Posted November 6, 2009 at 11:14pm
What does unemployment look like for people like you? NYT’s interactive feature, The Unemployment Rate for People Like You, lets you view unemployment rates by gender, race, education and age.
(via @arainert)
Posted November 6, 2009 at 11:09pm
“Nominee, Most Creepy Name for a Catholic School” - Uploaded by missbhavens
Most creepy name for *any* school.
Posted November 6, 2009 at 7:10pm
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The Michael “Baoguette” Huynh train continues to plow across New York City. O Bao, his Pan-Asian noodle shop moving into the old Bunchberries space on 53rd btw. 2+3rd, was supposed to open yesterday (now last week) but it’s been pushed back to next Monday, 11/9 (apparently there is something about Mondays being a lucky day.) It will be the first of four spots he’ll open in four weeks (the rest all are Downtown.) But that’s the not the end of the “Huynhews”. He told me yesterday that there are plans to open a Baoguette in the Grand Central Terminal food court (on 42nd and Park). Now we won’t have to walk all the way to 25th and Lex for a top notch banh mi (sorry Boi Sandwich, but you just can’t compete with these guys.) No date has been set for that opening, but he said that putting anything in Grand Central “takes a long time”. [Photo courtesy of Eater]
I was wondering what was going on with Bunchberries. It’s such an awful name for a dining establishment.](http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksowprmMsx1qzml0zo1_250.jpg)
via Midtown Lunch
The Michael “Baoguette” Huynh train continues to plow across New York City. O Bao, his Pan-Asian noodle shop moving into the old Bunchberries space on 53rd btw. 2+3rd, was supposed to open yesterday (now last week) but it’s been pushed back to next Monday, 11/9 (apparently there is something about Mondays being a lucky day.) It will be the first of four spots he’ll open in four weeks (the rest all are Downtown.) But that’s the not the end of the “Huynhews”. He told me yesterday that there are plans to open a Baoguette in the Grand Central Terminal food court (on 42nd and Park). Now we won’t have to walk all the way to 25th and Lex for a top notch banh mi (sorry Boi Sandwich, but you just can’t compete with these guys.) No date has been set for that opening, but he said that putting anything in Grand Central “takes a long time”. [Photo courtesy of Eater]
I was wondering what was going on with Bunchberries. It’s such an awful name for a dining establishment.
American Airlines Fires UX Designer for Discussing the User Experience
A FEW MONTHS AGO, I wrote an article expressing my displeasure with American Airlines‘ hideous online presence. I also spent some time mocking up a redesigned version of their website. To my surprise, a user experience designer at AA.com emailed me an amazing response describing some of the design problems faced in large corporations.
An hour after I posted the response, American Airlines fired Mr. X.
AA searched their exchange database for the text I posted, found the guy, and fired Mr. X on the spot. From what I have learned, they also threatened him with legal action if he spoke to me again. Apparently he broke his non-disclosure agreement by discussing the design process at AA.
When I first learned about this, I was horrified. Mr. X is actually a good UX designer, and his email had me thinking there was hope for American Airlines. The guy clearly cared about his work and about the user experience at the company as a whole. But AA fired Mr. X because he cared. They fired him because he cared enough to reach out to a dissatisfied customer and help clear the company’s name in the best way he could.
Neat idea. Insert an iPhone/iPod Touch into the book to add a new level of interactivity. http://www.mobileart.jp/phonebook.html
Posted November 5, 2009 at 11:49pm
Listening to Chris Christie’s acceptance speech, I’m only now realizing the pure depth of Jon Corzine’s unpopularity. This has to be the worst speech I’ve ever heard. This guy is seriously not ready for prime time. And yet, he just got elected.
