2008

Pillow Hunt

If you know me you know it’s MO to take things too far. i.e. finding the worlds best bicycle...

Uhm…Gang Starr is just plain epic.

Cable TV Buffet plan

I’ve always been annoyed with the cable companies. It feels like they just don’t...

New Dura Ace Cranks Looking pretty slick. Pretty drastic...

Versus - the meathead channel, sans the...

Dear Versus- You suck. Why couldn’t you have let someone else cover the Tour De France? I...

Losing the podium one release at a time

I was thinking about Microsoft the other day and wondering why they don’t start another brand...

What’s missing here? I’ll tell you; THE LOGIN...

Dave Cortright writes: What's wrong with...

I know it's been said a million times...

Microsoft exchange web UI is so awful I can’t fricken stand it. Why oh why can’t there...

Goodbye motorcycle, hello Scooter! This is our new Kymco...

12seconds aims to be the true Twitter of video »...

When to hire a design agency?

I’ve had several opportunities to engage with design agencies in my career and I’m...

MySpace.com - Two Tongues - MUSIC

Start the Machine - A documentary about Blink...

Yelp...

Since moving to San Francisco I’ve gotten a bit into Yelp. But the more I get into it the...

brightkite - first 2 minutes

Sign up flow is fairly smooth Visual language is clean - very web 2.0 Visual design doesn’t...

I just can’t get the cat off my back!

Get Outdoors in the Bay Area - Hikes - Bike...

Please explain...

How the hell the friggen SF muni system has lasted this long. The answer is: necessity. The city...

Things not to do:

2006 Triumph Thurxton Without a doubt…my next...

one nutty race rig!

Frtjz in hayes valley

California's top court legalizes gay marriage...

Add on

To my previous post; it’s interesting that the one thing that brings all these folks together...

Grant and green live music

I’m not that old…this shit is just plain too fucking loud. This scene is pretty funny:...

Some dood with a guit in north beach

Patagonia Shoes Patagonia comes out of no where with great...

Sf transportation

Is a colossal failure sent via mobile

Cyclocross makes it debut on SolidWorks - 3D...

Excellent work Flickr. This share dialog is slick. Good...

hi5 popular with the very young in Argentina

Dangit, already found my next ride :-)

Triumph thruxton cafe bike

The new ride

BIKE SWAP MEET - Cupertino Bike Shop

Bloxes

striped buttons

expect to see them..much much more of them

Old school Nike's store. Good stuff!

Why would I want to skin my web search experience?

ASICS Cypress™ - EXCELLENT pair of sneaks

“TED’s Chris Anderson invites Kevin Rose, assuring his...”
— valleywag zing!  (via soxiam)

veggie oil powered airplane

I gots an idea; tell Lockheed Martin to start designing a veggie oil powered airplane instead a new...

Groove Armada HOT PINK Tee - Bandmad.com

Groove Armada

Burritoeater Blargh

UPDATE

I am sure most have heard but I like to keep my blog up to date with my happenings so here is...

GRRRRR

It irritates me to no end when designers/developers don’t put keyboard shortcuts into...

Skaters at caltrain station

Birley's cafe on front st

I just had the best sandwich ever: panini bread, turkey, bacon, pesto, and tomotoes. Holy...

Always buying sneakers? It's the sign of a...

City fixie - spin front wheel

Driver vs. Cyclist

Cyclist: ya, I’m going straight (said to driver 1 at red light)Driver1: (waves, drives around...

It’s where I get to go for lunch

Bikes, trains, and automobiles

This morning was yet another adventure in commuting in the bay area. I must admit I rather enjoy...

dear artist...

stop using myspace for your websites. they suck.

HUF shoe wall - hayes valley

Cute pooch - hayes valley

3 kids 3 fixie's

It’s a new world. I’m on the train and for some reason 3 yutes have gotten on (must be...

Caltrain bike car

I need…I need. I started thinking about getting a...

Ben started a blog!

Listen

List of SF sneaker shops - San Francisco Bay...

Muxtape

Excellent city bike

Auto get wifi signal from apple store

Apple should have made iPhones automatically grab the Apple store wifi by default when I’m...

The urban bike cave

I gots an idea, imagine that ;-) Lets say you a had a bike or two and lived in an urban area where...

Safari on Windows - the first one's free...

I can't believe...

That Apple didnt make use of the “pulsing” light on the iPhone. They should have used it...

Potrero architecture, nice

So long and thanks for all the caffeine

The 12seconds Barter Challenge

Here is the info on this amazing product and funding idea - PARTICIPATE!! 12seconds.tv 12seconds...

Northern State - CAN I KEEP THIS PEN? BIG LETTERS This band...

Andrew Baron - FriendFeed

Nice design - ebay search results

I think this design is pretty new, or it just caught my eye this time. Nevertheless, I dig it. I...

Slick bike! - Fixed Gear Gallery Review

AOL Buys Bebo For $850 Million

MyLoki Lets You Tell the World That You Are...

Fuck Kensington. I now own 2 of these mice where the Scroll...

Do you drive a Hummer? and need a mouse? This thing is F-ing...

Socialthing.com is moderately...

I was intrigued by the products potential due to one portion of this paragraph I read on their...

Design starts with process

A company can hire the best designers in the world but if the developement process isn’t...

Listen to > Bittersweet: The mating game //on...

How to save money running a startup (17...

Designing for the iPhone

Step 1: Decide which major navigation feature should use the finger swipe (i.e. How the user moves...

Apple Developer Connection - iPhone Dev...

CURRENT READ: Amazon.com: Sketching User Experiences:...

Buttons are satisfying

I’ve been using the Blackberry (again) for a couple days now after using the iPhone since day...

Bush endorses McCain for presidency - Yahoo!...

AOL Gets It Right With Open AIM 2.0 -...

Facebook Hires Google’s Sheryl Sandberg As...

Check out Shrook - Mac OS RSS reader

I found this on I use this.

5 bullets for March 4th 2008

Join my team! Yahoo! Groups is looking for a couple talented designers - ping me if you’re...

Google release strategy spawns a rant

I was reading about the release of Google Sites and I got to thinking about their product release...

Internet alliances are more fun

I remember when I used to read CD inserts - mostly the “Thanks to” section because I...

tech woes...

I just realized how much time I was spending on getting a calendar solution to work on my Mac,...

Smartest man at Yahoo! - Ian Rogers tell us like it is

GO KIDS GO! Watch out for these guys, so...

SXSW Alpha  12seconds: I’m gonna say it. We’re launching a special SXSW alpha. Yup. Just in time...

2 reasons for using Thunderbird over...

Multiple “send from” addresses with one account. I’ve found many folks claiming...

unbelievable.

Macbook Air - my first look

Angry little model in Ben Sherman

More NYC love

Nyc love

WTF. This loading sequence can go on forever. Sure, I...

Simon cowell has the worst f*#king hair of any celebrity

iminta.com

Iminta - conceptually I can’t tell how this service differs from FriendFeed. I can say that...

monster factory

sansderailleur.com mine, all mine

how friggen great is that domain name? YEAH»

Another orchard valley kinda day

Test riding bikes

I hate it when that happens

Rise Against is a great band - and David Gorum has skillz!

Nooka Watches. I like em’.

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as...”
— Douglas Adams (via...

New blog theme - just for beach

dark text on a light background for mr. beach. Helvetica and Argyle. It just doesn’t get any...

Project runway

You know where they missed the boat on this show? The judges. Their critiques and feedback are...

Eye-Fi

I want an Eye-Fi…

BEEEEEEAAACH!

That’ll teach me to leave my credentials in your browser!

beach: It’s Beach! David Beach! - this picture is...

I didn't log out of tumblr, now beach is...

Hi my name is Michael Holzer. This is my tumblog. The text is way too dark to read because I’m...

Issue 2 of Cyclocross Magazine is...

Whew. I mean seriously. Print layout is hard work. There is some fun to be had doing it but...

The value of declared interests

Lets assume Google’s strategy is around acquiring data. Lots and lots of quantitative data. Is...

Yahoo Shelves Meebo Competitor myM

Twitter updates and Amazon banner

My Twitter rss feed was horkin’ my site - strangely it wouldn’t let the rest of the page...

Structured data

Needs to be standardized. Now!

Design thinking

How much should a designer push the limits? If you push too much you’re perceived as...

Slideshow hell

Can someone please get the slideshow creation and publishing space on track? Everything on the...

straight to tumblr

I really enjoy the plethora of ways tumblr allows you to post to your site: mobile, browser...

Bk runs it

Kneedo is going live...

I’ve decided to spin out my design stuff into Kneedo.com. I nabbed this domain awhile back...

Age...

I woke up this morning in kookie eyed daze and it occurred to me that many of my shoes are shiny and...

Companies should be run by designers

That was an attempt at an attention grabbing subject line. Did it work? Jokes aside, I am starting...

The Sissle Ergo Sit

I finally purchased one of these after having known about them and been curious to try one for...

I heart black and white

I am workin’ away on the Winter issue of Cyclocross Magazine. and I realized that I love me...

back to tumblr for now

I was pleasantly surprised to know that I actually enjoy online publishing. Since my site (blog) has...

iPhone + Car charger + Remote + FM...

As usual folks working on device accessories never solve for the ideal use cases. I cannot ever...

twiiiiiiter

there is something blue in the air…not sure what it is. I think it’s the sky.

in paso robles…wondering if it will ever stop raining