https://chanian.com/about/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/9031_167076235994_503445994_3293190_4884929_n.jpg9031_167076235994_503445994_3293190_4884929_nTaken at the Bellagio's Bank nightclub in Las Vegas, NV. Yes, Im the type of guy who wears skate shoes to a night club2017-03-07T21:04:48+00:00weekly0.6https://chanian.com/2010/01/06/gits-revisited-way-ahead-of-its-time/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/gits-post-1.jpggits-post-12017-03-07T20:46:09+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2013/06/20/the-rulebook-for-the-greatest-side-bet-in-silicon-valley/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/0-dczwq4i1rkndtl0g.jpeg0-DCzwQ4I1rKNdtL0g2013-06-20T08:05:53+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2013/03/19/the-founder-the-product-manager-and-the-master-chef/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ferran.jpgferran2013-03-19T20:29:30+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/06/21/why-i-moved-to-san-francisco/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tn1-for-ian.pngTN1 for IanIts like Willy Wonka's golden ticket, except this one lets me legally work in the US2016-11-18T01:40:21+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2012/07/20/online-identity/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/linkedin.pnglinkedinhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/twitter.pngtwitterhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/facebook.pngfacebookhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/google_plus.pnggoogle_plus2012-07-20T17:45:49+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2012/03/15/the-internet-is-a-whole-lotta-c-r-u-d/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/crud.pngcrud2012-03-15T16:59:21+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/08/01/tutorial-moving-from-canada-to-america-as-a-software-developer/2023-11-28T18:52:48+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2011/07/25/google-circles-and-the-inverted-personal-privacy-dilemma/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/fb.pngfbhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/circles1.pngcirclesWhat circles have you been added to? Are you being mindful of other people's privacy? https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/stackoverflow.pngstackoverflowhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/delicious.pngdelicioushttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/gmail-advert.pnggmail-adverthttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/twitter-lists.pngtwitter-listshttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/circles.pngcircleshttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/inbound-graph.pnginbound graphhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/outbound-graph.pngoutbound graphhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/screen-shot-2011-07-21-at-6-04-33-pm.pngScreen shot 2011-07-21 at 6.04.33 PM2012-07-18T00:43:22+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2011/06/13/72-hours-in-photos/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/alan.jpgalanSOMA: Chatting with my coworker @alan about my panorama-experiment, he thinks it is silly.https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/poker1.jpgpokerhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/16th-station.jpg16th stationhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/cable-car.jpgcable carhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/marina.jpgmarinahttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/thesummit.jpgthesummithttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/dolores-park.jpgdolores parkhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/russianhill2.jpgrussianhill2https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/russionhill.jpgrussionhillhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/nobhill.jpgnobhill2012-09-03T14:19:34+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/07/07/keep-that-train-moving-uxagile-in-practise/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/uxflow.pnguxflowhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/i-love-lucy-poster-card-c10204654.jpegI-Love-Lucy-Poster-Card-C10204654Is your software development a linear conveyer belt of bottlenecks?2011-05-31T22:57:19+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/05/13/thrift-tutorial-a-php-client/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/folder1.pngfolderThe files/folder highlighted was autogenerated and moved into the packages folder.https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/folder.pngfolder2011-10-31T12:48:34+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/05/29/the-keyboard-law-and-what-drives-many-developers-mad/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/dilbertprocurement1.gifdilbert~procurement12011-05-28T23:04:15+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/09/03/catfish-movie-review-putting-the-puzzle-pieces-together/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/catfish2.jpgcatfish22013-02-04T18:51:41+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/09/23/the-3-ps-of-a-successful-software-project/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/chess_pieces.jpga0073-0001572011-09-28T17:54:04+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2011/01/25/inmaps-automate-visualization-of-my-linkedin-graph/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/linkedin_viz.pnglinkedin_viz2011-05-27T08:30:28+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2011/05/10/managing-qunit-test-suites-with-async-module-dependencies/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/screen-shot-2011-05-09-at-10-38-16-pm.pngScreen shot 2011-05-09 at 10.38.16 PMhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/screen-shot-2011-05-06-at-3-58-32-pm.pngScreen shot 2011-05-06 at 3.58.32 PM2011-05-27T08:29:38+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/11/28/what-would-turing-do/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/turing1.pngturing12011-02-13T20:35:44+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/01/16/web-based-email-client-user-experience-mark-as-unread/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/yahoo-update.jpgyahoo-updateIt reminds me of an old, poorly designed PC game, when you hit a switch and its impossible to tell what just happened.https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/options.jpgoptionsDon't yell at me for letting me do something stupidhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/facebook-unread.jpgfacebook-unreadEven Facebook has identified this as an important featurehttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/yahoo-unread.jpgyahoo-unreadYahoo does it too (with a whole lot of other cool options)https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/gmail-unread.jpggmail-unreadGmail does it righthttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/firebug.jpgfirebugFor people not familiar with Firebug, I highly recommend you get it (if you are a developer)https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/inbox1.jpginboxThe Windows Live Hotmail inbox screenhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/email1.jpgemailSorry for the overzealous gaussian blurhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/email.jpgemailSorry for the overzealous guassian blur....https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/inbox.jpginboxThe Windows Live Hotmail inbox screen2010-11-29T08:40:52+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/02/01/why-requirements-engineering-matters/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/ambiguous-requirements.pngambiguous-requirementsWhy are things always so obvious after disaster happenshttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ambiguous-requirements.pngambiguous-requirementsI've seen this happen before, and both parties just point fingers2011-09-28T14:57:27+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/02/13/the-software-crisis/2010-11-29T08:39:22+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/04/25/software-as-an-art/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/shadow.jpgshadow2010-11-29T08:38:48+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/11/08/a-man-walks-into-a-bar-and-asks-does-anyone-here-work-at-a-startup/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/sf_startups.pngSF_STARTUPS2012-02-13T02:07:48+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/03/28/having-a-clear-call-to-action/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/delicious3blur.pngDelicious3Blurhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/delicious4.pngDelicious4Save new bookmarks by clicking the first menu item in the top right menu. Looking at my recent bookmarks, I think you can imagine what my improvement will behttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/vectorofmovement.pngVectorOfMovementSInce we have increased both the width and height, even at a 0 or 90 angle, we improve clickabilityhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/fitts2.pngfitts2We only measure the 'apparent' target area on the left, though the entire row is clickablehttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/delicious3.pngDelicious3This is a usability, not design post. I reused their style for the green buttonhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/delicious2.pngDelicious2In the light blue menu area (top right) the first link says "Make New Bookmark"https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/wordpressblur2.pngWordPressBlur2Notice the blue blob on the right - "Publish" button https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/delicious2blur.pngDelicious2BlurNotice the... ughhh ... hmmmm, nevermindhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/wordpressblur.pngWordPressBlurNotice the blue blob on the right - "Publish" buttonhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/diggblur.pngDiggBlurNotice the 3 yellow "Digg" buttons running along the left2010-06-28T17:43:41+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/04/14/drawing-ideas-from-the-real-world/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/signage.jpgsignage2010-05-20T18:20:03+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/05/07/delicious-tagging-one-comma-at-a-time/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/after.pngafterits not perfect, but it does the trickhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/duplicate-tags.pngduplicate tagsAnd no, there is no such thing as "ui,"2010-05-07T21:19:39+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/05/01/airplane-safety/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/planeride1.pngplaneRideI must assume that all airplanes run Windows2000https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/planeride.pngplaneRideI have to assume all airplanes run Windows20002010-05-07T04:43:56+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/04/02/the-twitter-litmus-test-youtubes-redesign/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/youtube.pngyoutube2010-04-06T18:56:54+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/03/30/democamp-26/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/status-net.pngstatus.nethttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/swix.pngswixhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/kobo.pngkobohttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/teamsave.pngteamsavehttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/picture-1.pngPicture 12010-04-14T01:29:51+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/03/18/on-the-pains-but-importance-of-software-testing/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/testing.jpgtestingI love the color pink/purple - I change my syntax highlighting to be that color to encourage me to comment more2010-03-21T05:15:44+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/03/15/all-about-the-branding-hacking-the-twitter-layout/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/twitter-mosiac-mask.pngtwitter-mosiac-maskhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/twitter-puzzle.pngtwitter-puzzleAll accounts are public, so feel free to mosaic your own page with us ;)https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/twitter-mosaic.pngtwitter-mosaicSo who has your company followed recently? Any particular reason you2010-05-29T06:44:13+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/03/09/shutter-island/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/shutter-island09-6-11.jpgshutter-island09-6-112010-03-09T08:28:56+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/03/08/breaking-away-from-the-curve-thinking-outside-the-box/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/graph1.pnggraphBased on a visual I first saw presented by Mark Watson with UofT's HCI grouphttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/graph.pnggraph2010-03-08T06:48:33+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/03/04/a-fancy-restaurant-must-also-have-a-fancy-bathroom/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/netpanel.jpgnetpanelBots aren't as smart as (most) people, we need to help them from time to timehttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/default1.pngdefaultWhere did all my pretty colours go? I just wanted to watch cat videos!https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/default.pngdefaultWhere did all my pretty colours go? I just wanted to watch cat videos!https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/error_page1.pngerror_pageMaybe not as fancy as the bathroom at the Ritz, but hopefully it shouldn't ruin my customer's mealhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/error_page.pngerror_pageMaybe not as fancy as the bathroom at the Ritz, but doesn't stop the user from leaving2010-03-05T04:54:21+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/02/14/poor-mans-google-analytics/2010-02-15T05:56:18+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/01/26/my-recent-night-out/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/drinks-graph.jpgdrinks-graphI thought about a linear / exponential function, while lining up for a beer at a club on the weekend2012-02-03T16:43:47+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/01/15/high-fidelity-paper-prototyping/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/img_3378.jpgIMG_3378Measuring it out and drawing the initial blueprintshttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/img_3392.jpgIMG_3392This was more pixel accurate than mine... https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/img_3400.jpgIMG_3400I cut myself with an exacto knife cutting out the profile area.https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/img_3393.jpgIMG_3393My back was begining to hurt at point, now I understand why architechs/designers use drafting tableshttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/img_3387.jpgIMG_3387And empty wall, that's sadly what my Facebook wall is usually like https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/img_3380.jpgIMG_3380I think people recognize this just by the banner colourshttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/img_3376.jpgIMG_3376Please note the "Keyboard Cat" video open in the other tabhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/img_3375.jpgIMG_3375All purchased at local art store for < $20 (much better than Adobes $1,000 CS suite)2010-01-16T19:58:25+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/01/05/hello-world/2010-01-15T05:43:48+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/01/13/my-life-is-a-seinfeld-episode/2010-01-26T06:11:50+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.com/2010/01/06/youtube-copyright-localization-ux-fail/https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/fb_share.jpgfb_shareThe idea of a website that only works in a certain country doesn't make sense to me, and would likely make Marshell McLuhan facepalm instantlyhttps://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/youtube_ux2.jpgyoutube_ux2https://chanian.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/youtube_ux.jpgyoutube_uxLook at all the suggested videos for me to watch2010-01-13T23:14:02+00:00monthlyhttps://chanian.comdaily1.02023-11-28T18:52:48+00:00