Endorphins & Interactions

Web UX, running, cycling and other stuff by James Wanless

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Poor experience takes away from nonprofits

Posted on Mar 30th, 2009 :: Filed in pixels, rants

A couple experiences I’ve had in the past week left me wondering whether a nonprofit would suffer from bad customer/user experience in the same way a business would. I figure that good causes can be cut a bit of slack because they usually operate on very small budgets and, if some process isn’t great, I [...]

3 weeks to Boston – week two of race prep

Posted on Mar 29th, 2009 :: Filed in endorphins

I had a pretty good week this week and am feeling stronger all the time. I’m not fast again – yet. However, my ab and groin stuff is minor to non-existent now, and my paces and intervals are generally starting to pick up a little bit all the time. The weather this week was pretty [...]

Learning to write in a changing, digital world

Posted on Mar 23rd, 2009 :: Filed in academic

A couple of things I read this past week really struck a chord. It occurs to me that we really don’t seem to be teaching people how to write for the emerging world. Over the past few months I’ve been exposed to academic writing …

4 weeks to Boston – week one of race prep

Posted on Mar 22nd, 2009 :: Filed in endorphins

All things considered, this was a pretty good week. I finally got my mileage up firmly in the low to mid 40′s and did enough of each kind of workout, that I really met my goals for the week …

5 weeks to Boston – recovery and low mileage

Posted on Mar 16th, 2009 :: Filed in endorphins

The long run this past week was supposed to be shorter, but I had originally wanted to keep the mid-week mileage up. So much for the best-laid plans. The week was weak …