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A dubstep/ambient song I wrote in dedication to the little man that lives in the attic above my house. Please visit my soundcloud page to make comments and critiques, which are welcome.
The Man Upstairs by nokamusic

Believe it or not, this is a fan video and not an official video for one of my favorite songs on Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest, Two Weeks. The song is beautiful, but the visuals are absolutely fantastic. Way to go, Gabe Askew - I’m a fan!!!

I am excited to announce the launch of my latest project at Yahoo!, the redesigned Yahoo! Design Pattern Library. This is a project that’s been in the works within my team for over a year now (and on my radar for a few months), so it’s very exciting for all of us to see it go live.

A couple of months ago, I caught word that the always fascinating Christian Crumlish needed a hand finishing the construction of his Yahoo! Design Pattern Library. The old pattern library was painfully out of date, both visually and content-wise. I was happy to lend a hand to help build something that not only matched the modern aesthetic of our Yahoo! Developer Network (a site that I helped build and launch in its current state about a year ago), but also integrated some new features, while supporting a massive content inventory.

Last Summer, Chris Hanrath wrote up a great IxD spec for the new Yahoo! Design Pattern Library, which then made its rounds through the classic big-company hurdles. Eventually, Nick Terry designed the vis-de for it (based on Stepan Douris’ original VisDe), which made its way to my desk. I built the new front end with the help of Mich Cook on the middlelayer engineering, while Christian Crumlish tweaked the content to fit the new format.

For those of you who may not be familiar with the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library, it’s a very powerful design asset, especially for anyone who needs to communicate/refer to the “correct way of doing things” when designing a site/project. Christian Crumlish is the resident Yahoo! Design Pattern Library curator, who observes and documents common interaction design patterns and documents them here, on the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library. Christian (or xian, or mediajunkie) is a really fun guy to work with because his mind is constantly in the IxD Design Patterns headspace. If you get a chance to see him give a talk, don’t miss it - his wealth of knowledge matched with his great sense of humor makes for always a great time. Christian is currently putting the finishing touches on a book titled, ”Designing Social Interfaces: Principles, Patterns, and Practices for Improving the User Experience (Animal Guide)“. He’s co-authoring the Patterns book with Erin Malone. This book is the evidence of a ton of hard work by Erin and Christian and is due out in a matter of weeks.

When you’ve got a moment, head on over to the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library and check out our hard work!

Animal Collective “My Girls” from Chad von Nau on Vimeo.

A clever commentary on the current state of advertising… heh.

Scholz & Friends: “Dramatic shift in marketing reality” from Michael Reissinger on Vimeo.

I love Make Magazine. I love bikes. I love hacking. Combine all these and whatdya get?

Maker Profile - Cyclecide from make magazine on Vimeo.

Looks like a jolly-good time:

wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.