Anthropomorphism is any attribution of human characteristics (or characteristics assumed to belong only to humans) to animals, non-living things, phenomena, material states, objects or abstract concepts (wikipedia).
It is human to see human responses around us, and we have the ability for abstraction. So we apply human patterns to animals and objects. “An evil wind blows..” Continue reading “anthropomorphism – you are like me” »
If you can do a half-assed job of anything, you’re a one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind.
Kurt Vonnegut
A carpenter was commissioned to build some boxes for a SPCA cat shelter. This is what he did. He did not even bother to pretend to do a half decent job. Continue reading “digital carpentry” »
so.. i got hacked. What irony. Fundamentally, it was a .htaccess hack, and every php file got a nasty cookie script. God, what a hassle. I am lucky to have a provider that does decent backups, and that I do not update the site much, so little was lost. But for a couple of hours, as I sifted through it all, it stress levels was uncomfortably high. Continue reading “black hack” »
2011
Technical writing, software testing, manual design.
An insane man have placed poison around Oslo, hidden in little piles of sawdust, to murder dogs.
I woke up yesterday, to a flood of warnings on facebook, telling me about this deeply disturbed individual, and that several dogs had already died. Even in my grumpy pre-coffee morning haze, something smelled a little off. Continue reading “the mysterious case of the dead dog” »
“Imagine an electronic page for each species of organism on Earth...”
Encyclopedia of life is an amazing, insane undertaking. E. O. Wilson did a delightful, rambling TED-talk, and things actually happened. Continue reading “a ux look at (the encyclopedia of) Life” »
2011
Information architecture, usability, company identity, design, graphics. Custom wordpress. HTML5, CSS3, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, WordPress. Responsive design.
Continue reading “quality flight solutions” »
If you wish to study a granfalloon, just remove the skin of a toy balloon— Bokonon
Social media. The term is empty, does not have real meaning. It is a trap, a slippery eel. In the undying words of Kurt Vonnegut; it is a granfalloon. Continue reading “the granfalloon of social media” »
I went to a little talk today, held by Mano Mark, senior geo developer at Google, for whoever at the Smithsonian who wanted to come. I learned some interesting things… Continue reading “earth, wind, fire” »
“Webdesign” is often a thankless thing; the discussions and arguments runs heated in the forums these days. Because webdesign is structure, plan, architecture, planning for flexibility and future needs, usability, accessibility, indexing, storing. And yes. Colours and boxes too. Continue reading “the art of no” »
2011
building a web interface and information architecture to display large amounts of CT scans and information from a large section of the Smithsonian collections. Continue reading “CT-project, National Museum of Natural History” »
This has puzzled me for a long time:
We invest emotions into massive companies, because they produce our computing tools.
You have the Apple fans and the – until recently slightly guilty – Microsoft followers. The MS crowd seems to have gained some confidence back recently, and they yell as loud as the macApple clan. Continue reading “great expectations, the macApple clan & the MSboys” »
Keep It Simple, Stupid!
Websites. it is everything and nothing. Not everyone needs a website. But by god, how much shite is out there – it is baffling; it begs belief.
Continue reading “KISS websites – drowning in drivel” »
2011
an inspired singers epic journey across USA, retracing old history, creating new.
2011
a freelance journalist and traveller’s personal ramblings, his bio, portfolio, work and the odd photo. customized WordPress child theme, upgrading from wp 2.0.
2011
structuring html and css for an in-house application.
2010/2011
Coding, structuring, implementing new web pages, company blog, information architecture, interaction design. Coding timeline JS & PHP by Lars Bjørkevoll graphic design by Alexander Odden WordPress, HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, Photoshop, Illustrator. Continue reading “favourite systems as” »
I am a freelancer now, not being able to do an interview the way it is supposed to be done. It is a game; there are rules. There are formulated questions, and therefore formulated answers. I cannot do it.
Continue reading “triage” »
A while ago, I applied for a job as a 3D-assistant. I can do that, I figured. The description of the job and subsequent application went through a large site that deals with everything from selling houses to pencils. And job listings.
I was summoned to the interview, both by phone and an e-mail through finn.no’s system. Continue reading “the interview” »
2010
A small flash animation for an interactive exhibit, concerning telephone design and the industrial designer John Houghton. Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator.
Continue reading “norwegian telecom museum” »