A few posts for the Entrepreneurs in the crowd

9 01 2006

Guy Kawaski and this follow up 37signals post are required reading for those participating in DePaul’s New Venture Fund, in my opinion.

Guy is an acquaintance of my cousin, Josh Carter. Guy and the 37signals crew are professional inspirations for me. Guy and Josh (especially JDC), personal ones, and fine examples at that.



Cool Processing Example

5 01 2006

I posted about this thing a long time ago, back before I had a blog on this site, but processing is still cool stuff. In particular, this jellyfish navigation example is really nifty—delightful and functional at the same time, though a usability person would probably have fits about the impact moving navigable elements has on Fitts’ law (pun intended).



Happy Birthday Louis Braille

4 01 2006

If you’ve hit google today, 1/4, you’ll see their nifty Braille logo. I wrote a paper on Braille and the evolution of textual accessibility for an Accessibility class. Simply amazing, that man, and inspirational.

Happy birthday, LB. Shine on, you crazy diamond.