tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71460142009-01-26T09:35:25.302ZEverish Mind of Kaii am kaigani's Everish mind<br>
<i>"I am Kaigani's Everish Mind - v1.0"</i>Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.comBlogger447125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-70283633615794409212009-01-26T09:31:00.003Z2009-01-26T09:35:25.349ZThe Future of Information Architecture<a href="http://agit8.org.uk/?p=205"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 196px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3441/3228415694_270247cc93_m.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br/><br />I wrote an essay for the online magazine <a href="http://agit8.org.uk/">AGIT8</a> – a journal of technology and social change.<br /><br />Read it here: <a href="http://agit8.org.uk/?p=205">The Future of Information Architecture</a>Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-19842672841813851692009-01-13T17:06:00.004Z2009-01-13T18:14:18.328ZAnother example of Knobb's Law<blockquote><b>Knobb's Law</b><br/>Anything digital that becomes popular will eventually be used to draw a cock.</blockquote><br /><br />Again, Twitter is no exception, as this <a href="http://uk.techcrunch.com/2009/01/13/and-todays-useless-but-funny-twitter-app-is-twicksize/">Techcrunch</a> article proves.Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-48094577292518010222009-01-13T10:36:00.001Z2009-01-14T10:03:10.819ZTwitter has an image problem<a href="http://www.vikavalter.com/"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 198px;" src="http://architectedigital.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/vikavalter_com.jpg?w=400&h=198" border="0" alt="(c) 2007, vikavalter.com - all rights reserved" /></a><i>image courtesy of <a href="http://www.vikavalter.com">vikavalter.com</a>, (c) 2007 All Rights Reserved.</i><br /><br />[reposted from a comment submitted to a Telegraph article, <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/bryonygordon/4163315/Twittering-is-for-twits-with-nothing-better-to-do.html">Twittering is for Twits</a>]<br /><br />Twitter has an image problem.<br /><br />This is clear from this article, where Bryony [Gordon] <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/bryonygordon/4163315/Twittering-is-for-twits-with-nothing-better-to-do.html">voices</a> many of the common misconceptions about the service.<br /><br />People think it is about *broadcasting* your life's minutiae.<br /><br />Not true. Twitter is about *listening* to what other people have to say, and, when appropriate, joining in the conversation.<br /><br />For an online journalist to say she ignores Twitter, is a bit like a political journalist saying she has no time to listen to what the MPs are 'blathering on about' in Parliament.<br /><br />It's conversation, plain and simple. You can participate, or you can plug your ears and let people talk around you instead of with you.Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-21700617499363478522008-05-01T13:29:00.002+01:002008-05-01T13:36:54.753+01:00May day - Television offI'd been thinking about doing this, and after watching <a href="http://blip.tv/file/855937">Clay Shirky's inspiring talk</a> -- it cinched the idea.<br /><br />No watching television (or downloaded shows) all month for me.<br /><br />I'll try to download anything I don't want to miss -- to watch in June.<br /><br />Let's see if I can make better use of my cognitive surplus!Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-78362908257074769992008-04-29T15:59:00.002+01:002008-04-29T16:12:06.116+01:00Got a brand new bag<img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.feverishmind.com/uploaded_images/Picture-7-772868.png" border="0" alt="" /><br /><br />Lately, I've been fairly vocal about how <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/kaigani/information-architecture-is-broken-324504">Information Architecture</a> and User Experience Design practices need to evolve to keep pace with the changes in the industry. (Call it Web 2.0 if you must)<br /><br />Well, after a meeting of like-minds at <a href="http://www.agency.com/">Agency.com</a>, I've accepted a position as the Head of Information Architecture for the London office.<br /><br />It's an exciting opportunity to breathe life into some of these ideas and see how they work in practice.Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-63734297019355093022008-04-02T14:27:00.002+01:002008-04-02T14:29:42.715+01:00The iPhone Collection<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaioshin/2382899734/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3188/2382899734_35abd68e42_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaioshin/2382899734/">The iPhone Collection</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kaioshin/">kaioshin</a> </span></div>I've started a collection of iPhone app screenshots.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaioshin/collections/72157604342363507/">www.flickr.com/photos/kaioshin/collections/72157604342363507/</a><br clear="all" />Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-23204795152402918812008-03-28T10:05:00.003Z2008-03-28T10:09:44.945ZInformation Architecture is Broken<a href="http://www.slideshare.net/kaigani/information-architecture-is-broken-324504"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2259/2368630304_14933b3c74.jpg" width=400 border=0></a><br/><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/kaigani/information-architecture-is-broken-324504">Information Architecture is broken</a> (on Slideshare)<br/><br />Following on from my Wireframes are Dead post, I've put my thoughts together as a presentation.<br /><br />I'd be interested in any feedback.Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-82251884921174533952008-03-05T10:03:00.003Z2008-03-05T10:07:44.405ZWireframes are Dead<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/2311507457_afa44294bd_o.png" width=400 height=180><br /><br />They died in 2002 actually. <br /><br />Anyone in UXD is aware that the page-based metaphor used in design documentation is ill equipped to deal with the sort of interaction design that is now considered a standard part of 'web 2.0' design.<br /><br />So what's next?<br /><br />Stay tuned.Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-23484489466549703182008-02-28T06:40:00.001Z2008-02-28T06:46:08.025ZThe Data Privacy SingularityHaving worked for almost a year on a social networking platform, I'm very familiar with issues of personal privacy and the sharing of data and information.<br /><br />It's <a href="http://hobart65.blogspot.com/2008/02/control-privacy-and-terrorist-cells.html">very important to us</a> that people don't misuse the information posted online, to steal our identity, or to withdraw a job offer after seeing inappropriate pictures of us taken when we were out drinking with friends. Equally worrying is the thought that Big Business or Big Government (ie. Big Brother) might be piecing together a profile of our interests and aspirations so that they might market their products to us or otherwise lead us like sheep towards some unknown, but presumably sinister, end goal.<br /><br />However, there is a trade-off between these fears and the immediate benefits of sharing information and media with our friends, colleagues and like-minded netizens.<br /><br />We live in a society where short-term reward outweighs long-term thinking about the issues -- so I assume that the trend will be that <span style="font-weight:bold;">more</span> people will share increasingly <span style="font-weight:bold;">more information</span> not less.<br /><br />With the information sharing trend increasing exponentially, I can imagine a singularity. A point at which so much of our personal information has become irretrievably part of public domain -- that we cannot fathom what it will be like to live in that world given our current understanding of society.<br /><br />I would suggest though, that although it will be painful for our generation -- it may actually be a 'Good Thing'<br /><br />As I've already mentioned our fears about shadowy figures having access to our personal information. Whether these fears are justified, or mostly Phildickian conspiracies -- the basis of the fear is that your information is in the hands of <span style="font-style:italic;">someone you don't know</span>.<br /><br />But imagine that your information is in the hands of everyone and anyone. <br />Isn't that a little bit liberating? <br /><br />Provided that everyone has equal access to the information of everyone else, then no one gains an advantage. Steal my identity and I'll steal yours.<br /><br />Also, if our society has to adapt to the *assumption* that your personal data is public domain, we'll have to develop more sophisticated tools for secure transactions. And those are probably tools we need anyhow.<br /><br />So, I say -- bring on the Data Privacy Singularity.<br /><br />To start this off, I'll post my national insurance and social security number here ... wait -- you go first.Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-8782667172559582522008-02-17T21:01:00.003Z2008-02-17T21:10:22.436ZCoversourcing is not Crowdsourcing<a href="http://www.no-spec.com/"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;" src="http://www.proscodi.com/nospec/downloads/no-spec180.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I was reading about a competition where designers were invited to create a cover for the upcoming book, Crowdsourcing. This competition, cleverly named 'Coversourcing' -- was presented as being an example of crowdsourcing in action.<br /><br />Except it's not. It's <a href="http://www.no-spec.com/">spec work</a>.<br /><br />I was compelled to comment on this on the Creative Review <a href="http://www.creativereview.co.uk/crblog/coversourcing-for-your-votes/">blog post</a> about it. <br /><br />Reprinted below:<br /><br /><blockquote>I disagree with the definition of crowdsourcing presented by this competition.<br /><br />This competition is spec work -- getting lots of designers to design something, with only a few getting compensated. <br /><br />Crowdsourcing is when 'the many' can do a job better, faster, and more comprehensively than the 'the few'.<br /> <br />Wikipedia is an example of crowdsourcing. Facebook being translated by members into multiple languages is an example of crowdsourcing.<br /><br />This competition is not.</blockquote>Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-17108087255310175772008-01-25T22:31:00.001Z2008-01-25T22:55:46.950ZPrediction: MySpace TV<img width=400 height=161 src="http://www.kaigani.com/feverishmind/uploaded_images/myspaceTV.jpg" border="0" alt="" /><br/><br /><br />It's late for a New Year's prediction, but here one is anyhow.<br /><br /><b>MySpace TV to launch a network channel</b><br /><br />Given the crisis facing the music and film industries (namely due to their inability to evolve and adapt to the needs of the consumer) -- it's only a matter of time before they collapse.<br /><br />People are wise to the fact that these industries are a big, fat, unnecessary layer between artist and audience -- and absorbing an unfair share of the earnings.<br /><br />However, it's not a simple as:<br /><br />1. Unknown band posts their music on a website<br />2. Band becomes incredibly popular via word-of-mouth<br />3. Band is now famous and able to sell their music and go on tour<br /><br />One (perhaps the only) useful and necessary function of the music industry is marketing. If something goes into heavy rotation on MTV -- it will become popular -- and MTV isn't scouring YouTube for the next hit.<br /><br />The only solution is to combine the source of online user submitted content, the ranking system to determine what is popular, and the vehicle to market the upcoming hits to the mainstream, offline, audience.<br /><br />One company has both the online and offline reach to do something like this: MySpace and News International (Murdoch).<br /><br />Imagine a channel, in the mold of MTV, but highlighting only artists who have debuted on MySpace. XFactor/American Idol reality shows that originate online, and culminate on television. Videos (produced by MySpace TV) that can't be found on the other channels, but are equally good.<br /><br />MySpace TV ... it's gonna happen.Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-57840516403484902632008-01-08T15:37:00.000Z2008-01-08T15:41:32.723ZQuick thought for Yahoo!Must blog more this year ... but here's a quick thought that wouldn't fit neatly into a Facebook status update.<br /><br />Yahoo! should spend less time <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/jan/08/yahoo.yang">fighting Google</a>, and realise that Google isn't killing them -- letting ideas like <a href="http://www.bigthink.com/">BigThink</a> slip by them is what will kill them.<br /><br />Yahoo! and Google aren't in the same game anymore ... I don't know why Yahoo!'s executive management don't get that.Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-72582466777954953332007-11-18T12:17:00.000Z2007-11-18T13:06:55.828ZiPhone Diary - part 1<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaioshin/2042343729/" title="This shouldn't be so difficult by kaioshin, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2176/2042343729_1367beae89_m.jpg" width="240" height="138" alt="This shouldn't be so difficult" /></a><br /><br />So it's been about a week that I've had my iPhone, and I have absolutely no regrets about getting it. Compared to my 5-year old Sony, on pay-as-you-go, there wasn't much debate to be had.<br /><br />That aside, its flaws are noticeable only because it feels nearly perfect.<br /><br />I thought it interesting that most "web guys", including myself, have to take a second to understand how to go back to the main menu. It's the only button on the phone, but we're all looking for navigation affordances on the screen. This isn't a flaw -- there are a few things like these that feel like a conscious decision to keep the interface simple.<br /><br />But here are my proper gripes:<br /><br />- I'm very slow on the keyboard. My big fingers are always slipping on to the wrong letter. I'm starting to learn the press-and-pause behaviour that lets me quickly switch to the correct letter -- but that's less intuitive than tap-tap-tap. I might have to get <a href="http://www.iphonefreak.com/2007/10/accessories-iph.html">a stylus</a> even though it's "so PalmPilot" -- not multitouch sexy<br /><br />- Speaking of multitouch -- I don't like that I can't zoom with one hand. Standing on the bus is how I do most of my web browsing in the morning, and there is no way to zoom pages with one hand. (Although I've just seen a TV ad that seems to suggest you can by tapping)<br /><br />- Apple is usually very careful about the start up experience, they've put a few iPhone tutorials on the website -- why aren't those preloaded as videos in the device itself?<br /><br />- iPod features -- or lack thereof. They really needed to put a small pause/play/fwd/rev device on the cord for the headphones. (Also, not really an issue, but I've gotten some strange looks when I answer a phone call, because it looks like I'm talking to myself while listening to an iPod)<br /><br />- I won't mention Edge being slow compared to 3G, etc. etc. I've watched YouTube over Edge, so it's not so horrible. And I don't care that it has a low-end camera.<br /><br />Now, about Apps. I realise that Apple will probably release a lot of Apps very soon. But there are a few no-brainers they could have included that would really come in handy. (Of course I could Jailbreak my iPhone to get them, but I shouldn't have to):<br /><br />- Native RSS Feed reader - The iPhone was built for catching up on RSS feeds. I rely on <a href="http://www.bloglines.com">Bloglines</a>, but I'd rather have a native iPhone version.<br /><br />- WPS - Skyhook wireless positioning (as with <a href="http://www.loki.com/">Loki</a>) -- this gives very accurate positioning (in London at least) and would be a nice feature to be included with Maps.<br /><br />- Document storage, or at least a PDF sync folder in iTunes. I would like to keep PDF maps and eBooks on my iPhone. Again, I'm sure this is coming, but it already has PDF support in the web browser, so why not allow document storage in iTunes?<br /><br />- Instant Messenger - again, I'm sure Apple has a version of iChat coming, but I'd really like to keep messenger open on my iPhone. <a href="http://wwwm.meebo.com/">Meebo</a> doesn't seem to work over Edge, and it since it's browser-based, it won't work when the iPhone goes to sleep. But Meebo is a very nice Web app (if you set it up beforehand).<br /><br />- iTunes support of other file formats. (AVI, XVid, MOV for video, MP3,WAV for ringtones) -- iTunes should convert these on-the-fly. Instead I have to use <a href="http://www.isquint.org/">iSquint</a> for Video and <a href="http://sbooth.org/Max/">Max</a> for audio / ringtones. Ringtones require an extra trick of copying the m4a file and renaming it m4r.<br /><br />...<br /><br />What else could I ask? Well, maybe the next version could be used as a WiiMote too -- now that would be cool.Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-6238075614276989852007-11-14T07:47:00.000Z2007-11-14T07:57:53.319ZA truly portable iPodI read something about <a href="http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/">Parallels</a> software that gave me an idea.<br /><br />Parallels will allow you to associate your iPod with iTunes on a virtual PC. This means that if you put that Virtual PC on a portable drive, you can take that iPod and drive anywhere and access your iTunes.<br /><br />Still not very convenient -- but I bet there is a way (via parallels or bootcamp) to keep a version of Windows on the iPod itself. <br /><br />But here's where it would be worth offering a bounty to hackers -- what about hacking the iTunes app that runs on the iPhone so that it will recognise the hard drive of whatever machine it's attached to and transfer files to and from that machine?Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-55795879308638896972007-10-13T18:23:00.000+01:002007-10-13T18:29:42.786+01:00From an IM chat...ME: "There's a problem with Claire's [from Heroes] powers. If she had a wound that goes through her, both parts of the wound should try to repair the opposite side in which case she'd have out of control flesh growth. It's as if her body repairs to a fixed template of her complete, healthy self -- but if her body repairs to a template, tell me this -- how does she age and grow?"<br /><br />RESPONSE: "I don't know. I'm not a geek."Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-64925619038154768602007-09-13T16:54:00.000+01:002007-09-13T16:58:04.355+01:00xFruits - Facebook status update - 20 new items<div id="main"> <div id="main_inner"> <div id="z_col0"> <div class="z_col0_inner"> <div id="top"> <h1 class="title"> <a href="http://stanford.facebook.com/minifeed.php?status&id=570332092">Kai Turner's Facebook Status Updates</a> </h1> <h2 class="subtitle">Kai Turner's Facebook Status Updates</h2> </div> </div> </div> <div id="z_col1"> <div class="z_col1_inner"> <div id="content"> <ul class="list_items_summary"> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">1.</span> <a href=" 						#item_1">Kai is pleased with the Kandinsky book bought on impulse from the rare books shop nearby.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">2.</span> <a href=" 						#item_2">Kai is / has hit the 100 friends mark ... i didn't realise i knew 100 people, let alone had them as friends.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">3.</span> <a href=" 						#item_3">Kai is waiting for the Norming to happen.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">4.</span> <a href=" 						#item_4">Kai is greater than the sum of my HITs.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">5.</span> <a href=" 						#item_5">Kai is stalking Lisa McMillan.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">6.</span> <a href=" 						#item_6">Kai is jealous of Bernie.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">7.</span> <a href=" 						#item_7">Kai is / doesn't except the syntactic limitations of your puny facebook.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">8.</span> <a href=" 						#item_8">Kai is at peace with his inner geek.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">9.</span> <a href=" 						#item_9">Kai is again fantasizing about a Nintendo and Apple collaboration.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">10.</span> <a href=" 						#item_10">Kai is giving even odds on the first artificial life being either a fuel-generating microorganism or a corrosive bacteria that will reduce everything on Earth to goo.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">11.</span> <a href=" 						#item_11">Kai is still occasionally waking on Russian time for some reason.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">12.</span> <a href=" 						#item_12">Kai is happily downloading the latest Polypunk.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">13.</span> <a href=" 						#item_13">Kai is wondering if Facebook has stopped 'playing nice' with NetVibes.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">14.</span> <a href=" 						#item_14">Kai is disappointed that the 'Pure California' fresh fruit smoothie shop sold me an old, stale muffin.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">15.</span> <a href=" 						#item_15">Kai is wondering why every time the team comes back from Russia, we all feel ill.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">16.</span> <a href=" 						#item_16">Kai is thinking Miss Teen South Carolina just set the industry back by 10 years by announcing she wants to be a graphic designer.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">17.</span> <a href=" 						#item_17">Kai is back in london.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">18.</span> <a href=" 						#item_18">Kai is ready to come back to london.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">19.</span> <a href=" 						#item_19">Kai is approaching burnout velocity faster than the fellow cosmonauts.</a> </h3> </li> <li class="item"> <h3 class="title_home"> <span class="num">20.</span> <a href=" 						#item_20">Kai is over caffinated.</a> </h3> </li> </ul> <div class="logo"> <a href="http://www.xfruits.com">Powered by <img src="http://www.xfruits.com/_theme/images/logo_small.gif" alt="xFruits" /></a> </div> <div class="list_items"> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_1"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371196&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231189619071">Kai is pleased with the Kandinsky book bought on impulse from the...</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-12 17:44</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371196" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_2"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371197&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231189592185">Kai is / has hit the 100 friends mark ... i didn't realise i knew 100...</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-12 10:16</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371197" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_3"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371198&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231189540430">Kai is waiting for the Norming to happen.</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-11 19:53</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371198" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_4"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371199&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231189457358">Kai is greater than the sum of my HITs.</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-10 20:49</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371199" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_5"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371200&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231189444485">Kai is stalking Lisa McMillan.</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-10 17:14</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371200" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_6"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371201&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231189421683">Kai is jealous of Bernie.</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-10 10:54</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371201" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_7"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371202&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231189244128">Kai is / doesn't except the syntactic limitations of your puny...</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-08 09:35</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371202" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_8"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371203&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231189182109">Kai is at peace with his inner geek.</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-07 16:21</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371203" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_9"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371204&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231189169257">Kai is again fantasizing about a Nintendo and Apple collaboration.</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-07 12:47</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371204" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_10"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371205&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231189082388">Kai is giving even odds on the first artificial life being either a...</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-06 12:39</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371205" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_11"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371206&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231189057037">Kai is still occasionally waking on Russian time for some reason.</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-06 05:37</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371206" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_12"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371207&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231189020825">Kai is happily downloading the latest Polypunk.</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-05 19:33</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371207" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_13"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371208&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231189005396">Kai is wondering if Facebook has stopped 'playing nice' with NetVibes.</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-05 15:16</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371208" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_14"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371209&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231188904970">Kai is disappointed that the 'Pure California' fresh fruit smoothie...</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-04 11:22</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371209" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_15"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371210&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231188810490">Kai is wondering why every time the team comes back from Russia, we...</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-09-03 09:08</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371210" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_16"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371211&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231188588174">Kai is thinking Miss Teen South Carolina just set the industry back...</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-08-31 19:22</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371211" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_17"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371212&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231188585616">Kai is back in london.</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-08-31 18:40</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371212" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_18"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371213&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231188544783">Kai is ready to come back to london.</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-08-31 07:19</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371213" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_19"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371214&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231188485690">Kai is approaching burnout velocity faster than the fellow cosmonauts.</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-08-30 14:54</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371214" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> <div class="item"> <h3 class="title" id="item_20"> <a href="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&clic=136371215&url=http%3A%2F%2Fstanford.facebook.com%2Fminifeed.php%3Fstatus%26id%3D570332092%231188392688">Kai is over caffinated.</a> <span class="after"> </span> </h3> <div class="date">2007-08-29 13:04</div> <h4 class="author"><a href="mailto:Kai Turner">Kai Turner</a></h4> <div class="text"><img alt="" src="http://xfruits.com/kaigani/?id=30047&s_item=136371215" /> </div> <div class="backtotop"> <a href="#main">Top</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="z_col100"> <div class="z_col100_inner"> <div id="footer" class="unsub"><a href="http://www.xfruits.com/?unsub=9af53216367d95765979544ff645d734f50434ef">Unsubscribe</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-345482241073280042007-09-10T22:04:00.001+01:002007-09-10T22:34:22.996+01:00Watch this space<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.feverishmind.com/uploaded_images/passado_logo-778224.gif"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://www.feverishmind.com/uploaded_images/passado_logo-778221.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Time for a quick update...<br /><br />I've given up the freewheeling life of consulting to launch the next generation of Passado -- a pan-European social networking website.<br /><br />Needless to say, this blog is going to be pretty quiet for a while.Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-18085065814317271242007-06-29T15:14:00.000+01:002007-06-29T15:44:03.931+01:00Two handy web tricksI've been doing a couple of things that I thought others might want to try. Low-tech Mashups if you like. (I don't like).<br /><br /><img src="http://www.kaigani.com/feverishmind/images/mash01.jpg" width=400 height=113><br /><br />First, I'm a big fan of finding new music on <a href="http://criticalmetrics.com/">Critical Metrics</a>. You can stream all of the music directly from that site, but if you like a song, you can go a step further and look it up in <a href="http://skreemr.com/">SkreemR</a>. Even better, add SkreemR to your Firefox search bar.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.kaigani.com/feverishmind/images/mash02.jpg" width=400 height=92><br /><br />Second, I'm using <a href="http://www.facebook.com">Facebook</a> these a lot these days, and <a href="http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2086363,00.html">I'm not alone</a>.<br /><br />But I also maintain a list of contacts on <a href="http://www.linkedin.com">LinkedIn</a>. One day the penny dropped that I could export my LinkedIn contacts as a .vcf file and import them into Facebook to see who else has joined Facebook.<br /><br />And many wasted hours ensued for us all!Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-27260186098601390192007-06-17T12:28:00.000+01:002007-06-17T12:29:10.683+01:00My Uniqlock<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.uniqlo.jp/uniqlock/user/js/H8BTuOxZzN7k7Fgp.js"></script>Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-3357313854190767702007-06-04T12:28:00.000+01:002007-06-04T12:44:44.606+01:00You Watching is Big Brother<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/media/pf/bb-eye-hdr.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/media/pf/bb-eye-hdr.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />I'm sure Orwell never imagined something worse than being watched by a totalitarian society. In fact, it's being forced to participate in a ritual where we celebrate mediocrity.<br /><br />I haven't been actively watching Big Brother this year -- not because I'm being snobbish, but because it feels like Celebrity Big Brother just ended and I'd like a break from it.<br /><br />And yet, somehow, I know that the house has been all girls until they recently introduced a man. I also know that the black girl is the least popular, with only 3 bets being placed on her to win at Ladbrokes the first night, and that the two twins listed 'Pink' as one of their interests.<br /><br />Why do I know this? Because every news outlet has made a point of my knowing about Big Brother. <br /><br />Since when does television play such a central role in news? And if it is going to -- I'd much rather hear opinions about the previous episode of Doctor Who, or who won the Great British Menu tv competiton. <br /><br />These things I've missed because of work. You remember work don't you -- it's the thing that journalists aren't doing these days apparently.Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-81790946717876680322007-05-18T14:47:00.001+01:002007-05-18T14:47:24.145+01:00The Snowball metaphor<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kamshots/384814496/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/384814496_66df770b6e_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a> <br /> <span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kamshots/384814496/">Snowball</a> <br /> Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kamshots/">kamshots</a>. </span></div>When thinking about user generated content, I've been using a snowball metaphor.<br /><br />Ideally, when making a site that depends on submitted content, all of the members would be active, prolific authors. Unfortunately the <a href="http://www.elatable.com/blog/?p=5">1-10-100 rule</a> is the reality. <br /><br />A small minority is going to contribute original content. So what you want to design for is a low effort way for the majority of content consumers to refine and build upon an initial bit of seeded content.<br /><br />So if someone only has time to write a quick entry about something, someone else can add more detail to it, and yet another person can add/clean up the tagging and categorisation.<br /><br />This is the Wikipedia model -- but wouldn't it be great if del.icio.us did this too? I would love to be able to quickly add a bookmark, and later return to it and see that my tag 'stuff' had been replaced with the tags 'user experience design, blog, opinion'. and that my description, "this looks cool," had been supplemented by a full, collaborative review of the website I'd bookmarked.<br clear="all" />Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-34710323310353280922007-04-27T12:16:00.000+01:002007-04-27T12:20:16.815+01:00TwitteringI've given in and decided to try <a href="http://twitter.com">Twitter</a> see what all the fuss is about.<br /><br />So -- it's done.<br /><br /><div style="width:176px;text-align:center"><embed src="http://twitter.com/flash/twitter_badge.swf" flashvars="color1=10040064&type=user&id=5550612" quality="high" width="176" height="176" name="twitter_badge" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></embed><br><a style="font-size: 10px; color: #993300; text-decoration: none" href="http://twitter.com/kaigani">follow kaigani at http://twitter.com</a></div><br /><br />Maybe it would get more interesting with friends on -- but I have to say I'm underwhelmed. What is this doing that my IM buddylist doesn't do?Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-48389305304680899322007-04-25T15:44:00.000+01:002007-04-25T15:45:27.509+01:00Test - blogroll<script type="text/javascript" src="http://del.icio.us/feeds/js/kaioshin?title=my%20del.icio.us;icon=rss;name;showadd"></script><br /><noscript><a href="http://del.icio.us/kaioshin">my del.icio.us</a></noscript>Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-37318995967820217472007-01-12T09:59:00.000Z2007-01-12T10:15:32.065Zmp3s need meta tagging for podcastsAs I listen to increasingly more podcasts, one frustration I keep encountering occurs when I am listening to a podcast/radio show that runs for over 40 minutes, and I need to stop it in the middle. Then, if I've quit the player, I have to manually try and find the place where I stopped.<br /><br />One simple solution would be to add timecodes and labels to the comments field, for instance:<br /><br />0:00,"chapter 1",2:45,"chapter 2", etc.<br /><br />And then players could support this information by allowing you to skip ahead by timecode within a single mp3.<br /><br />It would also be nice if mp3 tags could be given temporary bookmarks -- so I could stop and bookmark it in my iPod and then resume it on my PC.<br /><br />C'mon lazyweb ... make it happen!Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146014.post-34685694732494389632007-01-11T09:32:00.000Z2007-01-11T09:47:50.177ZWho are the Apple designers?It's <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/10/commentary/lewis_fortune_iphone.fortune/index.htm">well known</a> how vigorously Apple defends its trade secrets and new products like the iPhone. However this seems to include stopping their team from blogging. (As <a href="http://scobleizer.com/2006/10/28/apple-blogger-calls-bullshit-on-me/">Robert Scoble notes</a> and former Apple employee, <a href="http://chuqui.typepad.com/chuqui_30/2006/10/why_apple_doesn.html">Chiqui explains further</a>).<br /><br />Whether or not Apple condones or condemns blogging is irrelevant -- from my point of view, there are lots of amazingly talented UI and user experience designers who work there, and I'd like to know who they are.<br /><br />While Steve Jobs will occasionally let the praise for Apple's well designed products trickle down to people like <a href="http://www.designmuseum.org/design/jonathan-ive">Jonathan Ive</a> -- for the most part he seems happy to take all the credit for himself.<br /><br />This is unfair to those of us in the industry. The IA/UXD profession is largely open about sharing practices and processes that have been helpful in our work, and this improves the industry as a whole -- it makes us all better designers. <br /><br />The design community has always been supportive of Apple -- they should be aware that they can make a useful contribution to the UXD dialogue and, in turn, support the design community.Kaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15184510196311044977noreply@blogger.com0