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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

PoP Project now works on Safari, Chrome, Firefox, and IE! http://mypopproject.com

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

For all of my marketing buddies, I found you a good way to explain marketing vs advertising vs PR, etc. http://paradigmpop.com/node/44

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

What materials are aesthetically presented in a single column. Web layouts are 2 cols but I want to know if 1 can work.

Friday, May 08, 2009

I need to go Chi-NJ-France in September. How to make this cheap?

Monday, May 04, 2009

PoP Project in public beta! This is what I have been on in last year. Finally we have opened to the public. http://paradigmpop.com

PoP Project (Standard, in Public Beta) is Released!

This is a cross post from <a href="http://paradigmpop.com/node/39">http://paradigmpop.com/node/39</a> so I'll have your comments there. Thanks.

Ladies and Gentlemen, it is with great pride that we release PoP Project (Standard version in Public Beta) today, the fourth of May, Two Thousand and Nine! You can start checking it out at <a href="http://www.paradigmpop.com.

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Wow,</a> what a journey this far. When we started putting PoP Project together, it was a lofty goal of giving everyone everything they could ever ask for. Then as we moved forward, life dawned on us in bits & pieces. We began to realize that focusing on sections of our audience might help, that postponing our features might help, and that watching our private beta customers use the tool certainly helped. We acquired wisdom in bits & pieces. At one point close to its release PoP Project suddenly morphed from a bud into a beautiful flower. It was one of those �Eureka� moments that now separates the �then� from the �now� version in our minds. For those of you who�ve read about the smart black color tone in my blog, yes � that�s what I am talking about.

It has taken us a very late night to bring this to a release today. A lot of last minute work on other pieces besides the tool kept us busy. The website, tour, final testing, all of that took time. Is the release perfect now? Well, we�d love to think so but won�t. There will be kinks, and we promise to set them right for you. That�s why PoP Project is in a public �beta�, and that�s why if you are using it, we call you our �friend�.

Enjoy!

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Give me names for my guitar. It's a she.

Friday, April 24, 2009

addicted to western movies. Suggest your best.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Say sho gan hai bin do wa?
More and more people are peddling PM tools on Twitter. It is creating too much noise for any of these to really stand out.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

PoP Project is going Emo

This is a cross post from http://paradigmpop.com/node/28 so I'll have your comments there.



We have been tossing around ideas for PoP Project's UI and one of the suggestions was a black based scheme. The inspiration was the iPhone, which is generally a good flagstone for UI redesign. I was fervently against black based scheme because, well, Paradigm PoP is a white based scheme! However, after much persuading and a few swings, I was convinced to mock up a black based version.

I was blown away. The black based version immediately gave PoP Project an edgy feel, as well as a more professional look. The colors that need to stand out stand out better in black. The whole thing just looks so freakin' sexy in black.

That is why, as of yesterday, PoP Project is going emo with a black based scheme. The rest of our tools stay as they are for now and we'll see how that plays out with branding.
PoP Project is going Emo! http://paradigmpop.com/node/28

Saturday, April 18, 2009

There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those that know binary and those that don't.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Play it Again Sam, Or the Correct Way to Design UI

This is a crosspost from http://paradigmpop.com/node/26 so leave your comments there.



PoP Project is a tool bred to be simple. When the first UI was conceived, it was simple. Yet we found ways to make it simpler. Then when this redone UI was simple we scrutinized it again to make it even simpler. We played the tune of simple several times on PoP Project, and every time we were very pleased with the results. Our private betas were very happy with how simple our tool felt, and each redux made them happier. However, they understood the game and now are in league with our efforts to make our tool simple.

This is how great UI is born.
I blogged a thought I had during my latest redux of PoP Project UI. Read it at http://paradigmpop.com/node/26

Thursday, April 09, 2009

I'm making a 3d short film. See a 20 second clip at http://deathtokalia.com/node/82

Monday, April 06, 2009

So my green card counts for nothing? http://cli.gs/dr4Q4T
Devneel published his first song. Hear it at http://deathtokalia.com/node/81