Archive for September 2005

iPod nano’s Pleasant Surprises

In Apple, Geek, iPod on 16 September 2005 with Comments Off

It’s been a week since I got my new toy, and besides being magnificently dainty, I’ve discovered a few wonderful surprises about Apple’s newest piece of consumer gadget goodness.
Surprise 1: As lovely as the new gadget is, it still has the same annoying problem as every other iPod and Walkman ever: headphones. They stick [...]

Embrace your bottom!

In Design, Powazek, Weblogs on 13 September 2005 with Comments Off

I mentioned this idea briefly when I posted about the recent redesign, but I wanted to expand it further. Web designers of the world, let’s talk about your bottoms.
When you’re designing pages - specifically content pages - what is the best possible thing that could happen? I mean after the user has bought a [...]

The iPod nano: So perfectly tiny

In Apple, Design, Geek, iPod on 8 September 2005 with Comments Off

On the Cartoon Network there’s a brilliant show called Harvey Birdman that recycles old Hanna-Barbera characters into a modern courtroom setting. One of the wilder side characters is Reducto, a little green man with a passion for all things small (voiced by none other than Daily Show’s Stephen Colbert). Reducto is known for obsessing over [...]

Love in the year 2005

In Apple, Geek, Photos, iPod on 8 September 2005 with Comments Off

His and Hers iPod nanos. (Mine’s the black one, natch.)

Digging in the Dirt

In Blogging, Design, Powazek on 5 September 2005 with Comments Off

Your eyes do not deceive you - do not attempt to adjust your browser. You are looking at the latest redesign of Powazek dot com. I’d give it a number, but at this point, I’ve lost track of which version this is.
I had two goals for this design. First, as much as I love [...]