What Kicker Was Doing the Week Ending 2010-01-11

• Controls are Choices (on @odannyboy's new blog Designing Devices): http://www.designingdevices.com/controls-are-choices/ #
• .@jamin Can't believe NYTimes put "haptic feedback" in quotes http://nyti.ms/7Rmjpg @andrewcrow: The quotation marks simulate vibration. #
• looking for a talented freelance visual designer to help with some interface work. interested? send resume & links to jobs@kickerstudio.com #
• Read magazines? Help us design the future of magazines by taking this 5-minute survey: http://tinyurl.com/ycteu8c #
• Our CES dance card is filling up! #
• What Entrepreneurs Can Learn from "Objectified:" User Experience Matters http://gigaom.com/2010/01/03/objectified-design/ #
• Intrigued by item 4 on Battelle's annual prediction list. http://bit.ly/6bogaA (via @veen) #
• The Evolution of Technology http://ff.im/-dPjWY (via @haraldfelgner) "innovation depends on harnessing…shared knowledge." #
• Companies seek alternatives to the old desktop PC: http://bit.ly/78hkvr (via @sfwriter) #
• Digital Devices as "Embodied Energy" http://is.gd/5N0rW #sustainability #
• RT @livlab: Awesome "Design a doorway for the average person and half the people will bump their heads" http://is.gd/5N5Dy (via @leisa) #
• Creepy Robots! http://creepyrobots.tumblr.com/ (via @coffeekid) #
• Dry, academic, boring, inaccessible (and sometimes expensive) research papers…[are] simply a gold mine [for designers]: http://is.gd/5Nh4C #
• Check out @fabtweet's take on the Nexus One and how Google can win the SUPER Phone Wars of 2010 @fastcompany http://tinyurl.com/yhckmnr #
• We've arrived in Vegas. Thunder Down Under jokes have begun. #ces #
• Trump Hotel Lobby is as "classy" as you'd expect, complete with gaggingly sweet hydrangea scent. Very nice rooms though. #ces #
• We're off for Day 1 of CES. We'll be tweeting the best (and worst) stuff we see! #ces #
• There is a lot of room for some differentiation in the home stereo component space. All ugly boxes. #ces #
• Casio booth is beyond ridiculous. Somehow showing the products using dancing martial arts booth babes. #ces #
• Copia ereaders for kids are more stylish than the ones for adults. #ces #
• Surrounded by ereaders. Amazing proliferation when last year there were practically none. #ces #
• ASUS always has cool stuff. #ces #
• PURE has beautiful retro woodgrain radios. #ces #
• Spot Satellite GPS Messenger: minimal outdoorsy cool. #ces #
• Flexible solar panels. Nifty. #ces #
• Ending a day of trooping around with a cocktail before, well, cocktails and evening events. #ces #
• Trying to escape CES is, as always, a nightmare. #
• The spam of CES: E-readers. So many, so similar. http://bit.ly/5DYtUo (via @SaraOhrvall) #ces #
• We're looking forward to today at CES. On the agenda: robots, multitouch blocks, home energy monitoring. #ces #
• Edifier speakers are really nice. Organic forms. #ces #
• Solio solar batteries are beautiful and whimsical. #ces #
• Love the PARO therapeutic robots. So cute and useful. #ces #
• We're headed back to SF. We'll see you next year CES. Next week: our best of CES blog post. #ces #
• Bringing color to e-readers http://is.gd/5XXci #

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