Archive for December, 2011
A Modern Art Museum Reborn
I was in San Francisco over the weekend and spent part of a day at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA). I particularly enjoyed a wonderful exhibit of Frida Kahlo and the time my partner and I spent on a tour with one of the museum’s docents. The docent was very familiar with everything Frida and was a good, inspirational teacher.
I also learned about the museum’s upcoming $555 million expansion project. The project is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2013 with a completion date in 2016. The SFMOMA will close down during some of this time and reopen with not only with a larger footprint but with a lot more modern art.
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Add comment December 19, 2011
Beyond the “Spork”
One of the hallmarks of good user experience is a sense of delight. Here is a story about something that delighted me.
Initially, I was a little sad to see this spork (combined spoon and fork) in my Trader Joe’s salad the other week. Even though I usually use a real fork, this looked sadly mangled. I was glad that it was inside a plastic bag so I wouldn’t have to pick bits of broken plastic out of the food.
A broken spork?
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1 comment December 12, 2011
Man’s New Best Friend?
Ingenuity in advertising creates an entirely new type of demand
A few months ago I received a group email from a friend reading:
“I want one of these http://www.petitelapgiraffe.com/!”
I clicked the link and viewed a live feed of a hay-filled stall at Sokoblovsky Farm in Russia. At first all that I saw was the empty stall, but soon a tiny giraffe, about two feet tall, walked into view. It paused for a moment and then proceeded to walk away.
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Add comment December 5, 2011
