Signposts, y’all. Have a wonderful three-day weekend!

How Pixar fosters creativity

Pixar founder Ed Catmull shares key elements of their creative process.  One of the most important things we’ve read all year.

This is not my beautiful house

Chris Heathcote challenges our thinking on what is experience design.

Hallucinogenic eye candy USB lollies take your brain to that special place, for real

Using taste to simulate sight, and other trippy concepts.

Can in-house design departments be respectable?

Special challenges for in-house designers, and what to do about them. Be forewarned: soft skills required.

How Buildings Learn, the video

The BBC series based on Stewart Brand’s excellent book. Watch all six parts for free on Google Video.

UX Week sketchnotes

Missed UX Week? No problem. Check out these beautiful and illustrative sketches from one UX Week attendee.

The future is data bases

It’s 1975 and this man is about to show you the future. Future visioning from IBM. 30 years ago.

Visual guide to version control

Version control, and why you should care.  At last, it makes sense.

Oh, don’t forget

Oh, how we love this.  Send yourself text message reminders.

Time lapse video of slime mold

In honor of Adaptive Path’s spirit animal (slime mold) and the little yellow mushroom seen growing in a houseplant around our office, we honor the beauty of spores.