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April 2012

Date:	2012-04-16 09:28
Subject:	Google UX research participants
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(Yeah, I know, I haven't posted here in a million years, and I doubt anyone's reading. For that very reason, though, it shouldn't hurt for me to post this here as well.)

Like complaining about Google products? (In particular, are you still mad about what they did to GMail?) Want to see prototypes of Google products before they're released? Want to maybe earn gift cards or swag?

Google's User Experience team is looking for participants in all types of user experience research studies. Check it out: http://goo.gl/hxpAV

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Date:	2010-07-14 23:02
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A coworker calls to ask me a question, then says, "Wait, you're not the Joseph I'm looking for." I reply, "So, I can go about my business?"

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Date:	2010-07-13 23:02
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Got caught in a summer shower on my way home tonight. It's quite pleasant - The only trick is making sure that my phone doesn't get wet.

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Date:	2010-07-12 23:02
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From this morning: I'm riding the Acela to NYC a day of meetings. Between free wi-fi and the coffee that I carried on, this is actually pretty pleasant.

From this evening: OK, now I'm on the train back to Boston. Had a couple good meetings and got to meet lots of folks whom I only knew via email and phone until today.

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Date:	2010-07-01 23:04
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All this buzz about "Eclipse" is confusing me. I mean, sure, I like it better than NetBeans or IDEA, but why the big fuss? ;-) Besides, the "2010 Eclipse release weekend" that I care about happened last week: www.eclipse.org/helios/

Thanks to the Internet, I can easily find the name, samples, and full lyrics to a song that I remember dancing to once in Germany in 1994. Weird.

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Date:	2010-06-27 23:04
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Finally got around to seeing A-Team. It was self-consciously over-the-top, but enjoyably so. Quote: "Overkill is underrated."

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Date:	2010-06-24 23:00
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How have I been a professional Java Swing developer for years and not seen this? madbean.com/anim/totallygridbag/

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Date:	2010-06-23 23:01
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I just Skyped my brother and parents in Sweden this morning. I gotta say, technology can be pretty awesome.

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Date:	2010-06-21 23:04
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You can tell that the weather was nice here in Boston from the fact that nobody checked in any code changes over the weekend.

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Date:	2010-06-11 23:02
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Using a crosswalk at a busy intersection with "Headstrong" playing in my headphones is either fitting, suicidally dangerous, or both.

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