicate an edited file. Try it.
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by jkestner 14y ago
When you choose Duplicate on an edited file, you're given the option to Duplicate and Revert the original file. Handy.