UX

The Singing Subway

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http://youtu.be/z6nNsqY-qYM James Murphy, formerly of LCD Soundsystem, has had a dream for 14 years: To make the New York Subway sing.   Currently each ticket gate on the subway is programmed to make a noise every time a commuter passes through. By default that noise is a predictably angry chirp. chooOPP!   James wants to re-engineer each … Read more

Some simple usability fixes for Mac OS X Lion / Mountain Lion

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I hate the all gray icons in Lion, they make it harder to find what you’re looking for. (Wrote about this here a while back….) Turns out there is an app for that — download “SideEffects” and restore some basic usability to the Finder: https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/43078/sideeffects (Unfortunately this appears to only work in the Finder itself. … Read more