Encarta was a big part of Microsoft’s consumer CD business in the late twentieth century. Before the internet provided enough…
Serendipitous Window Shopping
Amazon was prototyping a “serendipitous browsing experience” for books, music and other digital media, that behaved like the then-new iPad…
Einstein's Clock
There is a place where time stands still. Raindrops hang motionless in the air. Pendulums of clocks float mid-swing…As a…
A User's Experience of Money
In the heyday of Microsoft’s consumer boxed-product business, the Money team enjoyed the relative lack of competition from internet-based online…
Illustrious Illustrations
Where would we be without the ingenious bezier curve? Without our love-hate relationship with the Pen Tool? Is the flat…
Bread, Wine, and Design
Designing for houses of worship takes a sensitive approach to spirituality and the transcendent. A willingness to let the holy…
It Pays to be Specific
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Not Too Cool for School
I received my bachelors of fine arts degree in Visual Communications from the University of Washington in 1998. We studied…
The Hit Lab
When I was a senior in the Visual Communications program at the University of Washington, the late great Professor John…