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End of an era?
Three years ago on a trip to DC, my family happened to be in the Senate gallery for a moment of history when Senator Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican Senator recognized West Virginia Senator Robert Byrd as the longest-serving member of Congress in history.
Track your bit.ly URLs in Google Analytics using TweetDeck
Here's quick tutorial on using custom endpoints in TweetDeck and the bit.ly API to embed tracking parameters for Google Analytics.
Planning, budgeting and lizard-catching
When I found this guy hanging out in my pod, it sent me and some unsuspecting coworkers on a goose-chase around the interactive side of the office. Don't worry folks, he's now safe and sound...and contained! :)
Can guinea pigs be a GOOD thing?
When using the term guinea pig, you usually think newbie. Being used to test something out. Boost, a popular mobile phone carrier, took the "guinea pig for cash" approach in a recent ad to increase their own sales. But in reality, it was insensitive and irresponsible. Find out why.
Why more is less
New research suggests that more choices and more options means *less* happiness. If this is true, how will it change our design choices.
Why did Google Wave goodbye?
Today Google announced that they are no longer going to develop Google Wave and will leave their existing site, wave.google.com online for at least the rest of the year. So why did they give up?
Recording usability tests on the iPhone
This week I tackled a new challenge: usability testing for an iPhone App. This presented a unique problem for recording the test and broadcasting the screen to the next room for the live observers. Here's how I did it.
Blogging the Budget – Just what is this Highway Trust Fund everyone is so keen on saving?
Many have pressed the Legislature to end raids on our state's highway funds. But what funds are they talking about, and just how do state roads, which are extensive in North Carolina, get built?
Wow. Really Clorox?
As previously written, I am a big fan of Mad Men. I love the idea that brands are tailoring their ads to the show, however, the execution needs some work. The ad I do want to talk about was the Clorox ad.
