Juan Sanchez

Ah, the Apple Genius Bar. You walk up, tell someone you have an appointment and that’s it. No number or anything. You just stand in a confused crowd trying to figure out where they need to stand so no one cuts in front of them. It doesn’t help that your name is flashing up on the “helping next” board and nothing is happening, so you think you’re gonna miss your appointment. All the while you’re looking around to see if other people that got there after you are being helped.

Then, magically, an associate walks up to you and knows you by name. I was totally confused, but then realized that the person I talked to initially had written down a description of me (“Green Coors shirt”) and that’s how I was found. It was all just really disorienting.

I’d love to have visibility into how they describe people. I’m sure it would make a very popular website.

Never leave home without it.

via Amazon.com: The Zombie Combat Manual: A Guide to Fighting the Living Dead

I get asked all the time for recommendations on great books on user experience. Well, here’s a group list on Shelfari. Have at it.

So, Puma makes a beer? I wonder how it tastes. Hopefully better than a shoe.

via TheDieline.com: Package Design: Puma Beer.

Good times and PBR at the Filmore for Roller Derby.

Luminaria Bock, originally uploaded by mostlyalso.

Of Del Norte Brewing Co.

Back in the day I did my fair share of comic book collecting. In fact, I once spent an absurd amount of time cataloging my collection on to my janky old-school PC. Of course, after I was about 90% thru the process the hard drive crashed.

After working in the technology industry for a while I began to think that there has to be a better way to engage with comic books. Well, along came Graphic.ly to bring comic book reading and community into the digital age. You can try out the super rough beta by downloading the AIR application at http://graphic.ly/beta/.

Be warned, it is still in very early stages of development, but if you’re passionate about comics you have the opportunity to make the app the best it can be. I’m hoping to spend some time with it myself.

Ah, camping, originally uploaded by mostlyalso.

Here’s our sweet set up while we were camping a couple months ago.
It’s also an image I’m using to test Flickr integration with my blog.
Interesting, I know.