My Personal Life Stream on Tumblr

By leelefever on August 22, 2007 - 5:12pm.

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For a while now I've been fascinated by the idea of creating a single place (other than Facebook) that brings together all the things I do on the Web. That is why I created the zeitgeist page here on Common Craft - to have that single place to bring it together. At the same time, I've had a blog at leelefever.com that has become a pain to keep updated - I needed a replacement.

The New Common Craft

By leelefever on April 12, 2007 - 11:31pm.

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After 3+ years, Common Craft has a new design and a new platform (Drupal) - Yay! We hope you like it, we sure do.

Blue Flavor is Open for Business

By leelefever on September 27, 2005 - 9:02am.

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Congrats to my friends and fellow Seattle guys Blue Flavor for getting their new company off the ground. From their site:

We're four guys with a zeal for simple, clear and effective communication and creating lasting interactive experiences.

We’re big picture thinkers, Web and mobile architects, user advocates, writers, speakers and well-respected experts. We're also fairly regular folks who think technology should work for people, not the other way around.

Blue Flavor is: Brian Fling, D. Keith Robinson, Matt May, Nick Finck. See the bio page.

Building a Project Vision by Understanding Users

By leelefever on March 10, 2004 - 9:15am.

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Boxes and Arrows: Building a Vision of Design Success

Since I started to learn a little more about Contextual Inquiry/Ethonography, it seems like it is coming up every where.

Though this article does not mention the terms above, it describes the techniques as a viable way to build and promote a vision for a project.

Good Experience.com Interview with Peter Coughlan, IDEO

By leelefever on September 15, 2003 - 9:12am.

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This interview with Peter Coughlan, by Mark Hurst of GoodExperience.com, provides a good look at the "broken" state of hospitals and how his company IDEO works with hospitals to improve.

Having a Masters in Health Administration, I hold this stuff close to heart. I think there are incredible opportunities to help hospitals improve and I like the way Peter describes their process.