Protocol 7 » assorted musings on life, interaction, design, and beer

Interaction Design is an interesting field because it is informed by so many disciplines – psychology, story telling, film making, business, jazz composition, game design, and urban planning, just to name a few. I’m always jotting down book recommendations from ixd practitioners to deepen my understanding of interaction design and am never bored by the [...]

I‘ve always looked at buying a couch as one of the final milestones of “becoming an adult.” Not a futon or a foam couch that sinks half a foot lower when you sit on it, but a good and proper single-purpose couch that weighs more than one person can carry. A couch that hasn’t been [...]

In which alephito and I share a family moment during the late summer in Vancouver (photograph).

Over at LiFT Studios I’m learning the art of patience. During the course of recording and producing an interview with Chris Stone – UX designer at Nitobi and local IxDA leader – I was assaulted on all sides by angry deities of technology. From the imps that sucked the batteries dry (thanks guys, Chris’ mic [...]

My brother is a creative kind of fellow, though his creativity is usually ephemeral or inaccessible – stacked rocks in the forest, writings trapped in his journal, fables stamped onto the hood of his car. As of late he’s been dabbling in the digital realm, doing a bit of Flash work and composing catchy (though [...]

Over at LiFT Studios I’m learning the art of the interview and the art of video production while working on the LiFT Studios Broadcast (LSB) – a weekly podcast about all things design. A while back I sat down with Haig Armen, the founder and director of LiFT, to talk about his approach to design, [...]

In which I amuse myself with bear clones (image).

In which I try to find spring, but wind up snapping a photo of sneakers (photograph).

In which a magical fog rolls through Vancouver (photograph).

In April of 2008 I relaunched Protocol 7 with Oulipo, my personal variation on the black and white, grid-based design style. Over the months it was featured in a several galleries and I received a number of emails from people interested in using the theme on their own site. Now that I’ve redesigned Protocol 7, [...]