Monthly Archives: May 2009

providing uncopyable experiences

Danger Mouse is a musician perhaps most know for his The Grey Album which is a mashup of Jay-Z’s The Black Album and the Beatles’ The White Album. The album is often used as an example of the tension between remix culture and restrictive copyright law and the DMCA.
Danger Mouse appears to be exploring [...]

walking paper cross stitch

An amazing gift! The color scheme matches the site perfectly.

What I’ve Learned in the 21st Century by Steve Krug

Steve Krug’s Don’t Make Me Think is a favorite of mine. Taking the two hours to read it will give you a bunch of ideas about how to make your website better.
I was happy to see that Krug uploaded a presentation he recently gave to slideshare. The slides are entertaining and [...]

library signs are librarian metadata

I interlibrary loaned a book called “Life Style” by Canadian designer Bruce Mau after enjoying his book “Massive Change.” I knew that Mau was involved with some of the planning of the Seattle Public Library but didn’t expect to see a statement about library signage that would resonate so strongly.

It is not without heart-breaking [...]

new creating future libraries notebooks available

The first Creating Future Libraries notebook sold out in a week! WP03 – the second edition of CFL notebooks is now available. Those that preordered have theirs en route already.

They’re still only $3 each but this time the pages are grid. YES.
For more info, including a [...]