Davin's blog

Month: March 2008

  • Omelette!

    Well, not the most attractive omelette I’ve done, but the camera was nearby. 2 eggs beaten with a little heavy whipping cream (maybe 1 or 2 teaspoons…I just poured some in) green pepper mushrooms green onion 3 thin slices of roma tomato monterey jack cheese medium cheddar cheese salt, pepper, basil

  • Lila and Eva posing while decorating cookies, Easter 2008

    Thank you Richardsons for having us over for egg-painting and cookie decorating! We had a great time!

  • I finally did the right thing and joined the Usability Professionals Association

    After years of crashing UPA-sponsored events, I finally shelled out the membership fee and joined the association. The Usability Professionals Association is a professional organization that is focused on supporting the development of the field of usability.

  • Perspective: Websites are fleeting.

    I was glancing through some files in some webspace I’ve had for a while, and ran across a fairly old portfolio page I had. It listed seven websites that I had worked on around that time. This was probably about seven years ago, so sometime in 2001 or so. Not only is there not a…

  • The trouble with desiring less is that it is easier to have more.

    A series of thoughts led me to write a list of possessions. This is, more or less, what I possess, not counting perishables or things like paper towels. Dishes, pots, pans, mixing bowls, cutting board, cooking utensils, flatware Mop, bucket, broom, dust pan, vacuum, toilet bowl brush, 2 garbage cans, dish rags, towels, cleaning solvents,…

  • Memories of snow

    I read the book “Snow” by Orhan Pamuk. There is much to say about the book, but I’ll say nothing, except that upon discussing the novel with Sarah Payok, who recommended I read it, I recalled some memories of snow, which I have not written down before. The sound of snow I meditated often when…

  • Zen rock gardens, accessibility, information architecture

    I was walking into work this morning, thinking about 1st, 2nd, 3rd orders of order (“Everything is Miscellaneous” by Weinberger) and came across a frozen pond. The pond is shaped like a teardrop and has three clumps of grass growing from it. As I considered the space between the clumps of grass, it reminded me…