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April 11, 2009

BART Signs: Improving IA

BART made a subtle change to their station information signs that I’ve noticed for a while and finally captured on cameraphone today.  The signs used to just show the next two trains expected at the particular station:

   FREMONT
   10 CAR TRAIN

   RICHMOND
   9 CAR TRAIN

The slight change—really an upgrade—is that now the signs show the next two trains and their estimated arrival times–the “1,16 MIN” part: trains for that line will be arriving in 1 minute, and in 16 minutes.

   FREMONT   1, 16 MIN
   10 CAR TRAIN

   RICHMOND   6, 21 MIN
   9 CAR TRAIN

This one change immediately makes the sign much more informative and useful to commuters, who are most concerned with what—you got it: time.  I like when the information you’re given is actually helpful.  This is a was a nice information architecture improvement BART.  Good job.

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February 2, 2009

Palo Alto Gas - February 2 - $2.47

I used to live in Palo Alto for about twelve years before I moved to San Francisco a year and a half ago.  I go to Paly often for personal and business appointments or to see friends.  Every time I'm down there, I seem to end up at the Shell Station on the corner of Lytton Avenue and Alma Street, right across from the CalTrain station.  On February 2, 2009, I took this picture of the  gas price sign on the corner of the station's property.

Previously:

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October 1, 2008

Ready.gov: prepare for distaster?

I saw this ominous sign while walking to work today.  It's on the corner of Davis and California, in the Financial District of San Francisco.  It warns us to prepare for disaster, but if you go to the site listed -- ready.gov -- you'll find that it's not available, at least not at this writing.

Oh man, I hope we don't have to deal with a disaster, because if this is any indication, the government is less prepared than we are.

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September 13, 2008

Stanford objects on Sunday mornings

Some old Sunday morning shots of random outdoor sculpture and architecture around Stanford campus.

             

Click here to download:
Stanford_objects_on_Sunday_mor.zip (15046 KB)

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August 13, 2008

Palo Alto Gas - August 4 - $4.63

I used to live in Palo Alto for about twelve years before I moved to San Francisco last year.  I go to Paly often for business and to see friends, and every time I'm down there, I seem to end up at the Shell Station on the corner of Lytton Avenue and Alma Street, right across from the CalTrain station.  On August 4, 2008, I took this picture of the  gas price sign on the corner of the station's property:

Previously:

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July 19, 2008

Web Sites as Graphs - My Job

This site www.aharef.info/static/htmlgraph/ scans a Web site and depicts all of the pages and links as a graph of nodes and connections. Here is the Web site that I build and run in order to pay the rent: www.landor.com

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July 19, 2008

Web Sites as Graphs - My Blog

This site www.aharef.info/static/htmlgraph/ scans a Web site and depicts all of the pages and links as a graph of nodes and connections. Here is my personal Web site at: http://www.lagtime.com/blog/

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July 19, 2008

Web Sites as Graphs - My Site

This site www.aharef.info/static/htmlgraph/ scans a Web site and depicts all of the pages and links as a graph of nodes and connections. Here is my personal Web site at: lagtime.com

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July 15, 2008

Palo Alto Gas - July 13 - $4.95

So I was in Paly again this past Sunday, and I stopped by the Shell Station to see how gas is doing.  In about six weeks time, we have roughly 8% increase in the prices.  For premium buyers, they'll surely be paying $5 before August.  For the rest, at these rates, the price will top $5 by the end fo the summer.   Amazing.  Next time I'm in Palo Alto, I have to go to the dentist, sometime in August, I'll check again.

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July 15, 2008

Palo Alto Gas - June 1 - $4.58

I used to live in Palo Alto for about twelve years before I moved to San Francisco last year.  I go to Paly often for business and to see friends, and every time I'm down there, I seem to end up at the Shell Station on the corner of Lytton Avenue and Alma Street, right across from the CalTrain station.  One June 1, 2008, I took this picture of the  gas price sign on the corner of the station's property:

 

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