Author: Steve

The Chronicle Review had a “Back-of-the-Envelope Design Contest” to get some ideas for the “George W. Bush Library”, “We thought that Chronicle readers would have their own ideas about how…

2 days of riding over the weekend, not exactly as planned as B woke up Saturday morning feeling ill (something about a bad dépaneur chicken sandwich). Saturday I drove over…

Driving back into Montreal from stevey on Vimeo. Short scrambly video of me (was trying to film while driving) driving into the tunnel off the Bonaventure. This part of the…

Reading this Lifehacker Post about traveling with a laptop; ran into this very smart system/hack to prevent hotel guests from leaving the lights on and wasting energy… “The one electricity…

Some links for February 27th through March 3rd… Poolga. iPhone and iPod Touch wallpapers for the rest of us.“Great wallpapers; need to convert some to fit my Nokia screen.” Beautiful…

I’ve become a bigger and bigger fan of Adidas over the years. Their skateboard program can only get bigger. I also feel that their design aesthetic has cleaned up considerably…

Woolworth Building, NYC Another beautiful photo from fellow Planker, Geoff Weeks. documentone.ca

The winning animation in the 2007 Adobe Design Achievement Awards titled “Fische und Schiffe” by Axel Broetje is worth watching. Beautifully subtle with great music. Just wish they offered a…

With the purchase of my new iPod, I needed a new case. I’m pretty picky about cases, logos, and styling. I wanted something that just act like a protective envelope…

Some links for February 27th… Norway 19th Century Postcards“Great 19th century postcards from Norway.” Fixing MacBook Pro Sleep Problems“How to fix sleep issues on a MacBook Pro” KeyRemap4MacBook“Remap your keyboard…

Made me laugh — If you get what’s going on here; 2 HTML nerd strikes against ya! “Plus a few missing ones; c-o-l-o-r.net/C0FFEE, c-o-l-o-r.net/DECAFF, c-o-l-o-r.net/CABB1E” View full size

Lovin’ this shot of Chris who took part on the ’08 Office Booyz @ Bear Mtn. Check the full post at the IS Design Blog

I have always thought of this as my first insight in a GTD approach to work; It’s worth going back and reading “Time Management: The Pickle Jar Theory” from 2002,…

We watched the 1940’s edition of “The Grapes of Wrath” over weekend. What a wonderful movie, heart-felt with simple prose delivered honestly and with the conviction you expect from such…

I’m a huge fan of “shifting”, which can be hard to explain to some people who aren’t as tech savy as some of us. This little video from some Canadian…