Olympia Police – Effective Design
Park revelers found a surprise upon returning to their cars.
This little item may not jump out at you as “good design”, but look a little closer and think about what “design” means.
Here’s the story. A group of friends recently visited Priest Point Park to enjoy a beautiful summer day. Upon returning to our cars, we all found the all-too-familiar yellow Olympia parking tickets on our windshields.
Everyone was incredulous. “What?! They’re giving parking tickets for parking in the park now?!” Trust us. We all read our “tickets” to find out what infraction we could possibly have committed and how much it was going to cost us.
Relief and amusement followed.
Set Up Mac Mail with Google Apps
In this short tutorial, I’ll show you how to set up Mac Mail to receive e-mail from a google apps account.
Fake a Facebook Place
You’ve all seen your friends “checking in” to locations on Facebook – maybe you’ve done it yourself once or twice. It’s a great way to share where you are and what you’re up to, and maybe connect with friends nearby. Sometimes checking into a place can get you a deal, like %20 off at an outlet store, or a free drink at a gig. And why not? You’re helping businesses spread the good word to all of your friends.
But the sad reality is that unless you have a location aware mobile device (like a smart phone or an iPad or something), you’re out of luck. Sorry Joe, you can’t check into your local bar and get a 2-for-1 drink deal from your laptop. Or can you?
Turns out, Facebook isn’t all-powerful and all-knowing, and like all things that rely on computers, it can be tricked.
In this short tutorial I’ll show you how to log-in to Facebook Places from a desktop or laptop computer, advertise a fake location on the planet, and check-in.