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flight number two complete, ahhh sweet LAX http://twitpic.com/15o7nv
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waiting for the bar to open at 9am, this is not acceptable
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watched District 9 on the plane, haven't been that into a movie in a long time
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3 flights, 20 hours in transit (15 of them in turbulance) we are finally back home in Seattle!
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another good 21st century maxim: unless you're changing it, quit your bitchin http://j.mp/9bzdiT
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flight number one complete http://twitpic.com/15idhx
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en route to Vancouver via NZ. Long trip ahead and lacking much sleep. Final destination, Ladner pub
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The Decemberists Covers Archive: 56 (56!) live covers from various Decemberists shows over the past few years. I wish, wish, wish I could download some of these. -
A play-by-play recap of last week’s fantastic Layer Tennis between Khoi Vinh and Nicholas “Feltron” Felton. I asked on Twitter, and the condensed font used throughout the match is Heroic Condensed (thanks @nickheise).
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SNL: Rahm Emanuel “You come after me on Facebook? What are you, 14? Here’s a status update: Grow the fuck up!”
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8 flights down, 1 more to go.
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Luke Wroblewski wrote an article yesterday titled, “Mad Libs” Style Form Increases Conversion 25-40%. The post was about a team, led by Ron Kurti, redesigning a form for Vast.com. By no means do I intend to knock the success of the redesign, but part of me wonders if the conclusion was rushed. In addition to using a narrative user flow, he’s also: Lessened form inputs, added placeholder text, and made one optional Removed distracting links throughout Highlighting contextual information like the car being negotiated Made the submit button bigger Added icons Said “Thank you” Luke mentions the possibility of other factors affecting the result in his review, but I think it may be an understatement. Sometimes conversion rates can be massively improved by a minor change to a design or user flow. While A/B testing can be very useful, keep in mind that it is still a science and comprehensively reviewing constants and variables is a big part of that science.
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Attention Deficit Disorder by Ricardo (via gamesdaypodcast) If you’ve played any of the 3D Zelda games, this is spot on.
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old people complain to whoever is listening and we quickly forget it. young people tweet to all and it's stored forever.
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while waiting for a pat down search, I'm reminded of other governments through history that had overly strict border control.