Tag Archives: Social Media

Modern Romantics and the Social Graph

I’ve been letting the Facebook Timeline design settle in now for a while. Today a developer friend was showing me the new Open Graph API (described as Facebook’s core), and it reminded me of some thoughts that have been nagging me about the deeper implications of the Timeline user experience. The Timeline is a wonderful …

January 25, 2012 – 12:34 am | By Jason Sack | Posted in Design, interaction design, Social Media, twitter | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Amen, Aimee Mann

A colleague accidentally clicked on a promotion while we were discussing YouTube’s video UI, and when I saw Aimee’s name it caught my eye. I’m a big fan, some of her songs are on my best “rip your heart out, despair, and keep going” list. No one does bittersweet like Ms. Mann. I mean, she …

June 4, 2008 – 9:17 am | By Jason Sack | Posted in Design, General, Inspiration, Social Media | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

Fake Friends

Remember that Joan Jett and the Blackhearts song, Fake Friends? Ok, I’m dating myself here. The refrain went something like this: “You got nothin’ to lose, you don’t lose when you lose fake friends.” Add your punk rock growl and slabs of saturated bar chords for full effect. I had the pleasure of seeing Joseph …

April 15, 2008 – 6:51 am | By Jason Sack | Posted in Culture, Design, Inspiration | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)