Formal Friday Feline

posted by on July 30, 2010 at 06:28 PM

No one dressed formally today. Not a single person. So here’s a picture of my cat -a TUXEDO cat. Sorry Kevin, it’s the best we could do.

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A Shuckin' Good Time in SF

posted by on July 30, 2010 at 04:31 PM
filed under: San Francisco

July is the month that unsuspecting tourists come to San Francisco in their summer best and freeze as they try to walk across the Golden Gate bridge in shorts, while true San Franciscans run around with scarves reminding ourselves that we’ll be in our cotton jackets when everyone else is wrapped in wool trudging through snow come winter. To find the summer sun in July, you have to venture outside the city. So for our inaugural office outing we decided to take an hour and half jaunt up north for some warmth, sand, and fresh oysters. Destination: Tomales Bay Oyster Company.

While the weather wasn’t exactly balmy, the hills of Point Reyes were kind enough to hold back the clouds for our picnic.

After a brief shucking lesson we hulled our bags of 60+ oysters to our picnic table covered in goodies from Whole Foods. It wouldn’t be a SF office outing without a cheese plate and some sparkling wine.

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letterheady: Early letterhead from the offices of legendary...

posted by on July 30, 2010 at 04:22 PM

letterheady :

p. Early letterhead from the offices of legendary Manchester-based record label, Factory Records.

Factory Records , c.1980 | Submitted by Ian B.

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Stalked?

posted by on July 30, 2010 at 12:51 PM

About a month ago an article came out about online stalking and I was the subject (the stalkee, if you will). Essentially the author collected everything she could find out about me on the public web and presented me with my dossier over a cup of coffee in Soho.

The publication, Assembly Journal , asked me if I’d like to respond and I took them up on it. The reply, which they gave the title STALKED? NOT REALLY: NOAH BRIER RESPONDS basically presents my position, which shouldn’t come as a great shock, that the value of making this information public outweighs the dangers and that most, if not all, of the information she uncovered would have been available before the web (although much more difficult to collect).

For what it’s worth, I’m especially fond of my conclusion, which I really owe thanks to my brother-in-law (who also happens to be a lawyer) for helping me articulate: “At the end of the day a breach of privacy requires some reasonable expectation that something would be kept private. Not only did I not have that expectation, but for much of the information I put on the web I hope for exactly the opposite.”

Anyway, hope you enjoy. (Oh, and sorry for the lack of posts around here. Am working on a new project that I hope to launch in the next few weeks. It’s taken up most of my blogging time.)

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Konigi Keynote Templates

posted by on July 29, 2010 at 07:36 PM

Konigi, makers of some of the best UX templates out there (and our preferred OmniGraffle wireframe stencils at TBG) released their Keynote templates this AM.

http://konigi.com/notebook/keynote-wireframe-toolkit

I have always been a bit iffy on using presentation software for wiring but at the end of the day whats a wireframing tool besides boxes, lines, text and the ability to template screens and pages?

Excited to try this out on Keynote iPad and see how it stacks up to OmniGraffle iPad.

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TBG Boston; An Outing

posted by on July 29, 2010 at 02:05 PM

The Boston office has become the middle child of the TBG Family, despite being the founding office and the start of the company. We’re a pretty tight group but do find ourselves engrossed in our work during the day, so from time to time we like to kick off our shoes and head out for a night on the town.

Or in this case, a night on the Fort. Fort Point Channel!

(Here we are crossing the bridge towards Fort Point.)

We arrived at the chosen place. Turns out the bar’s logo was designed in part by our very own creative director and all around swell dude Mike Ma.

A good time, had by all.

Sadly, this also marked my last official outing as a Barbarian. I’ve had a blast during my tenure here and had the opportunity to work on some great work with a bunch of fantastic people. Thanks for the memories TBG! Farewell.