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Posts from November 2006

Cape League ‘07: Seven Months Away!

It’s official: the first pitch of the Cape Cod Baseball League 2007 season will be Friday, June 15, 2007 (if it doesn’t rain). The All-Star Game is slated for Saturday, July 28th (rain date July 29th) at a TBA location. The end of the season is on August 8th (2 days later than last year), [...]


Norman: Don’t Confuse Affordances with Conventions

I am a huge fan of Donald Norman’s Design of Everyday Things, as are most of the people who read my HCI-related posts on my blog. Recently, I ran across a 1999 article Dr. Norman wrote in interactions magazine. In the article, he discusses how he is bothered by how designers are using the word [...]


Red Sox Offseason

The Boston Globe has a very nice overview of the Boston Red Sox offseason. Every day till the 12th (the day free agents can sign with other teams), the Globe will post an article, complete with reader polls, for a different position.
Here are my views on the Red Sox pitching staff:

Let another team go after [...]


Harris - “Carousel” Music Video

One of my favorite bands from Boston is Harris. The lead singer, Mike Nastri, and his brother Matt both went to my high school. The band is currently competing on the YouTube Underground Contest with their new video for their song “Carousel.” It’s a very creative video and a good song. Vote for it here!


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