InnerfaceDesign

Reaching Consensus

I love the “How to of the day” from wikihow. Here is one on reaching a consensus:
“It gives everyone enough of what they want to be content and will ultimately improve group cohesion with a shared plan, vision or goal, rather than create factions or an “us against them” mentality.” Nice huh?

Link:
Reach-a-Consensus

UFC 71 cont.

We were all treated to some very interesting fights. Anybody surprised by the title fight? I wasn’t. The knockdown punch didn’t look like that solid of a shot at full speed but in the linked photo you can see the strength of Jackson as he had to really extend to get it to land at all. It reminds me of some strong baseball hitters, when they get a difficult swing they are still able to hit a ball out of the park. These fighters are so good, and make so many little adjustments, it’s often punches that aren’t technically clean that still get through with enough power to do damage. I did think beforehand that Jackson was a very well rounded striker with the ability to move in and move his head, and that was what gave him the opportunity to come up and catch Lidell with his body still forward and his hands down. Here’s a link to a photo of the punch:
Lidell vs. Jackson

UFC 71 Fight night

Another fight night went off last weekend and another eclectic and fun crowd showed up. My bro-in-law just happened to be coming through after working all day farther south. I had to feed him and give him a beer right? River rats unite.

Paul’s new dining area

Yum yum! Todd and I shot this today with my Canon S3 and stuck it on Youtube with a little Calexico to spice things up.

Welcome

User interface design, art, photographs, self defense, gardening and whatever else I get interested in.

Another sign that life is good

Link to photo in Gallery

Orion’s Birthday

The kids playing under the stairs.

Web 2.0 catch-up

Finally learning how to post video, make links, and embed video from Youtube and other sources. Here is a video I made in 2001 of my daughter’s 4th grade class.

Periodic Table of Visualization Methods

I freaking love this thing. Ever wondered how to best express an idea? A process? A complex flow of information? This chart will help you quickly settle on the best type of information visualization method to explain your idea.

www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/

To-do list for 2007

Here is my list. As you can see, I’ve already completed one task! I love to hit the ground running… so I lowered my standards.

Personal Life:
1. communicate better with my daughter
2. write my little sister some letters
3. write some other people some letters
4. send my little sister some music
5. save 10k
6. clean out my file cabinet
7. do my taxes earlyumm i did them…
8. finish putting together my basement studio
9. make some investments
10. give Maria some crap about her 107 goals list
11. take out the old shed in the yard
12. take out the old plum tree
13. read 6 books
14. pay my bills early or on time so far so good
15. increase my credit score
16. pay off FTB debt
17. learn to cook a few more dishes
18. start learning a new language
19. learn how to tie knots
20. keep all my plants alive
21. buy more orchids
22. get a music service/library started
23. get music list in computer
24. make 6 or so class playlists
25. kayak
26. camp a few times
27. travel at least 3 times out of the state
28. go to Yosemite
29. go to Kauai
30. go to Grand Canyon
31. visit Aunt Vanya
32. visit Aunt Rutha
33. go to San Diego Comic con
34. go to New Mexico
35. do some tantric gardening
36. figure out what tantric gardening is
37. donate more money to charities
38. learn more about psychology
39. refresh my math
40. learn more about gardening
41. move the rest of the agapanthus to the side yard from the front
42. at least one multiple destination road trip!
43. research strategies for starting or working with non-profits for kids (talk to Bwana, Chuck and Sean, Cat Mikkelson, Ford Goodman)
44. get disaster prepared at the house
45. modify the sun roomJeff did it for me : )
46. get some nicer curtains at the house
47. paint my room

    Training:

48. get another Krav Belt or two(one down, one to go?)
49. do more groundfighting (2 or 3 times a month)so far so good
50. spar more often (2 or 3 times a month)
51. stretch more often (2 or 3 times a week)so far so good
52. be able to head kick people that are taller than me for the fun of it
53. get back up to 30 pull-ups, but on a hang board this time
54. climb a few times
55. do several sessions with Luis on security and control techniques
56. teach another seminar
57. avoid injuries (at least those that keep me from training)injured, still training
58. practice more Chinese Boxing (once a month)
59. review Chinese boxing video materials, log some in Premiere
60. get in better cardiovascular condition

    Work:

61. finally use more Web 2.0 such as: start using my Wordpress blog
62. learn more Flash (preferably some data driven content presentation)
63. learn more about OS 10
64. get a calendar app
65. get Dr. Xiang’s product pics online
66. get Dr. Xiang’s site e-commerce enabled
67. render 3 boxer short designs
68. spec out a prototyping run for boxer designs
69. write a business plan for boxer designs
70. find a business partner for boxer designs
71. redo my resume
72. get a representative chunk of 5 years of work done for Certive published on my portfolio
73. apply to some information design firms in SF
74. take a more active role in marketing for KMSFso far so good
75. use the KMSF website more effectively (news, ads, video)

    Creative:

76. do an art project with Maria
77. start some scrapbooks
78. fix Tania’s painting
79. do some sumi-e painting
80. start i-ching UI prototyping
81. make a spreadsheet for i-ching database
82. do at least 4 more pieces of original art work
83. log 6 hours of DV tapes from my library
84. make some Flash clips for folio
85. learn some Premiere (log clips, edit clips, add sounds, transitions, output to Flash and DVD)
86. learn more Painter IX
87. get a new art/photo printer
88. draw and/or paint 2x a week
89. make a few DVDs
90. post videos and embed in my site or blog
91. learn more about rss
92. learn more digital photography
93. get my Mac on wireless
94. publish the next version of my online portfolio
95. finish my Pop’s wedding video
96. start a file on kid’s comic book project for Michael
97. talk to July, Diallo, and Kat about itnot involved in it at this time
98. put Dad’s cooking video on a dvd for Joe and Maria
99. join or start a Dr. Sketchy March 3rd baby!
100. make lampshades for art deco lamp
101. make lampshades for living room sconces
102. put up more art in the house
103. get some more icon pieces up at the KM school
104. get some photos up at the school
105. do a kid’s portrait for the Schoolhouse benefit
106. finish collage from last year
107. do another collage