September 2008
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What Surface is
Most of my work lately revolves around Surface, which is super fun. You probably already know what it is, but if you want to know why it’s interesting from an HCI/UX standpoint (or just want to know more about it), this overview is the most detailed and well-written that I’ve seen so far. The interesting stuff is after the videos.
I’m working on a fun, music-related internal...
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Could get used to four-day weeks
Another short week full of brainstorms, a client dinner, and work on a fun music project. Things will be kicking into high gear at Stimulant soon. Wish I could talk more about it here.
Only 100pgs left in the book (animation and bitmaps), and then I’ll know everything ever. I’ve had to skim a few parts, such as the 20pgs that go crazy-deep into the math behind Bezier curves....
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Devils, Details, Etc
I had a pretty slow Labor Day weekend filled with lots of reading, fancy cocktails, and a lingering dread of all the Burning Man stories I’d have to hear in the week to come.
Just when I thought the curved text control was ready to go, I showed it to our designers, one of whom noticed a pretty serious issue that’s proving tough to fix. It’ll get worked out, but I think we want...