Blog of Dmitry Fadeyev. I write about design, art, media and philosophy. I am the creator of Usaura, a simple micro usability testing service, co-author of two design books by Smashing Magazine in the Smashing Book series (#1 and #3). I also write on design at UsabilityPost.

Bias Pt II

I cannot say with certainty which of my motives are the strongest, but I know which of them deserve to be followed. And looking back through my work, I see that it is invariably where I lacked a political p ...

Communion Pt II

The nature of the shared experience of the communion is itself shaped by the objects of its focus. Works of architecture initiate emotional responses in the viewer, and so ...

Communion

Look upon the stones of well trodden places, streets and historical buildings. What do you see? What story do these worn bricks hold? The ground below you has sustained a thousand boots daily, walking to and fro. It is worn, mo ...

Creativity

The obsession with finding that elusive creature called “creativity”, with tips and tricks to boost creativity and rituals that promise to make one more creative, is a reaction to a growing, gnawing hole in our hear ...

Fuel

An unachievable goal — that is, an ideal — by its very nature, achieves its purpose by giving man his raison d'être, by giving man a road upon which he can walk forward knowi ...

The Free Trap

Since Google had shut down their Google Reader app there are now countless speculations on what lies next on their hit list. Perhaps it is Feedburner, itself a former acquisition, an app that powers RSS deliver ...

Bias

The modern journalist’s highest aspiration is to deliver news coverage that is what’s called “unbiased”. Opinions and personal viewpoints are to be eliminated at all costs so that what i ...

Income Inequality

The absurdity of fighting “income inequality” is that there is no such thing as reasonable inequality. People complain that income inequality is on the rise, that it’s grown far too h ...

Illusion of Control

From time to time I indulge in the all too common a pastime that plagues many a designer: I tweak the design of my blog. Was the old one broken? No. Did the old one lack functionality? No. Did the old one not p ...

Neither Altruism, Nor Selfishness

Live for others, or for yourself? Such philosophical setup obscures other possibilities, such as living for one’s ideals. The dichotomy assumes that your ideal must embody one or the other &mdash ...