The Road to Abilene: The Abilene Paradox

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Why does corporate idiocy sometimes feel like one of those things you just have to get used to, like mimes and gravity? How is it that normal, well-educated, well-meaning corporate citizens act like terrorists within their own organization? It’s the equivalent of an auto-immune disorder for…

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So excited! After my 27in iMac got delayed againnnn it’s finally shipping! And ahead of schedule to boot! The adobe suite is gonna fly on this thing. Can not wait. Getting here on the 3rd.

So excited!

After my 27in iMac got delayed againnnn it’s finally shipping!

And ahead of schedule to boot!

The adobe suite is gonna fly on this thing. Can not wait.

Getting here on the 3rd.

feltron: http://feltron.com/index.php?/content/2009_annual_report/ http://feltron.com/shop.html Each day in 2009, I asked every person with whom I had a meaningful encounter to submit a record of this meeting through an online survey. These reports form the heart of the 2009 Annual Report. From parents to old friends, to people I met for the first time, to my dentist… any time I felt that someone had discerned enough of my personality and activities, they were given a card with a URL and unique number to record their experience. I kept track only of who I gave survey invitations to, the number of the card and where it was given. The surveys answers were submitted via text forms, allowing the respondee to write whatever they desired, and leaving the task of making comparisons between the data up to me. I have used only this information to create the report, however accurate it may be. I have strived to sort and collate the data in a clinical and repeatable manner that could be reproduced by someone looking for the same stories I have selected.The data set itself was messy and overwhelming, and filled with enough information for several more reports. There are inherent shortcomings (like the unrepresentative amount of water recorded), and endearing strong suits (like the exploration of mood). I used several tools to make this task a more manageable, including Processing, which allowed me to map and explore alternate layouts much more quickly than previously, and Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.The printed edition of the report is being letterpressed by Swayspace in Brooklyn, New York. It is 16 pages and printed using 4 colors on 80 lb. French Durotone cover stock, and will be individually numbered, signed and mailed in March. Yessss. Finally out. Definitely look at this.

feltron:

http://feltron.com/index.php?/content/2009_annual_report/

http://feltron.com/shop.html

Each day in 2009, I asked every person with whom I had a meaningful encounter to submit a record of this meeting through an online survey. These reports form the heart of the 2009 Annual Report. From parents to old friends, to people I met for the first time, to my dentist… any time I felt that someone had discerned enough of my personality and activities, they were given a card with a URL and unique number to record their experience. 

I kept track only of who I gave survey invitations to, the number of the card and where it was given. The surveys answers were submitted via text forms, allowing the respondee to write whatever they desired, and leaving the task of making comparisons between the data up to me. I have used only this information to create the report, however accurate it may be. I have strived to sort and collate the data in a clinical and repeatable manner that could be reproduced by someone looking for the same stories I have selected.

The data set itself was messy and overwhelming, and filled with enough information for several more reports. There are inherent shortcomings (like the unrepresentative amount of water recorded), and endearing strong suits (like the exploration of mood). I used several tools to make this task a more manageable, including Processing, which allowed me to map and explore alternate layouts much more quickly than previously, and Amazon’s Mechanical Turk.

The printed edition of the report is being letterpressed by Swayspace in Brooklyn, New York. It is 16 pages and printed using 4 colors on 80 lb. French Durotone cover stock, and will be individually numbered, signed and mailed in March.

Yessss. Finally out. Definitely look at this.

So another update that should have been posted forever ago. This is the Humedica website that I designed with Protobrand. Humedica is a next-generation clinical informatics company that provides novel business intelligence solutions to the health care industry. It was a start up at the time and it’s off to a great start! It was one of my first projects with the firm and I had a lot of fun with it. More to come!

So another update that should have been posted forever ago. This is the Humedica website that I designed with Protobrand. Humedica is a next-generation clinical informatics company that provides novel business intelligence solutions to the health care industry. It was a start up at the time and it’s off to a great start! It was one of my first projects with the firm and I had a lot of fun with it. More to come!

Just found out I'm all over Google.
So I ordered a new iMac 27 inch in december but my order was cancelled because of silly bank of america. Reordered a couple days ago but have to wait anotherrrr 2 weeks. This is horrible. But this thing will be beautiful. 27in screen. quad core i7 processor 8GBs of ram 512MBs of video ram 2TBs of memory gaaaah can’t wait!

So I ordered a new iMac 27 inch in december but my order was cancelled because of silly bank of america. Reordered a couple days ago but have to wait anotherrrr 2 weeks. This is horrible.

But this thing will be beautiful.

27in screen.

quad core i7 processor

8GBs of ram

512MBs of video ram

2TBs of memory

gaaaah can’t wait!

Finally cracked and bought Nicholas Feltron’s 2008 annual report. I can’t wait to get it.

Finally cracked and bought Nicholas Feltron’s 2008 annual report. I can’t wait to get it.

So this is my new obsession. I’ve been waiting for the new year to start this. I first saw daytum.com through the beautiful information design of Nicholas Feltron and his annual reports and needed to start tracking my own data for myself. So if you want to know wayyyy more than you should about me… click that link.

So this is my new obsession. I’ve been waiting for the new year to start this. I first saw daytum.com through the beautiful information design of Nicholas Feltron and his annual reports and needed to start tracking my own data for myself.

So if you want to know wayyyy more than you should about me…

click that link.

the new protobrand

So one thing I’ve done is redesigned their website. Click the link to check it out.

The website was then tediously coded by Matt Kenefick which is awesome.

So where were we?

Oh yea my internship!

Well, not an internship anymore to start.

I got hired after the summer and have been juggling that with school. Intense but such an amazing experience. Its so nice having actual clients and real experience under my belt.