Tomorrow

After reading this post on iLounge I’m thinking I might finally buy a full-fledged iPod.

That’s right my friends, I’ve never owned a real iPod. I have a first generation shuffle that rarely gets used (lack of a screen sucks), and Gretchen has a 5th generation that I’ve watched videos on when we travel. But I, both a designer and an Apple nerd, do not own a magic music box with a screen (aside from the laptops).

Hopefully, tomorrow will bring this era to an end. My money is on a touch iPod with some level of wireless capability. I’m not betting on full internet or anything, but maybe wireless syncing, or some other sort of wireless trickery.

School continues to go well, and I continue to horde my projects and not put them on the internet for you to see. I’d like for this to be different, but it still remains low on the priority list. Deadlines are even more ominous when you’re the only one responsible for the whole project.

Some notes on the analog cube project:

• Discoverable experiences that offer a rewards are more satisfying than obvious experiences that don’t offer anything to the user.
• What an object says is just as important as what the user brings to it.
• Time management and being a perfectionist do not play well together. Learning to manage time is still the most important skill a student at any level can learn.

Back to work…