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Think of Al Gore. Don’t be a Dick.

Oct 13, 2007

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in Education, History, Personal, Politics, Science, Storytelling, The Future, TV & Movies

Al Gore and Iron Eyes Cody. Go check out the original TV ads: Canoe and Horseback Whenever I am about to do something wasteful, like throwing a plastic bottle in the trash or turning the air conditioner on when it’s 74 degrees, my wife says these words to me: “Think of Al Gore.” The phrase,…

Brooklyn Entomology

Aug 29, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Images, NYC, Personal, Science

Creative Creationists

Jun 3, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Art, Design, Education, History, Politics, Reviews, Science, Technology, The Future, TV & Movies, User Experience Design

I’ve always wanted to believe that rational scientific thought and creative/artistic thinking are not just incompatible, but that they are in fact closely linked. Both in my personal art projects and in my professional work as an interaction designer, artistry and science have always gone hand in hand. My peers and friends generally share this…

Vibrating Eyelid

May 24, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Images, Personal, Science

Scientists say that a vibrating eyelid is typically the result of either not enough sleep (check), stress (check), or too much caffeine (check). I hope this photo illustrates why Iâ€™ve not posted in a while. Iâ€™ll catch up soon, I hope.

Predicting User Experience Success

Apr 20, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Branding and Marketing, Business, Design, Interface Design, Science, Social Interaction, TV & Movies, User Experience Design

A fascinating article in last Sunday’s New York Times documents a recent study in which it is shown that predicting the success of cultural products (such as movies or music) is impossible, and that a phenomenon called “cumultive advantage” — where people prefer something largely because other people already prefer it — will usually overcome…

Come to my Stylish Talk at the 2007 IA Summit

Mar 21, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Architecture, Art, Behavior, Business, Design, graphpaper.com, History, Information Architecture, Language, Personal, Science, Social Interaction, Storytelling, Technology, User Experience Design, Web, Work

I am speaking next Monday at the 2007 ASIS&T Information Architecture Summit in Las Vegas. My topic will be “Interaction Design Style“. It will be a highly visual romp through a variety of topic having to do with the concept of style and how it fits into the design of interactive systems: The definition of…

Are Some People Just Visually Dull?

Mar 19, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Art, Design, Images, Information Design, Personal, Reviews, Science, Technology, TV & Movies, User Experience Design

Everywhere you go, you see 16:9 widescreen television screens playing regular 4:3 video programs stretched out to fit across the whole screen. You see these in airports, banks, bars, and offices. Maybe you even see this in your own home. Presumably, the owners of these TV screens can’t bear to see all those extra black…

SXSW 2007: Twitter & Social Cyborgs

Mar 14, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Images, Interface Design, Language, Personal, Reviews, Science, Social Interaction, Storytelling, Technology, The Future, User Experience Design, Web

Essentially, Twitter permits large and disparate groups of people to synchronize their activities with one another without there being any obligation to actually engage in real planning. When you announce where you are and what youâ€™re doing, there is no â€œdealâ€ in place that any action will be taken on the information youâ€™ve shared, unlike…

SXSW 2007: Class Dismissed, or How My Panel Went

Mar 11, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Art, Branding and Marketing, Business, Design, History, Interface Design, Personal, Politics, Science, Storytelling, Technology, User Experience Design, Web

My SXSW panel, High Class and Low Class Web Design, is over now, and I can now share a little bit of about how I and a few others think it went. Some bloggers who attended the panel have already published their own notes and reviews, too, so if you want to skip what I…

More World Maps

Mar 6, 2007

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Christopher Fahey

in Art, Design, graphpaper.com, History, Images, Information Design, Personal, Science

Just thought I’d post a couple world maps to compare with my own drawing. First, let’s see what the big shots say over at Rand McNally: Not bad. Almost as accurate as mine. Let’s see how I compare to the 17th century cartographer Nicolas Visscher: I think I kicked his ass.

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