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Distributed Work, Flows
As many companies are beginning to understand what they can and cannot do in regards to a distributed workforce, it is a good time to take a look at the resiliency of workflows. Specifically, what does it mean to have a workflow that is more impervious to disruption, against one that is conductive to relational specifics? For example, one company looks at how they can continue to maintain a particular level of support. Continue reading →
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The Parlee Cycles and Toyota Prius Project
Reposting from my personal blog — from 2011 — with a few small edits because it’s a view remembered and maybe worth exploring anew For a number of weeks, on an on and off basis, I’ve been following John Prolly’s documenting of a project he and Parlee Cycles is doing with Toyota. Essentially, what they are doing is taking the ethos of the Prius and distilling that into a bicycle. What they came up with is amazing, ingenious, and to me, points at a possible detour towards the discussion towards doping in professional cycling. Continue reading →
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Going To, Putting On
Is it really a relationship, or something different Ruminating on the recently announced update for iPad devices (iPadOS 13.4), the conversation about “is this a computer“ is sparked again because of the addition of external pointer/mouse support. And really, this is something that only seems to happen in a very small, yet loud contingent of media and fans of Apple devices devices. But, it was notable enough to cause some reflection to a past writing, and later a statement which lingered a little bit longer than the 280 characters it was given: Continue reading →
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Wearable Awareness
For the past week, have been comparing the use of smart ring (Ōura) and a mood ring. In many respects, both of these devices do the same thing. However they get there by different means. The smart ring is a series of circuits and electricity, analyzed on device, and then passed to another device to be combined with a series of algorithms to give one a trend map of a particular set of wellness parameters. Continue reading →
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Notable Reads for 20 Mar 🔗
Haven’t published the “Notable Reads” series at all this year. Part of that being a bit less disciplined in the end of week contemplation. Part of that wondering if that’s the right format for sharing longer bits of content here. Not sure. But, today was full. So how about a share from what’s just been read today? An Epidemic Graphing Calculator Read at 7:02 PM Three Unexpected Things I’ve Learned About UX Management Read at 3:43 PM China Rescinds Penalty for Late Doctor Who Warned About Coronavirus - WSJ Read at 6:08 AM A family trip from Switzerland to China with a solar powered Armadillo electric cargo bike Read at 6:01 AM Staying Connected – Painfully Hopeful Read at 5:39 AM When Your Body Says No | Outside Online Read at 11:27 PM Stop trying to solve traffic and start building great places Read at 9:54 PM TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time (4K) - YouTube Read at 8:23 PM End-user programming Read at 3:52 PM This was compiled and formatted using the previously shared Avanceé Reads Apple Shortcut. Continue reading →
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Gravel Bike Stroll 🕶 📹
Posting a bit different than the usual, a video of one of my latest bike rides. Some call it “gravel,” and some prefer the term “all-road.” Both work, because both happened during this roll. Gravel Bike Stroll Per the usual, Snap’s Spectacles are the tool of choice for recording. There are a few reasons for this. But, the best reason is simply the versatility of memory-eyes which are in the same position as organic ones. Continue reading →
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Leap
As appropriate a day as any other to speak on how to move forward. Leap days could probably be better termed corrective days if one looks not just at the reason for their being, but also the analogy to an application. One doesn’t just leap into the next thing. But, over time, debt and deposit create conditions for a transformation. Once that transformation happens, there’s a new normal. Maybe similar set of conditions or context, but the normal is actually different. Continue reading →
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Strategies of Long-Term Goals
Breaking down how an ant eats an elephant On a current project, a comment was made, “you are playing chess while others are playing checkers.” It continues to stick, in part because there was some truth to it. But, also because in the design space, having an accessible long term goal seems to be the “highly wanted” grail of many once they get to a certain point. Before then, it’s a lot more about being reactive, majoring in the minors, “swimming in the weeds,” and many other apt analogies. Continue reading →
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Founding Principles
Where a rogue comment about USA history invokes computational evolutions A friend mentioned about the changing ideals the USA has been undergoing, and it was something like another ember to a festering thought about computing — specifically, the tablet-based productivity which has marked the past decade or so of my work. This wasn’t the only kindling for such a thought, there are (at present) a number of unfinished written pieces pointing to similar. Continue reading →
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Evolving the iPad Workspace
Perhaps what was admired as a teen drives adulthood after all This could probsbly be considered a response to @brooksreview.net’s 13 Jan member journal; and it’s also a “state of the workspace” piece When fall of 2019 rolled around without an announcement of a new iPad Pro, I was left at something of a crossroads. Having been waiting earnestly for the next evolution in iPads — to push my own visualization and implementation of computing — I was left somewhat disappointed. Continue reading →
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