Went to a celebration of my grandpa’s life yesterday and had a lot of fun. Cried the rest of the afternoon because I’m a girl and because I hadn’t seen a lot of these people since I was a kid and goodbyes are tough, but it’s good to reconnect and open the door for seeing Read more >>

This has been a good week inside my head. Outside of it as well, but I like that the interior is matching the exterior a bit better. I’ve carved out time for creativity every day, and it’s given me an enormous feeling of relief. The title of this post refers to the Revelations I have Read more >>

There is something particular about the air in these mountains. It isn’t just the mingling of the pines and cedars, the dusty desert weeds that always bloom some shade of yellow from hues of watery pale sunlight to deep egg yolk orange. There is also the scent of granite as it decomposes, the dust and Read more >>

Personas | Metropath(ologies) | An Installation by Aaron Zinman

I think – have you ever seen Tron? If you haven’t, it doesn’t matter, but it’s notable that they refer to what we would call “computer users” as “programmers” – as in, you were expected to use a computer by programming it. I was sort of musing around, talking with Josh about how I’ve noticed Read more >>

…so I can have 100 arable sq. ft. in which to grow things that only get MOSTLY eaten by chipmunks, not entirely. No eggplant for me this year! Danged rodents.

So, this was a video blog for an entire year! Who’d have guessed? I suppose after twelve years online, taking the freeform approach to information architecture on a personal site leads to these sorts of interludes. And let’s be honest – did you want incessant philosophical ruminations based on my daily bird feeding excursions, or Read more >>

Resurrecting the WordPress based version of brianna.org in order to experiment with new and exciting technology. More on its way…

“Great software is not created by observing users, any more than great architecture is built by interviewing people who live in houses” Josh gives some usability straight talk over at Joshix.com