The World of Coca-Cola kinda blows
Later I’ll give a fuller report from our Southern Road Trip, but while it’s fresh, I thought I’d report on our visit to The World of Coca-Cola, a new Atlanta tourist destination all about, well, Coca-Cola.
I’ve been to a similar, though much smaller, attraction in Las Vegas, which I enjoyed. I have a strange respect [...]
LOST Pissing Me Off (Semi-spoiler)
So, here’s the thing that pisses me off. We know that Locke and Ben are probably right with their warnings… But for some reason the writers feel it necessary that their motives remain hidden and secret… So of course Our Heroes do what they think makes the most sense. If Locke and Ben are so [...]
Southern Road Trip
Tomorrow we fly to Atlanta to begin our Southern Road Trip. We’re visiting states neither of us have been to. Our planned route:
21-24 May: Atlanta
24-25 May: Birmingham
25-26 May: Natchez
26-27 May: Jackson, maybe Tupelo
27-29 May: Summertown, Tullahoma, Nashville
29-30 May: Nashville, Rugby
30-31 May: Back to Atlanta
1 June: Fly home
We’re driving the Natchez Trace from Natchez to Nashville. [...]
NBA Playoffs – Real Drama
When the playoffs began a few weeks ago, who could have predicted that the most interesting, dramatic, compelling teams were going to be the 4th seed Utah Jazz and the 8th seed Golden State Warriors? Neither team had gotten much national air time, and so had flown under the radar of most viewers. The Mavericks [...]
Steven Johnson has a Hammer
Last Friday I attended Steven Johnson’s talk at the Long Now Foundation. Titled “The Long Zoom,” Steven explores the trend towards looking at systems at a variety of scales. This has become a theme of Steven’s recent writings, starting with his book The Ghost Map, where an appreciation of factors at various scales was required [...]
Mother’s Day for Peace
Growing up, my mom forbade any gun-like objects in the house. She loathed guns with an unabiding passion, so I didn’t have what many boys had — water pistols, cap guns, and the like.
I grew up loathing guns myself, perhaps to an irrational degree. I don’t know.
Anyway, it’s come to my recent attention that Mother’s [...]
Adaptive Path’s UX Week Shaping Up Nicely
On August 13-16, Adaptive Path will be presenting its annual flagship event, UX Week. This is our conference for UX professionals, and it’s going to be a doozy this year.
If you look at the program, you’ll see a bunch of great sessions, involving search engines, interaction design, management challenges, participatory design, social media, usability for [...]
Review: Everything is Miscellaneous
I received a reviewers copy of David Weinberger’s latest book, Everything is Miscellaneous. I’ve been following David’s work since at least early 1999 (judging by an old peterme.com post (6 Feb 1999), and have been fortunate enough to have gotten to know him. I find The Cluetrain Manifesto to still be an important book 7 [...]
