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Google Wave First Look

Screen grabs from a developer preview: Google Wave First Look - Google Wave - Lifehacker

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Custom AddThis Toolbox Menu: New Halo 3 Video

Nice custom implementation (video requires age check...)

Halo3: ODST

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Getting Hands On with Google Wave

Ars takes you inside of Google's bold vision for the future of Internet messaging with this hands-on look at Wave. Learn more about the experimental service, its underlying technology, and the opportunities that will provide for third-party developers.

Turning the tide: a hands-on look at Google's Wave - Ars Technica

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Can a computer compose music?

Can a computer program really generate musical compositions that are good enough to have been written by humans? Professor David Cope thinks so, and has dedicated decades of research to the topic of artificial intelligence in music, which has resulted in not one, but two controversial composing engines.

Virtual composer makes beautiful music and stirs controversy - Ars Technica

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Google Wave adds more users

Google Wave is ready for its next step: a more thorough test of its scalability and stability as more than 100,000 new users crowd onto the service.

Google Wave ready for wider testing via CNET

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Search, Trends and Google

Ok, I can admit I have a problem: I love usage data. It's fascinating to peek into the numbers behind a user experience and try to understand not just what users are doing, but why and how. More about data and AddThis later, but years ago at AOL I designed the original "Hot Searches" product that showed which search terms were rising and falling the fastest. From these humble beginnings grew two fun AOL programmed destinations, Hot Searches and AOL's year end Hot Searches retrospectives.

More recently, Google has integrated their Hot Trends data into search results, one more volley into the battle of real-time search:

Google Hot Trends Integrated Into Google Search via SearchEngineLand

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Design Pattern Repositories

When designing interactive experiences, there are lots of ways to innovate, but also situations where it doesn't make sense to reinvent the wheel. There are many parts of a larger experience with which users could or should already be familiar, and this is where design pattern libraries can be excellent resources for designers. Here is a list of libraries and resources culled from a LinkedIn group of user experience designers that I thought I'd compile for easier browsing:

Getting started

I've been posting links to Facebook and Twitter for some time now, however I'm finding neither the right fit. Twitter is great for blasting out links, but mixing work with friends and family on Facebook isn't the best use of that medium. I'd rather not try to blog on Facebook, and Twitter is, well, Twitter. So, after much thought and consideration (in other words, procrastination...) I'm starting a more design-oriented blog. I won't promise it will be all about design -- likely a mix of visual design, UI, UX, technology, brand marketing, science and whatever else leaps out at me.

As you may already know, I'm the Director of User Experience for Clearspring and AddThis, having held several UI/UX related positions at Netscape, AOL and Revolution Health. I am very fortunate to work with Jeff Wong, our creative director, and other incredibly talented folks at Clearspring Technologies. If you'd like to learn more, check out the "Follow Me" links off to the side.

I'll be writing a good bit more about AddThis and sharing in this blog, so stay tuned.

Interview with Rob Janoff, designer of the Apple logo | creativebits

Interview with Rob Janoff, designer of the Apple logo | creativebits

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