Alex Barberis

We can dream right?

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:06:57 -0500

We can dream right?

When Domos attack!

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:51:53 -0500

When Domos attack!

iOS ‘86

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:25:54 -0500

iOS ‘86

uxrave: Starry Night by Van Gogh. Majestic animations in...

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:42:05 -0500

uxrave:

Starry Night by Van Gogh. Majestic animations in this video of an interactive touchscreen.

My favorite painting gone digital.

"The graffiti artist who took Facebook stock instead of cash for painting the walls of the social..."

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:12:00 -0500

“The graffiti artist who took Facebook stock instead of cash for painting the walls of the social network’s first headquarters made a smart bet. The shares owned by the artist, David Choe, are expected to be worth upward of $200 million when Facebook stock trades publicly later this year.”

- Not bad for some graffiti huh?

Boarding Pass Usability

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:00:06 -0500

This recent blog post from Delta shows off their new boarding pass design. It’s nice to see an airline paying attention to the usability of the boarding pass. Those things are a mess. This design is very clean and easy to read. The gate, time, and seat immediately jump out at me.

Apparently the white space will facilitate the consolidation of up to four flights on a single boarding pass which is great.

It’s got some room for improvement but I think its a step in the right direction. I hope the other airlines move towards a design like this.

"Facebook has become the largest platform for display advertising on the Web in the United States; 28..."

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:11:00 -0500

“Facebook has become the largest platform for display advertising on the Web in the United States; 28 percent of all display ads come to Facebook, followed by Yahoo, which gets less than half that share.”

- Wow, that’s insane. This is according to comScore so I’m not sure how accurate that number is.

ING 2012 Medal Rough day but I made it!

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:51:01 -0500

ING 2012 Medal

Rough day but I made it!

All ready for tomorrow. Didn’t get to train much for this...

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:48:54 -0500

All ready for tomorrow. Didn’t get to train much for this one. Here we go…

Sunday. (Taken with instagram)

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:06:15 -0500

Sunday. (Taken with instagram)

Exit Through The Gift Shop

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:41:01 -0500

I watched this on Netflix last night. It’s a Banksy documentary featuring Thierry Guetta, a French “filmmaker” turned “street artist”. Lots of great art throughout the film.

I’m beginning to partially buy into the theory that this is all a creation of Banksy and is his ultimate art piece. You have to see it to understand the conspiracy theory.

Highly recommended.

My Permissions

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:05:00 -0500

I found a really great site today that helps check what applications have access to your social network accounts. I was surprised at the amount of applications that had full access to my Google and Facebook accounts. At MyPermissions.org I was able to quickly access all of the different permission pages that are usually buried very deep. No registration necessary, just start clicking the icons to view the associated permission page. Everything took about 2 minutes as the site claims.

I’m always really cautious about letting applications have control over any of my accounts and thought this wasn’t an issue. I removed tons of applications only leaving 1 in some cases. Do yourself a favor and check this out!

Fire pit tonight (Taken with instagram)

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:42:10 -0500

Fire pit tonight (Taken with instagram)

Pinball Archive: Videos

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:31:05 -0500

Pinball Archive: Videos:

By far the most comprehensive set of videos showing game play for tons of pinball machines. These are all filmed at the PAPA headquarters in Carnegie, PA.

iOS: A visual history

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:29:07 -0500

iOS: A visual history:

Perhaps the most remarkable thing about iOS is how similar the OS as it exists today is to the OS as it existed 2007, yet the number and breadth of features that Apple has baked in since then is mind boggling. Far from suffering from the “feature creep” that typically bogs down operating systems over time, iOS has managed to stay relatively snappy and is more internally consistent than anything else available today.

Amen. Pretty good read that shows the slow evolution to iOS5.

Spin!

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:29:04 -0400

Spin!:

A progress spinner with no images. Nice.

America the Story of Us

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:00:05 -0400

America the Story of Us:

I’ve been watching this on Netflix lately. Awesome series.

4 days.

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 18:00:06 -0400

4 days.

Is the Desktop Having an Identity Crisis?

Thu, 04 Aug 2011 10:00:00 -0400

Good read on what Apple and Microsoft are doing to their desktop operating system roadmaps.

Both new operating systems reflect a tectonic shift in personal computing. They incorporate elements from mobile operating systems alongside more conventional desktop features. But demos of both operating systems suggest that users could face a confusing mishmash of design ideas and interaction methods.

Even though I disagree with this wave of incorporating mobile UI into the desktop I agree with some of the concepts that Apple has been bringing into OS X. The new perspective on the file system is great for average users. Full screen applications help users with window management. Gestures are great but I’m not sure how an average user adapts to them. Now disappearing scrollbars and mission control, eh. Not sold on those.

The direction that Microsoft is taking just boggles my mind. It looks like Windows Phone on the desktop. To be fair Windows8 is still under development so we will have to wait and see what that looks like.

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theclearlydope: Hello Goodmorning: To be 17 again and know this...

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:10:05 -0400

theclearlydope:

Hello Goodmorning: To be 17 again and know this trick would be nice. I’m 33 now so if I drink beer from a straw, the man police should call in the man swat team and shoot me on sight.

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Wish I knew this ninja trick back in the day!