Content is Context

"The defining experience of any new technology today is all about context. The software interfaces we use to perceive, access, and engage digital workflows are evolving to be more simple and direct. Until recently UI was expressed as an abstract enclosure (or “chrome”), but now it is recessive and getting out of our way to expose the plain fact of physical place or network node. There can no longer be an abstraction: the content is the context and the context defines the interface." Pretty great article, read it here: http://designmind.frogdesign.com/blog/chromeless-the-content-is-the-interface.html

Frog : Hartmut Esslinger

I think you should always do more than people ask for. Or, we should not only look at what they ask for, but what they would like to do if they have the courage to ask for it.  

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Trash Talk Day 2: food lover

Here's my haul from day 2: mostly wrappers from snacks and dinner. plus, my crest white strips. hey... got be blingin'. [slideshow]

Day One of "Trash Talk"... Collecting + Carrying my own trash!

From Frog Design: Trash Talk Blog For two whole days I am collecting and carrying all my trash. Thats right, the tissues, water bottles, plates, soda cans, lollipop sticks, cupcake wrappers, etc. Thankfully, I will not be carrying my compost (because I make a lot of it) from all my cooking. That would reek. I must take it wherever I go. Be it to the movies, to Bloomingdales or to my chiropractor.

By the end of the day  I will have pictures.

So far its mid-day and I have no trash! I think Saturday may be a light load.

OFFICIAL RULES: - Participants must remove all garbage cans from your house/ desk (see exceptions below). - If the participant has roommates, they do not have to participate in this exercise (but may!) - If the participant has a partner and/or children, they do not have to participate in this exercise (but may!) - Participants may not use public garbage cans/ or anyone else’s garbage can. - Participants cannot give garbage to someone and ask them to throw it away for you. - Participants may recycle – so you don’t keep items that can be recycled. - Participants may compost. - When participants eat in a restaurant, unless it states that it composts, they must finish everything on their plate or take it to a compost facility. - Participants may flush your toilet. - Participants may incinerate items. - Participants may donate objects to Goodwill or other charity organizations. - Any garbage created, the participant must live with. It must stay on him/her (in a purse, bag etc.) or within five feet at all times.