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I Feel the Need… The Need for One Speed!

Sep 16, 2007

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This weekend I built my first single-speed bicycle. It’s not a fixed-gear or track bike — it has a single gear in the back with a freewheel mechanism, and as you can see it has brakes, too. For years I’ve wanted a single-speed bike just to see what all the fuss is about, but also…

The Big IDEA (Conference 2007)

Sep 15, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Branding and Marketing, Information Architecture, Interface Design, NYC, Personal, Reviews, User Experience Design

I want to go to the IDEA Conference, which starts in two weeks here in New York. Conferences generally come in two categories. Conferences to meet people who do exactly what you do, and where you learn about how to do what you do better. Conferences to meet people you can do business with, and…

42 Drawers (+12)

Sep 13, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Design, Images, Information Architecture, NYC, Personal, User Experience Design

I just bought a pair of chests of tiny drawers — 54 in all. Believe me, I have enough stuff to put in these drawers. But here’s my question: How shall I organize them?

My Second Race

Aug 30, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Cycling & Running, NYC, Personal

I’m the skinhead in the red shirt. A year ago I entered my first bike race. It didn’t go well. Yesterday I entered my second race, and my first multi-sport race. It was a “duathlon” — running and bicycling — around Brooklyn’s lovely Prospect Park in the twilight hours of a perfect summer weekday. How…

Brooklyn Entomology

Aug 29, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Images, NYC, Personal, Science

Shake Shack, Noon, Rainy Day = No Line

Aug 22, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Business, Images, NYC

Watch Me Speak in NYC: Thursday July 19 and Thursday July 26

Jul 15, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Behavior, Business, graphpaper.com, Information Architecture, NYC, Personal, Social Interaction, User Experience Design, Work

I am speaking at two upcoming events sponsored by several New York-based information architecture organizations. When my wife asked who the organizers were, I said “It’s the IA Union!” At both events, I will be delivering a version of my informative, fast paced, and fun IA Summit presentation, “Interaction Design Style“. July 19: IA Summit…

Grace, not just Efficiency, in Queue Management

Jun 23, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Architecture, Branding and Marketing, Business, NYC, Reviews, Social Interaction, User Experience Design

Large retail stores and fast-food restaurants have a simple choice when designing their checkout customer experience: Multiple registers, multiple lines, one line per register Multiple registers, single line This problem is known in the retail industry as “queue management”. The New York Times today features an article comparing the checkout experiences of several New York…

The Google Street View Racial Gerrymander

Jun 14, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Architecture, Business, History, Images, NYC, Personal, Politics, Reviews, Social Interaction, Technology, Web

I love Google Street View. But what a surprise I had when I tried to view my own building and found out that the Street View photo-truck decided that they would limit their coverage to upscale (i.e., white) neighborhoods.

Back to the Future: New Poor, New Slums

Jan 12, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Architecture, Design, History, NYC, Personal, Politics, The Future, TV & Movies

A strange part of the US real-estate boom is the housing construction boom. Across America, brand-new housing developments are sprouting up like kudzu vines, tearing down forests and farmland to build new housing as fast as possible. Behind this are many factors: immigration, ongoing white flight from the cities, the growth of suburban sprawl, the…

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