The Szabo Stream

My name is Joe.

I am a designer of anything interactive. And I do it really, really well.


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my del.icio.us
May 13
Information Design Patterns
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Behance Network :: Gallery
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THEY RULE
May 12
Discovering Design, by Herman Miller. A must experience http://tinyurl.com/5l8cj7
May 10
TimeTube
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10 girls. 6 boys. 1 bowling party. All of ‘em are under 6. Yeah, TGIS.
May 9
Insights meeting. Friday. 5:04 PM. Somebody shoot me…
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Royalty Free HD Stock Footage
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Pitfalls of Guaranteed Success

Came across this today via Twitter. The authour has captured with better than anyone I know, including my alter ego.  

If you think success is guaranteed you will…

  1. Worry about Server Scaling instead of good UI.
  2. Hire people you don’t need instead of hiring the right people.
  3. Add features you don’t need instead of trimming the cruft.
  4. Your overall attitude changes and you…
    1. start believing you have all the answers.
    2. stop listening to users.
  5. You worry about what people will say instead of going with your gut.
  6. You opt for vanilla solutions instead of being bold.
  7. You turn into an asshole (might have already happened). 
Source: less everything
May 8
OUCH…. Dove’s ‘Real Beauty’ Pics Could Be Big Phonies http://tinyurl.com/4xutlk
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If you’re in the PR biz, how would you fix Dove’s latest problem? http://tinyurl.com/4xutlk
May 7
I’m gonna fa-shizzle this site flow if it’s the last thing I do today.
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OK, anybody know any freelance Information Architects looking for a project?
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CNN says “cyclone victims face food shortages” Wow, must be a slow news day in Atlanta.
May 3
Is it a bad thing to buy my 6 year old a Wii for her 6th birthday? Nah… Of course not.