Joshua Brewer

Having the sudden urge to play very loud electric guitar and Bonham-level drums - simultaneously....

Aug 1st

The Fray’s cover of Kanye’s Heartless. http://bit.ly/krHd7 (via @chrismessina) I liked...

Jul 31st

Started off the morning with 808’s & Heartbreak and now listening to Copeland. About to do...

Jul 31st

Join me on @Dropbox and get 2GB plus 250MB of bonus space!...

Jul 31st

Ruthie fed. Reading and playing before bedtime. She is infatuated with belly-buttons. I love this...

Jul 31st

Delicious lunch at Kho Samui with @timyoung, @scashin133, @thatothermitch. Awesome green curry and...

Jul 31st

Signal vs. Noise just PUKED all over my RSS stream. Thanks for that guys.

Jul 30th

OH: Its so hard to remember things I never knew in the first place.

Jul 30th

“Find the middle ground between clever and stupid”–Jared Spool. In web app design this is basically...

Jul 30th

Good initial sketching for a small upcoming project. Next, more work the logo and getting the comp...

Jul 30th

A very, very long day buried in IE battling invisible enemies and ultimately coming out victorious....

Jul 30th

OH: TechCrunch is the TMZ of the web. #funnycositstrue

Jul 30th

iTunes shuffle: Finley Quaye>Cure>Outcast>Thievery Corp.>Elf Power>Ziggy...

Jul 29th

New WP theme is nearly complete. Some IE testing and then we can let the cat out of the proverbial...

Jul 29th

Heading home for birthday lunch with the wife and then back to work (cross-browser testing). Once my...

Jul 29th

Changing contexts multiple times before 10am on a Monday does not bode well.

Jul 27th

I am fairly certain that grace is really knowing someone’s faults, wrongs and shortcomings and...

Jul 27th

Heading into the mission dist. With @danabrewer and Ruth. Always fun.

Jul 27th

Doing bills with @danabrewer. She taking over the paying of bills for the family....

Jul 26th

Completely at the mercy of Comcast’s horrendous service. Were my building not wired for it, I...

Jul 26th

Dinner at Avatars last night was amazing. Chilling with @trevorgerzen and @therealcat was awesome....

Jul 25th

At the ferry building getting Blue Bottle and some fresh foods!

Jul 25th

Blue Bottle Coffee Co. at the Ferry Building. Line way out...

Jul 25th

Great dinner tonight at Udupi Palace with @om and the @Socialcast team.

Jul 24th

At SFO picking up @danabrewer and Ruth! Man, I really missed them this week.

Jul 24th

Looks like I may be heading to NYC for the delveUI masterclass. Anyone gonna be in NYC Aug 4-7?

Jul 22nd

OH: gonna have to lay off the bacon and the beef.

Jul 22nd

By modeling your software on existing behavior you can be sure that the features you add will be...

Jul 22nd

OH: I don’t know if you know this, but I love a good sausage.

Jul 22nd

Opps, Trevor is now @trevorgerzen and Sean is @scashin133. #userfail regardless, Racer 5 IPA is...

Jul 22nd

Looks like Rogue Brewing is in my future for some dinner and beers with @therealtrevor,...

Jul 22nd

Visionary customers can “fill in the gaps” on missing features, if the product solves a...

Jul 22nd

OH: So it just needs to look like Safari, right? #obviousstatementoftheyear #comeonIE

Jul 22nd

I sure wish Cafe Centro was open later. Love this place.

Jul 22nd

Just deactivated my Aardvark account. Less noise, please and thank you.

Jul 22nd

Great day today. The whole @socialcast team is here in SF for the week. Exciting things to come.

Jul 21st

The crew is at 21st amendment if anyone wants meet up. Come have a beer with the @socialcast crew!

Jul 21st

just dropped @danabrewer and Ruth off at SFO. Gonna head into the office for a bit, then dinner and...

Jul 20th

Scary thought: You are your email client. Your conversation/communication paradigms are shaped by...

Jul 19th

At the kids park with Ruth. She’s a climbing, running, smiling machine! http://post.ly/1NOQ

Jul 18th

Just finished setting up (initially, anyway… there is more to come) @danabrewer’s new...

Jul 18th

Went to bed thinking of Swiss design and woke up with an idea for a layout. Thank you subconcious.

Jul 17th

Getting Dana hooked on Tumblr

So we are sitting here looking thru all the themes right now. Dana is bookmarking ones she likes...

Jul 17th

TechCrunch could be in serious legal trouble for publishing stolen Twitter biz info....

Jul 17th

http://agilezen.com/ is…open-ended, so you can use it the way that’s most helpful…and...

Jul 17th

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.”–T....

Jul 16th

Emigre has joined the list of foundries supporting .webfont. (http://bit.ly/WgIFQ) #webfont (via...

Jul 16th

Worst shaving accident in a decade or more. Ruth came into bathroom & screamed, I turned my...

Jul 16th

Winners for the Mozilla Labs Design Challenge have been announced. Tabs made better? You decide:...

Jul 16th

Unfortunately, I think this is more true than not: http://bit.ly/e9p09 #sc #designerhumor

Jul 16th

Inferiority complex: http://bit.ly/oJ41t #sc

Jul 16th

How to A/B Test Your WordPress blog: tactical step-by-step instructions. http://klck.me/BW (via...

Jul 16th

The right webfont proposal. http://bit.ly/WgIFQ Smart, compact, open, elegant, forward-thinking,...

Jul 16th

OH: Lean Startup can lead to a scope black hole.

Jul 15th

Ruth got up this morning and brought me her shoes and said, “park!” I think she likes...

Jul 15th

Acknowledging a failure is the first step to finding the real solution.

Jul 15th

SF is beautiful today! Needed to clear my head & solve some interaction challenges, so I went...

Jul 15th

Thinks web 2.0 is behind the trend of mixing mental models in interaction patterns. Ex. Comment link...

Jul 15th

OH: I hate it when I use too much Cascade. #reallybadCSSnerdhumor

Jul 14th

Finally got some dinner after feeding, bathing and getting Ruth to bed, doing some laundry and...

Jul 14th

Working on a custom WP theme. Haven’t done this in a very long while. Should be pretty sweet...

Jul 14th

LG BL40 is pretty slick. UI looks solid. Only complaint is that it looks too narrow. Web page in...

Jul 13th

We took an impromptu trip to Buena Vista park today. What a...

Jul 13th

Extremely stoked about xtorrent 2.0 and I love Museo but I dont know about them together. Museo just...

Jul 13th

Heading to 21st Amendment for dinner with some friends from SD. Feel free to join us.

Jul 12th

Getting a serious kick out of http://imarockstarninja.com/. I have a hard time believing him,...

Jul 12th

OH: who would want to drink a beer that is only 3%?

Jul 12th

Jonathan Huffman down at the farmers market.

Jul 12th

UI tip: Take away all unnecessary decoration and give people the avenue to accomplish their goals.

Jul 12th

OH: “does everyone have a Blackberry?” “yeah, it’s like the iPhone for broke...

Jul 12th

Visitors

Matt Swanson, John Maalis and Jonathan Huffman came to visit and unfortunately, Matt’s truck...

Jul 11th

My buddy passing thru got his truck broken into tonight. Way to welcome him SF. Cops for the guy but...

Jul 11th

RT @pws: “Our complaint with IE6 should not be with the users, but with the IT...

Jul 11th

Lunch at home today with Ruthie. I am a lucky dad!

Jul 11th

RT: @timyoung talks about Real Time Business today @ #crunchup @2:30 PT. Watch it here:...

Jul 10th

A little live old-school Pearl Jam is getting this Friday cranking. Its been a long while since I...

Jul 10th

If you criticize something, be ready to offer why. Constructive or not, empty claims are just your...

Jul 10th

Heading home after a very productive day. New features. New ideas. @Socialcast team keeps...

Jul 10th

Liking the layout of the new www.blinksale.com site but not really feeling the slab font. It really...

Jul 10th

UI tip: don’t assume users will use your app how YOU intended. Instead, create an environment...

Jul 9th

RT @sambrown: Lovely icons and a nice site too: http://helveticons.ch/ - wish there was tiered...

Jul 9th

Amazing dinner with some dear friends. Conversation around community-centric focus being an answer...

Jul 9th

Post-it Note wireframing FTW.

Jul 9th

Fake Steve Jobs is probably more dead on and accurate than the 6000 other idiots re-posting, I mean,...

Jul 9th

Absolutely! That is great to hear. I am sure its gonna be great and it will definitely be cool to be...

Jul 9th

“Your personal velocity so far this year is .97km/h, which is about the same as a giant...

Jul 8th

Happy Anniversary @danabrewer! 9 years, 4 moves, 2 houses and 1 amazing daughter. I am so excited...

Jul 8th

Quite a full evening. Got the new tv stand assembled, tv & stereo components hooked up, living...

Jul 8th

Came home from a productive @socialcast, took Ruth out to play, fed her and put her to bed. Now:...

Jul 8th

Wow. Quoting Vanilla Ice in order to sell your product management software. Maybe not?...

Jul 7th

Does anyone know any good Flex guys? And by good, I mean kick*ss! #flex #recommendations

Jul 7th

Any design decision should be justified in at least two ways.–Matthew Frederick.

Jul 7th

Every feature you add should express the core idea/value of your product.

Jul 7th

Heading out to explore Treasure Island. Not Disneyland, silly. San Francisco.

Jul 5th

Very mellow 4th of July. Quick trip to Target and Home Depot for some “get the apartment set...

Jul 5th

Activity streams = record of tasks accomplished by you & others. Enabling users to easily...

Jul 5th

Good practice to step away from something you designed for a short time and then come back to it....

Jul 4th

Good sign that @danabrewer is adjusting to life in SF: her @twitter output has tripled.

Jul 3rd