Kevin Montgomery

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-09-26

    • Happy talk like a pirate day, on this, the 19th of SeptembAAARRRRR… #
    • Public service announcement RE: Pancakes http://bit.ly/2ZXZdD #
    • A song for talk like a pirate day. http://bit.ly/d8gj5 #
    • #lastfm #love 1 Indie Nation Episode 35 Virginia is for Lovers by Rachael Depp http://bit.ly/TWPg9 #
    • watching American Psycho, the one with Christian Bale, for the FIRST TIME. Sorry, I'm a little slow… #
    • RT @michaelbanovsky: When @jamesonriley wrote this: http://tr.im/ziXj he was talking about shit like this: http://tr.im/zjSV #
    • Makes perfect sense. RT @boagworld: Feeling ill again! Strange, I felt better over the weekend. I can only conclude I am allergic to work. #
    • RT @semlady: Yikes… LG 150 phone fails radiation test, stays on Canadian market for almost a year http://ow.ly/qBlX #
    • RT @alizasherman: @GrammarGirl: Please, please weigh in on this poll about semicolons before I lose my mind: http://j.mp/S2l06 #
    • Gooooooooood morning! #
    • listening to an excellent podcast from @boagworld RE: HTML5 #
    • ARG! I didn't know Heroes season 4 started! Global TV advertising #FAIL #
    • RT @semlady: @andybeal: Funny! "PRESS RELEASE: 37SIGNALS VALUATION TOPS $100 BILLION AFTER BOLD VC INVESTMENT" – http://gri.ms/3Lt #
    • listening to 8-bit chiptune game music. AWESOME. #

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-09-26

    • Happy talk like a pirate day, on this, the 19th of SeptembAAARRRRR… #
    • Public service announcement RE: Pancakes http://bit.ly/2ZXZdD #
    • A song for talk like a pirate day. http://bit.ly/d8gj5 #
    • #lastfm #love 1 Indie Nation Episode 35 Virginia is for Lovers by Rachael Depp http://bit.ly/TWPg9 #
    • watching American Psycho, the one with Christian Bale, for the FIRST TIME. Sorry, I'm a little slow… #
    • RT @michaelbanovsky: When @jamesonriley wrote this: http://tr.im/ziXj he was talking about shit like this: http://tr.im/zjSV #
    • Makes perfect sense. RT @boagworld: Feeling ill again! Strange, I felt better over the weekend. I can only conclude I am allergic to work. #
    • RT @semlady: Yikes… LG 150 phone fails radiation test, stays on Canadian market for almost a year http://ow.ly/qBlX #
    • RT @alizasherman: @GrammarGirl: Please, please weigh in on this poll about semicolons before I lose my mind: http://j.mp/S2l06 #
    • Gooooooooood morning! #
    • listening to an excellent podcast from @boagworld RE: HTML5 #
    • ARG! I didn't know Heroes season 4 started! Global TV advertising #FAIL #
    • RT @semlady: @andybeal: Funny! "PRESS RELEASE: 37SIGNALS VALUATION TOPS $100 BILLION AFTER BOLD VC INVESTMENT" – http://gri.ms/3Lt #
    • listening to 8-bit chiptune game music. AWESOME. #

  • Effective Design Tells a Story

    I recently finished reading a small, impact-full book called “Epic” by John Eldridge. Though the book is primarily a Christian theme, I realized as I was reading the prologue how the importance of a “story” has implications in design.

    A good quote to consider might be one spoken by Samwise Gamgee in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings:

    “I wonder what sort of tale we’ve landed in.”

    One of the key ideas in Epic is that every situation is a small part of a larger story. The design implication here is that every solution should anticipate a story, and have a plan as to how each story should unfold. Using personas would be a good way to achieve this.

    This sort of consideration leads to designs that are meaningful and relevant. William Shakesphere’s Macbeth has a good quote that could also be applied to design, and that is to avoid a design that is:

    “…but a walking shadow, a poor player

    That struts and frets his hour upon the stage

    And then is heard no more. It is a tale

    Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

    Signifying nothing.”

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-09-19

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-09-12

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  • Twitter Updates for 2009-09-05

    • 10MO said his first sentence! As he held his colouring pencil in the air: "YOU DIE!" Not feeding him fast enough? #
    • is cleaning cleaning cleaning… House goes on the market on Tuesday! #
    • Just scored 'The Principles of Successful Freelancing' for free! http://twitaway.com #twitaway #

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-09-05

    • 10MO said his first sentence! As he held his colouring pencil in the air: "YOU DIE!" Not feeding him fast enough? #
    • is cleaning cleaning cleaning… House goes on the market on Tuesday! #
    • Just scored 'The Principles of Successful Freelancing' for free! http://twitaway.com #twitaway #

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-08-29

    • Phone's broken. Will try to get a replacement today. #
    • Good: Got my replacement phone. Bad: Applying all of my old customizations. #timesink. #
    • you know what? T9 predictive text is kind of okay! #
    • What's the point of a @predictivetext bot? #
    • RT @GuyKawasaki: Beyond Styrofoam: A look at alternative packaging materials: http://om.ly/HhNM #
    • RT @longnu: “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” i love Buddha quotes ..;) #
    • Quote that's in my head: " #
    • Quote that's in my head: "Doubt sees the obstacles. Faith sees the way." -Unknown. #
    • just finished the story of when Dora and Boots cleaned up the mess Goldilocks left behind. 🙂 #
    • Huh. I didn't know parking was a taxable benefit. http://ping.fm/hs1Rq #
    • just joined @boxee, a new way to enjoy entertainment on your TV & PC. join now at http://www.boxee.tv/signup #
    • Currently reading http://bit.ly/37Y7kH #
    • Telemarketers fined for violating do-not-call list http://bit.ly/37Y7kH #
    • Reading: CONTROVERSY CUBED http://bit.ly/w9Q8F via @addthis #
    • A petition urging world leaders to support an ambitious, fair, and binding global climate treaty. http://ping.fm/MOl7p #
    • goody, more rain. #
    • Lindsey Buckingham is the man. http://blip.fm/~ced62 via @addthis #

  • Twitter Updates for 2009-08-29

    • Phone's broken. Will try to get a replacement today. #
    • Good: Got my replacement phone. Bad: Applying all of my old customizations. #timesink. #
    • you know what? T9 predictive text is kind of okay! #
    • What's the point of a @predictivetext bot? #
    • RT @GuyKawasaki: Beyond Styrofoam: A look at alternative packaging materials: http://om.ly/HhNM #
    • RT @longnu: “The mind is everything. What you think you become.” i love Buddha quotes ..;) #
    • Quote that's in my head: " #
    • Quote that's in my head: "Doubt sees the obstacles. Faith sees the way." -Unknown. #
    • just finished the story of when Dora and Boots cleaned up the mess Goldilocks left behind. 🙂 #
    • Huh. I didn't know parking was a taxable benefit. http://ping.fm/hs1Rq #
    • just joined @boxee, a new way to enjoy entertainment on your TV & PC. join now at http://www.boxee.tv/signup #
    • Currently reading http://bit.ly/37Y7kH #
    • Telemarketers fined for violating do-not-call list http://bit.ly/37Y7kH #
    • Reading: CONTROVERSY CUBED http://bit.ly/w9Q8F via @addthis #
    • A petition urging world leaders to support an ambitious, fair, and binding global climate treaty. http://ping.fm/MOl7p #
    • goody, more rain. #
    • Lindsey Buckingham is the man. http://blip.fm/~ced62 via @addthis #