Juan The Designer

Listening to… Studio 360, American Icons: I Love Lucy

JuanTheDesigner — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:37:05 +0000

Getting caught up on Studio 360′s American Icons series. When they play clips from the show, I recall the episodes and start laughing slightly as I remember how funny the show was. Can’t wait for the enjoy it again with the kids when they are older.

http://www.studio360.org/2011/aug/05/

Screenshot- iTunes Match

JuanTheDesigner — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:44:42 +0000

Yea…

Are all those options on newer cars needed?

JuanTheDesigner — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:19:08 +0000

I love this image of the Space Shuttle’s cockpit. So many controls and screens.

It reminds of newer cars though, and not in a good way. On the shuttle, the plethora of controls makes sense.

My first car didn’t have a digital radio – I installed one afterwards. The A/C had those slider switches. Now, A/C controls have many variations, multiplied by the number of passengers – since they all have their own environment controls.

Cars are getting closer and closer to the complexity of a space craft. Instead of making them simpler and smarter, we’re making them more reliant on our feedback. The logical progression isn’t more options of high techy-ness, but towards autonomy.

Late hours on the computer

JuanTheDesigner — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 13:04:44 +0000

When I wake up early to get a jump on work, one of my favorite moments is when my monitor’s brightness changes as the sun comes up.

I have F.Lux installed because I do a lot of stuff either really late or really early. When F.Lux brightens my screen in the morning, it’s almost like a happy cup of coffee; like watching the sun come up but not knowing you were waiting for it.

$120 part… In the palm of your hand.

JuanTheDesigner — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 13:55:09 +0000

It could have cost me $210 installed. Man, I’m glad my dad taught me about repairing my own car.

50k words, or bust.

JuanTheDesigner — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:00:48 +0000

I’m preparing for NaNoWriMo. Hopefully, using Evernote and as well as being better prepared, I will write those 50,000 words. I’ve got some notes ready as well as a few ideas of what to write about, but haven’t decided yet. Perfect excuse to try this poll feature…

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The Miyazaki Effect

JuanTheDesigner — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 23:52:02 +0000

Kids watching Howl’s Moving Castle.

I love this kind of stuff.

JuanTheDesigner — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:12:54 +0000

I love how shorts can have as much emotion, plot, and feeling as a full length movie.

Danger Planet from Justin Burks on Vimeo.

Door stop – It’s the little things…

JuanTheDesigner — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 05:24:49 +0000

This is what I love about design, it fixes problems you didn’t realize you had until something comes along that makes you say, “Well, yea… why wasn’t it done that way before?” The one thing I would say about this is the handle needs some sort of tactile feedback to let the user know the stop has popped out. It lets the user know how to retract the stop, but it needs to be tactile as well. Other than that, love it.

Right Angle: Foot-Free, Hand-Deployed Doorstop Invention | Designs & Ideas on Dornob.

Droool… nerd blueprints…

JuanTheDesigner — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:41:36 +0000

I’m not a Star Wars nerd, I love the movies but I don’t really care who shot first nor do I give a crap about the hatred towards Jar-jar. But give me blueprints and watch the nerdgasm flow.

Star Wars: The Blueprints. via Dudecraft