The process of engineering requires a disciplined approach to problem-solving: modeling solutions, testing them, improving upon them or dismissing them.
November 2, 2016
Engineering Mindset
The approach in an engineered house is to first ask, “What do you do?” and then to design a house that enables you to do those things comfortably and well.
October 29, 2016
Your Engineered House
The title of this collection is from a book I read in youth, a book whose ideas have taken root over decades and are just now coming into flower.
April 27, 2016
UX: Hulu
A lot of designers remain unaware or unconcerned with the amount of grief arbitrary changes have on their users.
March 18, 2016
Matched Set
An object is simultaneously itself and a symbol of something else, an association made by the person perceiving the object.
February 16, 2016
Ninja Style, Kung Fu Grip
Evening walk around the lake. We’re having an unusually warm and dry winter.
January 30, 2016
How Rude!
Communication styles…there is no one right way to interact. What’s natural for me might not be natural for you.
January 17, 2016
Carol
After our talk about great films*, I decided I needed to go out to the movies more…because I used to enjoy the experience of seeing film in a cinema so much and somewhere along the way, I got out of the habit of it. So I walked over to the Violet Crown and got the last seat for Carol. I was underimpressed. The acting was fine, the period sets and
November 30, 2015
Virtues of Ben Franklin
“Either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.” — Ben Franklin
November 3, 2015
Brooklyn: Prospect Park
After coffee and croissants at Cafe Martin, we spent three hours wandering through Prospect Park, enjoying a perfectly clear blue autumn sky and the fall foliage for which New England is famous. The light! Now, back in Austin all I see are drippy gray skies and dull green. The temperatures were in the mid-70s, a bit warm for Brooklyn for the beginning of November.