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@JIMWICh that's awesome. about 11 hours ago via web in reply to JIMWICh
JIMWICh Oh yeah? Well my new book is EVEN DUMBER! bit.ly/JJUvKv #fiftyshades #fsog #fiftyshadesofgrey #heh about 11 hours ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by austingovella and 1 other
Chimero's 'Shape of Design' arrived. [pic] — path.com/p/2BQ6Og about 13 hours ago via Path 2.0
@meghannn youtube.com/watch?v=1EyVzL… about 15 hours ago via web in reply to meghannn
Sometimes it's useful having been raised by hippy, surfer, lawyers. about 15 hours ago via web
Responded to a copyright claim for a song I uploaded to YouTube. Sadly, rights administrator does not control the rights to this version. about 15 hours ago via web
On an internal skills assessment, I marked myself as a "thought leader" for "Human Languages: English" about 15 hours ago via web
@meghannn new window! I get up to five windows, all full of tabs. about 15 hours ago via web in reply to meghannn
@willsansbury You other IAs cannot lie... 8:56 AM May 24th via web in reply to willsansbury
Trying out Coda2. Been w/ Textmate for 7 years, and it's starting to get creaky. @willsansbury I love the fat target areas at the top. 8:23 AM May 24th via web in reply to willsansbury
@threefour But it's only one kind of user-centered business. Important to note it's one way, but not the only way to design things. 6:54 PM May 23rd via web in reply to threefour
Trying the crab cakes, gumbo, and crab fingers. (at Louisiana Lagniappe) — path.com/p/4ljoQM 5:09 PM May 23rd via Path 2.0 from Oak Hills Place, LA
@semanticwill how primitive. He should be speaking in html, gesticulating in javascript, and breathing heavily in css 4:57 PM May 23rd via Twitter for Android in reply to semanticwill
@jamedarr Tests I've seen suggest user's drop off by as much as 50% with every "next page" link. 11:38 AM May 23rd via web in reply to jamedarr
Prototype Win8 apps anywhere? Use CSS3's multicolumn layout: column-width, height, and column-break. #yourwelcome 11:00 AM May 23rd via web
The best way to change the system is to just change it. You don't need permission. You don't need to evangelize. Just be different. 10:25 AM May 23rd via web
@Cennydd You had a typo. You meant to write: "Will write a blog post about this tomorrow." </editor hat> 10:14 AM May 23rd via web in reply to Cennydd
@marc1919 someone should write a book on creating "blueprints for the web" /cc @levelten amazon.com/Information-Ar… :-D 10:07 AM May 23rd via web in reply to marc1919
@nathanacurtis @Cennydd I have stock answers to qual vs quant and "is five users enough" I will share later today or tomorrow 10:05 AM May 23rd via web in reply to nathanacurtis
@nathanacurtis @Cennydd Do either of you have a set of stock answer to that question? 10:05 AM May 23rd via web in reply to nathanacurtis

Name Austin Govella
Location Houston
Web http://www.thinki...
Bio UX architect and designer.... Co-author of 'IA: Blueprints for the Web'.... dark chocolate with cayenne pepper: dark, bitter, and hot.