Old blog posts about Twitter by Tom Smith and Louis Gray prompt discussion about the gap between user expectation and practice.
Topics: depression, expectations, February, gap, In the News, journal, practice, problems, reflection, revisiting, Tom Smith, Twitter, use

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In his recent TED talk, Julian Treasure treats sound as a material for businesses, an insight that changes the way designers should approach common spaces.
Topics: approach, aural, business, common spaces, design, digital, environment, human-centered, In the News, Julian Treasure, physical, sound, TED talk, video

{"title":"Shared Sounds","post_url":"http:\/\/www.blogschmog.net\/2009\/10\/19\/shared-sounds\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.blogschmog.net\/feed","author":"amakice","date":"2009-10-19 06:06:42","summary":"In his recent TED talk, Julian Treasure treats sound as a material for businesses, an insight that changes the way designers should approach common spaces."}

While official support of Twitter lists will initially produce a bunch of happy campers, lists may also change behavior in unexpected ways.
Topics: API, changes, consequences, evolving, groups, impersonal, In the News, lists, problems, relationships, Twitter, unintended

{"title":"The Impact of Twitter Lists","post_url":"http:\/\/www.blogschmog.net\/2009\/10\/16\/the-impact-of-twitter-lists\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.blogschmog.net\/feed","author":"amakice","date":"2009-10-16 04:17:59","summary":"While official support of Twitter lists will initially produce a bunch of happy campers, lists may also change behavior in unexpected ways."}

In between precision and art, data can be presented in an ambiguous way, so as to force the observer to become a co-creator of its meaning. This is one key insight that informed the Kazomi project, now in Alpha testing.
Topics: ambiguous design, design, images, kazomi, pictures, project, research, summer, survey

{"title":"Testing Ambiguity","post_url":"http:\/\/www.blogschmog.net\/2009\/10\/15\/testing-ambiguity\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/www.blogschmog.net\/feed","author":"amakice","date":"2009-10-15 04:55:20","summary":"In between precision and art, data can be presented in an ambiguous way, so as to force the observer to become a co-creator of its meaning. This is one key insight that informed the Kazomi project, now in Alpha testing."}

What if there's Wizards of Xavierly Place?
Topics: all sorts of crazy smarts for kids, blogging, Carter, Conversations with Carter, Creative Corner

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