Sometimes, we put down our whiteboard markers and engage with our true passion – boy bands. Below is a little thing we made in response to another video on YouTube. It was planned in about 5 minutes and we really didn’t know the lyrics. But, it was a...

Can you imagine an alternate reality? We talk about alternate reality games, but what if an alternate reality exists for others on a day to day basis. Take a second and imagine what it would be like if you couldn’t’ think in the abstract, but instead...

Part of the Smart.fm iPhone App Story Update: The app was just released. Download it from iTunes now. When last we posted about the Smart.fm iPhone app the team had moved from design into development. In the few months since we have been hard at...

Five years ago I wrote about the burgeoning phenomenon of “tagging” content, and in it, I used the metaphor of the desire line — trails worn into a landscape that demonstrate the paths people want to take, not those that were laid down by the...

When I think of leading web applications, Mint.com and Google Maps come to mind. I was thrilled that representatives from both agreed to speak at UX Week 2009 a few weeks ago, to share some insight as to how they innovate. Though they have different...