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We had to explain that we weren’t Russian, we were British. As soon as we did he rounded on us and shouted: British? You burned down the covered market! My first thought was s***, what have the Paras done now? I apologised and we got on with the meeting. Back at base I asked who had burned down the market. Blank faces all round, until someone at the back said he thought we had burned down the covered market. 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A nice idea, wrapped in horrible interaction design.</div> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/11/18/anticipated-reactions/#more-4799" class="more-link">Continue reading ‘Google Result Previews; <span>Interaction Disaster Area</span>‘</a></p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4795" class="post-4795 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-ego tag-interface-design tag-squarespace p5 y2010 m11 d06 h17"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/11/06/and-along-came-squarespace/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to …And Along Came Squarespace">…And Along Came Squarespace</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-11-06T16:44:51+0000">Nov 6, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/ego/" rel="tag">ego</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/interface-design/" rel="tag">interface design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/squarespace/" rel="tag">squarespace</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>A few months ago, Anthony, the founder of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://squarespace.com/">Squarespace</a>, asked me to fly out to New York to meet with him and a few others about a possible job; a very tempting offer, but at the time unrealizable due to circumstance. </p> <p>Last wednesday we shut the door on our empty apartment in Copenhagen, left the keys in the mailbox and boarded a plane to Newark, all of our necessary belongings neatly packed into as many bags as you can fit into the back of a Lincoln town car, now effectively homeless.</p> <p>Everything’s a momentary blur, but as reality settles again, maybe some time next week, I’ll be stepping into my new role as Interface Director at Squarespace and our new life here in The Big Apple.</p> <p>In the scheme of things, it has been simultaneously one of the hardest, and one of the easiest decisions we’ve ever had to make. On the one hand existing obligations, jobs, friends and family, not to mention a place to call home and a daily routine are not easily shed. Yet on the other, a chance to try something entirely different, to have a go at the dream of living in roots of the worlds most iconic skyline and in a sense to try an alternate reality — if only for a time — and certainly not least, to have the opportunity to work for a company I have long admired, and which over the last couple of months, as I met with the people behind it, solidified as a force to be reckoned with, a mentality straight out of my most livid day dream and a collection of people the likes of which you’d be lucky to meet in passing, if at all.</p> <p>Of course, a disruption like this doesn’t spring to life without sacrifice and broken plans, and we owe much to friends and business partners for their understanding and support. But here, at the tail end of it, it seems it wasn’t much of a decision at all as much as it was coming to the realization that we couldn’t not do this.</p> <p>Which leaves us here, on the 10th floor of a Soho hotel bordering Tribeca, almost in eye-shot of the Squarespace offices, starting our scavenger hunt for a new home, and a life in the big city.</p> <p>Pinch me.</p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4793" class="post-4793 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-interface-design tag-ios tag-jef-raskin p6 alt y2010 m11 d01 h11"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/11/01/getting-closer/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Getting Closer">Getting Closer</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-11-01T10:24:58+0000">Nov 1, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/interface-design/" rel="tag">interface design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/ios/" rel="tag">ios</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/jef-raskin/" rel="tag">jef raskin</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <blockquote> <p>“But consider what these interfaces fail to do for us. When you want to set down and idea, you should be able to go to your computer or information appliance and just start typing: no booting, no opening the word processor, no file names, no operating system.” (xviii, Jef Raskin, The Humane Interface. 2000, Addison Wesley)</p> </blockquote> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4786" class="post-4786 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-apple tag-interaction-design tag-interface-design tag-playbook p7 y2010 m10 d25 h23"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/10/25/playbook/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The Blackberry Playbook and Our Natural Predators">The Blackberry Playbook and Our Natural Predators</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-10-25T22:04:28+0000">Oct 25, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/apple/" rel="tag">apple</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/interaction-design/" rel="tag">interaction design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/interface-design/" rel="tag">interface design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/playbook/" rel="tag">playbook</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>We’re pretty simple. If something <em>sudden</em> happens, we react. We flinch. We stop. We divert all of our attention, unwillingly, to whatever it is that could potentially be posing as a danger to our well being. We will interrupt whatever we’re doing at loud noises or when catching something out of the corner of our eye. It’s our fight or flight instinct. We can’t help it.</p> <p>Now watch this, and pay particular attention to the animations:</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="425" height="269" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/dtoXcwz1SgQ?rel=0&hd=1" frameborder="0"></iframe></p> <p>Now if I say: “hunting tiger”?</p> <p>The animation curves on the <a href="playbook">Blackberry Playbooks</a> UI are those of a predator, just as it pounces its prey; slooow <em>and then fast!</em>. It’s incredibly disconcerting, causing our lizard brain to subconciously analyze the motions of something as harmless as windows on a screen for signs of danger.</p> <p>This recalls Apple’s ‘<a href="breathingled">Breathing Status <span class="caps">LED</span> Indicator</a>’ (and Dell’s hopeless imitation), though I should mention, just for good measure, that Apple isn’t above reproach; try bringing up your dashboard, and dismiss it. Notice how the widgets <em>fly into your face!</em>, say like a <em>tiger</em>, rather than simply fade away?</p> <p>Interaction design should for the most part be all but transparent to the user, so here’s my pro tip of the day: try not to emulate our natural predators.</p> <p><strong>Update:</strong> Oddly, the animation curves used for all the marketing material aren’t the ones used in this practical demo:</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="425" height="269" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/VTI2OWRzxwg?rel=0&hd=1" frameborder="0"></iframe></p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4780" class="post-4780 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-books tag-culture tag-denmark tag-star-wars tag-us p8 alt y2010 m10 d20 h12"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/10/20/the-censors-strike-back/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The Censors Strike Back">The Censors Strike Back</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-10-20T11:45:25+0000">Oct 20, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/books/" rel="tag">books</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/culture/" rel="tag">culture</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/denmark/" rel="tag">denmark</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/star-wars/" rel="tag">star wars</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/us/" rel="tag">us</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>I’m finishing The Making of The Empire Strikes Back, Jonathan W Rinzler’s recenty released document on everyone’s favorite sequel – it’s everything a nerd could hope for, by the way – and I came across this quote, which seems to pretty well describe the mentality gap between the US and Denmark:</p> <blockquote> <p>The sequel was also number one in Tokyo, Japan, for at least four weeks, but in Denmark, Empire was ruled off-limits to children under 12 (as was Star Wars, Close Encounters, and several other films).<br/> “Children are not allowed to see a film that desenitizes them to voilence, to suffering,” says Dr. Jørgen Bruun Petersen. “They must not see a film if we feel they will get [from it] less ability to feel pity.” On the other hand, children were allowed by the Danmark censors to see sex on screen. “I don’t think children will be harmed if they see two adults going to bed with each other. But only if they express love for each other, do what they do with feeling.”<br/> <em>The Making of The Empire Strikes Back, p336</em>.</p> </blockquote> <p>That’s not to say I agree with him on the violence (much to my moms dismay, I raised myself on RoboCop and Alien), but this schism is inherent in our culture – we released porn before any other country – and makes it so absurd to us when a nip-slip causes most of the US to dive into a frenzy, while happily enganging in wars across the world.</p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4777" class="post-4777 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-chewbacca tag-dan-benjamin tag-ego tag-john-gruber tag-podcast tag-star-wars tag-the-talk-show p9 y2010 m10 d07 h15"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/10/07/chewie-on-the-talk-show/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Chewie on The Talk Show">Chewie on The Talk Show</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-10-07T14:10:21+0000">Oct 7, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/chewbacca/" rel="tag">chewbacca</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/dan-benjamin/" rel="tag">dan benjamin</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/ego/" rel="tag">ego</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/john-gruber/" rel="tag">john gruber</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/podcast/" rel="tag">Podcast</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/star-wars/" rel="tag">star wars</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/the-talk-show/" rel="tag">the talk show</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Imagine my surprise, when as I was doing the dishes, mine and Chewies names popped up in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://5by5.tv/talkshow/11">Episode 11 of The Talk Show</a> w. Dan Benjamin and John Gruber. It being live, I much to Gruber’s dismay (sorry John), popped into the chat and took part.</p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4745" class="post-4745 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-interface-design tag-twitter tag-usability p10 alt y2010 m09 d29 h17"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/29/newtwitter/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to #NewTwitter">#NewTwitter</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-09-29T16:21:35+0000">Sep 29, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/interface-design/" rel="tag">interface design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/twitter/" rel="tag">twitter</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/usability/" rel="tag">usability</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p class="intro">Yes, it <em>is</em> a step up for power users, but I imagine it must be intimidating to n00bz and is a little too crowded for my tastes. But having finally spent some time with #NewTwitter, deeper problems make me think it got kicked out of the nest before its wings were fully formed.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/29/newtwitter/#more-4745" class="more-link">Continue reading ‘#NewTwitter’</a></p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4677" class="post-4677 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-analytics tag-binary-bonsai tag-chewbacca tag-protovis tag-statistics p11 y2010 m09 d27 h19"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/27/chewie-stats/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Lessons from the Chewbacca Incident">Lessons from the Chewbacca Incident</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-09-27T18:34:07+0000">Sep 27, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/analytics/" rel="tag">analytics</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/binary-bonsai/" rel="tag">binary bonsai</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/chewbacca/" rel="tag">chewbacca</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/protovis/" rel="tag">protovis</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/statistics/" rel="tag">statistics</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p class="teaser">An analysis of the referrers and visitors from last weeks Chewbacca craze, set in beautiful interactive <span class="caps">SVG</span> graphs and wonderful CSS3 columns.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/27/chewie-stats/#more-4677" class="more-link">Continue reading ‘Lessons from the Chewbacca Incident’</a></p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4666" class="post-4666 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-jan-harlan tag-movies tag-podcast tag-stanley-kubrick p12 alt y2010 m09 d26 h23"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/26/jan-harlan-on-stanley-kubrick/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Q&A w. Jan Harlan on Stanley Kubrick">Q&A w. Jan Harlan on Stanley Kubrick</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-09-26T22:34:48+0000">Sep 26, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/jan-harlan/" rel="tag">jan harlan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/movies/" rel="tag">movies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/podcast/" rel="tag">Podcast</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/stanley-kubrick/" rel="tag">stanley kubrick</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p><img id="janharlanatcinemateket" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131im_/http://binarybonsai.com/images/janharlan.jpg" alt="Jan Harlan at Cinemateket" title=""/></p> <p>We’ve just returned from a screening of <em>Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures</em>, at Cinemateket with Jan Harlan – Kubrick’s brother-in-law and the film’s director – in attendance. The documentary itself, supreme as it is, is available on DVD; however, the Q&A session with Jan Harlan isn’t. A shame, as Harlan was both funny, honest and insightful about Kubrick and his filmmaking.</p> <p>Which is why I recorded it.</p> <p><a href="/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/files/jan_harlan_on_stanley_kubrick.mp3">Enjoy</a>.</p> <p>Afterwards I asked him what had become of the 18 hours of material shot, I believe by Kubrick’s (later estranged) daughter Vivian, for Full Metal Jacket. Unfortunately it seems the sound was lost for most of it, and what remained is what made its way into this and the <em>Stanley Kubrick’s Boxes</em> documentaries. Shame.</p> <p><strong>Update:</strong> Thank you <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://twitter.com/#!/jtamboli">Jay Goodman Tamboli</a> for normalizing the audio for me.</p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4534" class="post-4534 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-chewbacca tag-george-lucas tag-john-mollo tag-john-schoenherr tag-movies tag-ralph-mcquarrie tag-science-fiction tag-star-wars tag-stuart-freeborn p13 y2010 m09 d18 h18"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/18/george-lucas-stole-chewbacca-but-its-okay/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to George Lucas Stole Chewbacca, But It’s Okay">George Lucas Stole Chewbacca, But It’s Okay</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-09-18T17:47:50+0000">Sep 18, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/chewbacca/" rel="tag">chewbacca</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/george-lucas/" rel="tag">george lucas</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/john-mollo/" rel="tag">John Mollo</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/john-schoenherr/" rel="tag">john schoenherr</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/movies/" rel="tag">movies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/ralph-mcquarrie/" rel="tag">ralph mcquarrie</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/science-fiction/" rel="tag">science fiction</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/star-wars/" rel="tag">star wars</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/stuart-freeborn/" rel="tag">Stuart Freeborn</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p><img id="chewbaccaandhansoloreadyforactionindockingbay94" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131im_/http://binarybonsai.com/images/chewpromolarge.jpeg" alt="Chewbacca and Han Solo, ready for action in Docking Bay 94" title="Source: Unknown. Promotional photo."/></p> <h3 id="foreword">Foreword</h3> <p>The creation of Star Wars is comprehensive mythology onto itself, populated by rarely documented anecdotes, the likes of <em>“the Millennium Falcon was inspired by a hamburger, with the outrigger cockpit being an olive off to the side”</em> <span class="markdowncitation"> (<a href="#databank:falcon" title="see citation">1</a>)</span> or <em>“My original inspiration for Chewbacca was my dog Indiana.”</em> <span class="markdowncitation"> (<a href="#charactersofstarwars" title="see citation">2</a>)</span>, compelling enough to be repeated until they’re so prevalent that they <em>must</em> be true, and are accepted even by hardcore fans and Lucasfilm itself. Unfortunately sometimes they’re embellished truths or half-truths, sometimes entirely false and in pretty much all cases oversimplifying a truly interesting, and luckily exceptionally well documented creative process.</p> <p>And that’s what this is about; the creative process. Cultural touchstones like Star Wars might seem to have sprung fully formed from the minds of their lauded creators, but as in all creative endeavors, movie making, web design or this very post, nothing could be further from the truth. Creation is a process, and strangely, by looking at how everyone’s favorite plushy first-mate sprang into existence, we can learn a lot about any collaborative creative endeavor.</p> <p>Unfortunately, perhaps because of the verisimilitude of the disciplines needed to make a film like Star Wars come together, the making-of narrative is surprisingly fragmented and often incomplete. A quick look at the bibliography needed to put together this post should give a good idea of just <em>how</em> fragmented. And once you’re down the rabbit hole, you quickly learn that nothing found there can be taken at face value. Quotes, drawings, photos and diagrams lack sources, are undated, some old, some new, some so distorted as to be pure fiction and most of it entirely out of context.</p> <p>But while the official sources are often great, compiling from many different sources to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://www.starwars.com/movies/episode-v/chronicles_slave_1/index.html">dispel myths about Boba Fett’s ship, Slave 1</a> or tell in staggering detail the creation of the film from beginning till end as in the case of books like ‘The Making of Star Wars’, there are still plenty of dim, and in some cases even seemingly purposefully blacked out areas in the development of Star Wars. Just ask <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/">Michael Kasinski</a>!</p> <p>The story of how Chewbacca came to be is one of those. A fascinating look at what happens in the space between idea, page and screen.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/18/george-lucas-stole-chewbacca-but-its-okay/#more-4534" class="more-link">Continue reading ‘George Lucas Stole Chewbacca, But It’s Okay’</a></p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4522" class="post-4522 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-books tag-mythology tag-religion p14 alt y2010 m09 d11 h18"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/11/bring-me-your-firstborn/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Bring me Your Firstborn!">Bring me Your Firstborn!</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-09-11T17:01:17+0000">Sep 11, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/books/" rel="tag">books</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/mythology/" rel="tag">mythology</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/religion/" rel="tag">religion</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Factoid time!</p> <blockquote> <p>Human sacrifice was common in the pagan world. It was cruel but had a logic and rationale. The first child was often believed to be the offspring of a god, who had impregnated the mother in an act of <em>droit de seigneur</em>. In begetting the child, the god’s energy had been depleted, so to replenish this and to ensure the circulation of all the available <em>mana,</em> the first-born was returned to its divine parent.<br/> <small>Source: Karen Armstrong, A History of God, softcover edn, Vintage, 1999, p. 27.</small></p> </blockquote> <p>And allow me, on that note, to pitch <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Short-History-Myth-Karen-Armstrong/dp/1841957038/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284220737&sr=8-1">A Short History of Myth</a> by same, one of the best, if shortest, books I’ve read in years. Insightful and inspiring. And short. It also comes in <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://www.amazon.co.uk/Myths-Boxset-History-Penelopiad-Weight/dp/1841957267/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1284220814&sr=8-3">a beautiful mythology boxset</a>, which is the edition I have — a present — though I haven’t read the other two books yet, so I can’t vouch for them.</p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4509" class="post-4509 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-apple tag-bob-dylan tag-commercials tag-google tag-marketing tag-steve-jobs p15 y2010 m09 d10 h09"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/10/google-apple-and-bob-dylan/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Google, Apple and Bob Dylan">Google, Apple and Bob Dylan</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-09-10T08:59:54+0000">Sep 10, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/apple/" rel="tag">apple</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/bob-dylan/" rel="tag">bob dylan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/commercials/" rel="tag">commercials</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/google/" rel="tag">google</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/marketing/" rel="tag">marketing</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/steve-jobs/" rel="tag">steve jobs</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>I had <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://cl.ly/e010b1685a25a64d802b">a short discussion</a> on Twitter this morning — I’d link to it, if Twitter had thread permalinks — sparked by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://twitter.com/Lessien/status/24042702380">Danielle’s tweet</a>, in which she calls bullshit on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://gawker.com/5633106/the-google-ad-steve-jobs-will-hate">Gawker’s article on the new Google Instant commercial</a>, in which Ryan Tate (who has had <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://www.techeye.net/business/steve-jobs-gets-in-spat-with-valleywag">a brush with Jobs</a> earlier this year, and with whom I don’t agree in the slightest with regards to the iPad) asserts that regardless its intentions, this is one ad Steve Jobs will hate:</p> <p><object width="425" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qcm0rG8EKXI?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131oe_/http://www.youtube.com/v/qcm0rG8EKXI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="264"></embed></object></p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/10/google-apple-and-bob-dylan/#more-4509" class="more-link">Continue reading ‘Google, Apple and Bob Dylan’</a></p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4500" class="post-4500 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-apple tag-interaction-design tag-ipad tag-keyboard-dock tag-pages p16 alt y2010 m09 d07 h22"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/07/ipad-writing/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Writing on the iPad: A Story of Love, Heartache & Infuriating Bugs">Writing on the iPad: A Story of Love, Heartache & Infuriating Bugs</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-09-07T21:27:07+0000">Sep 7, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/apple/" rel="tag">apple</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/interaction-design/" rel="tag">interaction design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/ipad/" rel="tag">ipad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/keyboard-dock/" rel="tag">keyboard dock</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/pages/" rel="tag">pages</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>Even when I close any notifiers and twitter-/chat clients, I’m just too easily distracted to get writing done in proper on my Mac. I blame Command–<span class="caps">TAB</span>, however I guess I’ll have to take full responsibility myself…</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/07/ipad-writing/#more-4500" class="more-link">Continue reading ‘Writing on the iPad: A Story of Love, Heartache & Infuriating Bugs’</a></p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4476" class="post-4476 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-david-mccandless tag-dconstruct tag-james-bridle tag-john-gruber tag-marty-neumeier tag-merlin-mann tag-podcasts tag-tom-coats p17 y2010 m09 d07 h10"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/07/an-earful/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to An Earful">An Earful</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-09-07T09:59:21+0000">Sep 7, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/david-mccandless/" rel="tag">david mccandless</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/dconstruct/" rel="tag">dconstruct</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/james-bridle/" rel="tag">james bridle</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/john-gruber/" rel="tag">john gruber</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/marty-neumeier/" rel="tag">marty neumeier</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/merlin-mann/" rel="tag">merlin mann</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/podcasts/" rel="tag">podcasts</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/tom-coats/" rel="tag">tom coats</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>I rather wish the sessions had been video’d, as the slideshows — particularly Tom Coates’ all-singing all-dancing extravaganza, Brendan Dawes’ interactive 2D physics and certainly David McCandless’ infographics — did carry quite a bit of weight. Nonetheless, thanks to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://allinthehead.com/">Drew</a>, that man of men, the podcasts are now up, and I heartily recommend you go download the following:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://2010.dconstruct.org/speakers/marty-neumeier">Marty Neumeier on innnovation and design</a>, arguing for making damned sure whatever you’re building isn’t just good, but different (and romantic).</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://2010.dconstruct.org/speakers/john-gruber">John Gruber on The Auteur Theory of Design</a>. Every film reference seemed specifically aimed at me. Thanks John :)</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://2010.dconstruct.org/speakers/james-bridle">James Bridle on The Value of Ruins</a> might have been my favorite of the conference; a natural speaker, informative and surprising from start to finish.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://2010.dconstruct.org/speakers/tom-coates">Tom Coats on Everything the Network Touches</a> needs the amazing slideshow somewhat, but should be a good listen nonetheless.</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://2010.dconstruct.org/speakers/merlin-mann">Merlin Mann on Nerds</a> is as always just a wonderful stream of words from the Mann himself. Without video I’m afraid you’ll have to imagine just how much Merlin looks like an animated, upbeat Stephen King.</li> <li>David McCandless on data visualization was great, but rather dependent on the slideshow. Luckily, he did <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/david_mccandless_the_beauty_of_data_visualization.html">a talk at TED</a>, which by his own words, was largely the same.</li> </ul> <p>Of course, if you simply want to gobble it all down into the belly of iTunes, here’s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://huffduffer.com/dConstruct/tags/dconstruct2010/rss">an <span class="caps">RSS</span> feed</a>.</p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4471" class="post-4471 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-movies tag-star-wars p18 alt y2010 m09 d06 h16"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/06/falcon-centric-star-wars-posters/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Falcon-Centric Star Wars Posters">Falcon-Centric Star Wars Posters</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-09-06T15:20:41+0000">Sep 6, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/movies/" rel="tag">movies</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/star-wars/" rel="tag">star wars</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/09/05/star-wars-posters">Gruber linked</a> to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2010/far-far-away-gorgeous-star-wars-prints/">these great minimalistic Star Wars posters</a>, giving points for using the Falcon twice. I would note that seeing as <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://www3.telus.net/public/leifg/Original_MF_PG_80.jpg">the blockade runner was the prototype Falcon</a>, in spirit the Falcon is actually the center of all three posters.</p> <p>What a piece of junk…</p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4467" class="post-4467 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-apple tag-dconstruct tag-design tag-interface-design tag-ipad tag-marty-neumeier p19 y2010 m09 d05 h20"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/05/romance/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Romancing the User">Romancing the User</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-09-05T19:59:30+0000">Sep 5, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/apple/" rel="tag">apple</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/dconstruct/" rel="tag">dconstruct</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/design/" rel="tag">design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/interface-design/" rel="tag">interface design</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/ipad/" rel="tag">ipad</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/marty-neumeier/" rel="tag">marty neumeier</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p>dConstruct 2010 was above and beyond expectations, and it was, as always, pleasant putting real-world faces and mannerisms to Twitter streams. Others will do much better play-by-plays than I could hope for (the talks will be podcast, and I’ll be sure to curate my favorites then). For now, a couple of the highlights that stuck with me:</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/09/05/romance/#more-4467" class="more-link">Continue reading ‘Romancing the User’</a></p> </div> <div class="entry-foot"> <div class="entry-meta"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="post-4451" class="post-4451 post type-post hentry category-journal tag-horror tag-hp-lovecraft tag-movies p20 alt y2010 m07 d29 h19"> <div class="entry-head"> <h3 class="entry-title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/07/29/at-the-mountains-of-madness-its-madness-alright/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to The ‘At the Mountains of Madness’ Screenplay. Some Mountains, Madness Aplenty…">The ‘At the Mountains of Madness’ Screenplay. Some Mountains, Madness Aplenty…</a> </h3> <div class="entry-meta"> <abbr class="published entry-date" title="2010-07-29T18:37:27+0000">Jul 29, '10</abbr> · <span class="entry-comments"><span class="commentslink"><span>Closed</span></span></span> <span class="entry-tags"><span>Tags:</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/horror/" rel="tag">horror</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/hp-lovecraft/" rel="tag">hp lovecraft</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/tag/movies/" rel="tag">movies</a>.</span> </div>  </div> <div class="entry-content"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://www.deadline.com/2010/07/guillermo-del-toro-and-james-cameron-ready-to-climb-at-the-mountains-of-madness-together-at-universal/">It isn’t quite an official announcement</a>, even if every single film blog out there is treating it as such, as per usual, but it does seem more and more likely that that Guillermo Del Toro is directing with James Cameron producing, an adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness.</p> <p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101223171131/http://binarybonsai.com/2010/07/29/at-the-mountains-of-madness-its-madness-alright/#more-4451" class="more-link">Continue reading ‘The ‘At the Mountains of Madness’ Screenplay. 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