While strolling around the mall today, I was faced with the task of using the public restrooms. There was nothing touchless or clean about the experience. However, the hand drying process did make enduring the filth worth it. In the world of hand drying there has always been two options, paper towels or the air dryer. Air dryers are much better for the environment, but always used to take too much time to get your hands completely dry. That is until the XLerator swept into every bar and restaurant in town. This thing will dry your hands in seconds flat and throw you across the room at an amazing force. This thing is the king right?

Well not anymore… I discovered this little gem today, and it is the most interesting piece of bathroom technology I have seen since the XLerator. Dyson is well known as the Ferrari of vacuum cleaners and has begun their push into the competitive hand dryer market. (sarcasm is pretty thick here) The design is very out of the ordinary, but the result is very cool. The placard on the wall advertises that the dryer will get your hands completely dry in 12 seconds. They were not lying. When you place your hands into the machine, a razor sharp concentrated burst of warm air hits you and after a few passes back and forth, your hands are as dry as when you entered. It really can’t be explained without a first-hand experience. (no pun intended)

Thank you Dyson for providing one more product that makes the mostly horrid experience a bit more bearable.

I have become quite the fan of Twitter. It is totally unclear as to how this happened. At first glance, there is little appeal in seeing what some people that I know in real life and people I know on the interwebs are doing at any given moment of the day. But, it is the most addicting thing I have ever seen. I find myself reporting on my doings and taking in the doings of others conveniently packaged in 140 character messages.

I stumbled upon My Tiny Jesus, a great time waster and a brilliant candidate for a desktop widget a few minutes ago and think it will take my Twitter addiction to the next level. In a nutshell, it takes random Twitter posts and presents them in a line of dialog bubbles coming from a tiny Jesus. If anyone out there knows how to make dashboard widgets and has time, I would mark this as a winner.

Happy last day of the week…

I may have ben living in the dark, but Mixwit.com is the coolest mashup of old-school mix-tape creation and new-school Flash tech. I am definitely going to sign up for an account to make my own mix-tapes. Think of all the possibilities without worrying about the tape player eating the cassette. Good times.

A little late to post this, but I couldn’t resist when I saw the photoset. I attended the Refresh Boston group’s shin-dig last Wednesday hosted by the fine folks at the Filament Group. Patrick Haney did a great presentation about using traditional design principles on the web. We then proceeded to drink adult beverages and continued conversing at JJ Foleys. Rob, a developer at the Christian Science Monitor, whom I have met at previous engagements sits to my left. Good times had by all.

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