Joshua Brewer

OH: Sharing without gratification will not sustain.

Sep 1st

Incredible day of ideation. I really love this job.

Sep 1st

RT to win a Restraint letterpress print. Announce winner tomorrow. http://bit.ly/jEZ2t (via...

Aug 31st

Delicious UI issue: SAVE & SAVED are way to similar to have the same treatment (all caps and...

Aug 30th

Vacuous claims about user needs lead to scope creep. - Dan Brown

Aug 30th

Heading to farmers market with @danabrewer & Ruth. Which means blue bottle. Maybe.

Aug 30th

Following 123 and 321 followers. This is some kind of magical Twitter moment. Does it mean I must...

Aug 30th

Good music at the farmers market.

Aug 29th

Josh’s Design Tenants (part 1): 1. Know your users 2. Get feedback early and often 3....

Aug 29th

Josh’s Design Tenants (part 2): 4. Simple & clear OVER shiny & clever 5. Data trumps...

Aug 29th

Just found @dropular. If anyone has an invite, please let me know what it would take to procure one...

Aug 29th

My daughter, following in her daddy’s steps. Pulled out one of my books and started reading....

Aug 29th

Mimicking behavior will never lead to an understanding of WHY it works. #sc #wordstoliveby...

Aug 28th

“If visual design does its job well, it brings out the most important information…...

Aug 28th

VDIAC [vid-e-ack] - noun: one who possesses strong Visual Design, Information Architecture skills...

Aug 28th

OH: of course she has mild OCD, she’s female! (tip @carrieyoung)

Aug 28th

Good day @socialcast. New things on the horizon. Still looking for that perfect fit (front-end...

Aug 27th

Looking for strong contenders to replace Photoshop in my workflow. OS X. Go!

Aug 27th

Who let Ikea switch from Futura to Verdana? I mean, seriously? Maybe they’re not as...

Aug 26th

Daughter fed. Dinner cleaned up. Dishes done. Kitchen cleaned. Now: sketching, icon design and...

Aug 26th

Type Nerd Alert: I think I just fell in love with FF Milo. Super Family is amazing. Serif/Sans...

Aug 26th

I wonder what would happen if some UI/UX expert overhauled facebook. I bet it would make about a...

Aug 25th

Realizing that everyone who practices UX should be required to take some behavioral psychology...

Aug 25th

I would have expected a little more attention to detail from a framework w/ typographic standards in...

Aug 25th

Looking for a strong front-end developer to join the Socialcast team!...

Aug 25th

SAN > SFO > BART > home > @Socialcast HQ is a go! Can’t wait to be back in SF. #sc

Aug 24th

Grids = most misunderstood & misused element in layout… it’s only useful if derived...

Aug 22nd

So glad @therealcat wanted to do a biker themed wedding: http://post.ly/2YYa I am so ready!

Aug 22nd

Hanging out w/ @ruthannebrewer while @danabrewer has some mom time. Gonna run some errands and take...

Aug 22nd

“There are no lasting technological solutions to social problems.” - @bokardo

Aug 21st

Dana, Ruth and I are killing time in the International terminal at SFO. Got another flight at 6pm....

Aug 21st

It’s worth the cost of a cab to SFO instead of BART. Especially when you miss your flight....

Aug 21st

UI tip: one must eliminate even the most beloved aesthetic if it does not offer the user a more...

Aug 19th

Having an IA moment of clarity and attempting to capture it in a Google Doc. #sc

Aug 19th

Grace cannot be earned. Your actions tell your motives. To forgive is love. #lifehaiku

Aug 19th

Thank you @facebook, for your clear error messages… http://bit.ly/4iNbSY

Aug 19th

Absolutely stunning work here: http://bit.ly/ds1iJ

Aug 18th

I’ll take the book and/ the video, as well as,/ free registration! #hcsshaiku

Aug 18th

handcrafted with love my burden, my sweet delight again, you have me #hcsshaiku

Aug 18th

Had a nap for the first time in ages and now to the Ferry Building to get some Blue Bottle.

Aug 17th

Jalapeño stuffed burger with bacon and Swiss. And a side of...

Aug 15th

Seriously, can you get any cooler than this?

Aug 15th

If @simplebits were to toss me a @dribble invite I wouldn’t be the least bit sad. In fact,...

Aug 15th

Isn’t RockMelt really just Flock 3.0? (convo w/@timyoung)

Aug 15th

Dead on post by @om: http://bit.ly/15EBVX

Aug 14th

Do you ever have the urge to write something that is incredibly true and funny but you really...

Aug 14th

There is a thin line between desperation and determination.

Aug 14th

Methinks that @mokolabs is having a birthday today. Thus, I am wishing him the best!

Aug 14th

I’m making my tweets permanent with http://BackupMyTweets.com

Aug 14th

you might want to brush up on your sign language if dining at Dosa. Can’t hear shit.

Aug 13th

Information. Awareness. Context. Execution. These are a few of my favorite things.

Aug 13th

Upgrading all of my sites that run WordPress to 2.8.4 - you should too.

Aug 13th

Qualitative vs. Quantitative can be Life vs. Death for a product.

Aug 12th

Very well articulated article by @bwalkin: http://bit.ly/hkkVh

Aug 12th

Must. Close. Photoshop. Must. Brush. Teeth. Must. Sleep. Now.

Aug 11th

Testing. http://ff.im/6q6Qk

Aug 11th

http://bit.ly/i3j6g http://ff.im/6q7MP

Aug 11th

Just discovered the Facebook character limit on a post is 420. College students created this? No...

Aug 11th

Again. http://ff.im/6q6Q9

Aug 11th

LOL of the day: FriendFeed’s “Helvetica” theme uses Lucida Grande for sidebar...

Aug 11th

“Frankly, after having copied so many of FriendFeed’s features, for Facebook, buying them was...

Aug 11th

http://bit.ly/17ED3O http://ff.im/6q8z4

Aug 11th

http://bit.ly/ZNBAd http://ff.im/6q8df

Aug 11th

Sorry about those few random posts. I was testing FriendFeed and it auto-posted to Twitter…...

Aug 11th

Monday fail. And its only 9:25…

Aug 11th

Calacanis has become so irrelevant that he has to Apple bash. I wonder how long before he announces...

Aug 11th

What is the best platform for a multi-author blog? Taking suggestions.

Aug 11th

Assembling the new desk and listening to Chris Quialla.

Aug 10th

Just saw GI Joe w/ @seancashin. Better than expected. Kung-Fu grip line = priceless!

Aug 10th

In beautiful Santa Cruz w/ @danabrewer’s cousins & aunt! So crazy!

Aug 9th

Anyone recommend a good place to get T-shirt/hoodie made in San Francisco?

Aug 6th

ie6: ghost text bug, 3px text jog and disappearing content all in one fell swoop. What a way to...

Aug 6th

Running home for lunch. Homemade fish tacos! @danabrewer is too good to me.

Aug 5th

I just realized that FriendFeed is really just Bulletin Boards 2.0. Thank you, @scobleizer. You just...

Aug 5th

No rest for the wicked. Hanging up curtains for @danabrewer tonight. Apt. is looking much cozier for...

Aug 4th

Just saved a serious amount of time by designing in the browser over a static background image....

Aug 4th

Happy Cog and Airbag Industries merge: http://tr.im/vhPD Its like the supergroup of Web Design....

Aug 3rd

I’m at South Beach Cafe (800 Embarcadero St, Townsend, San Francisco). http://bit.ly/iS7h1...

Aug 3rd

What a day. Lunch in Petaluma. Tour of a local farm where they are doing amazing things. Gelatto and...

Aug 3rd

Heading out to Petaluma and Dillon Beach and meeting up Forrest and Ann Marie Huisman!

Aug 3rd

Leveraging the strong and weak ties in the right contexts will be a defining trait of successful...

Aug 2nd

Enterprise 2.0: Desktop or Cloud? Does it matter? The bigger shift is in changing the behavior of...

Aug 2nd

Flash of inspiration on a secret little project this afternoon but then Ruth woke up & wanted to...

Aug 2nd

Time for a walk w/ @danabrewer & @ruthannebrewer then dinner and then resuming previous...

Aug 2nd

On the way to Ikea, Trader Joes and some shoe shopping with @danabrewer and Ruth. Adventure awaits!

Aug 1st

Blue Bottle ground and slow drip brewed in the Blue Bottle ceramic thingy at home is pretty amazing....

Aug 1st

Man am I thankful for the life I gave been given. Relationships really are the most valuable thing...

Aug 1st