Archive for January, 2007


on working smarter, not harder

sweden travels

(I wrote this originally over a year ago for Petrula Vrontikis under ‘design heroes’ in a design forum called “Paying Your Dues Without Selling Your Soul” . The links are broken, so I’m posting so designs students can access the article!)

Posted on January 27th, 2007 in Thoughts
Tagged as , , ,
Written by Kelly Goto | 8 Comments |


jott delivers voice-to-text at last!

jott home page

UPDATE 1/2507: I’ve been using Jott now for about a week and am amazed at its accuracy – especially with names and spelling of certain words. I started to get curious – it was too good to be true. So I did a search and found the following from an inquiry made by another curious blogger, Nitin. Here is the response she got from John Pollard, Jott’s CEO:

Posted on January 19th, 2007 in Thoughts
Tagged as No Tags
Written by Kelly Goto | 7 Comments |


Couch potato kitty

Couch potato kitty

max, our resident mascot, enjoys hanging out in the gotomedia loft. he lives down the hall but visits nearly every day.

Posted on January 11th, 2007 in Life
Tagged as No Tags
Written by Kelly Goto | Comments Off |


hApple birthday!

hApple birthday!

today we celebrate skip’s birthday with an apple-inspired rich chocolate cake. delish.

Posted on January 10th, 2007 in Life
Tagged as No Tags
Written by Kelly Goto | Comments Off |


apple redefines mobile user experience

apple iphone keynote

(image link from http://wordslinger.vox.com)

Today I opted to follow the Apple keynote via mobile web while driving into the office. Along with the constantly updated ‘live’ blog coverage, my phone was inundated by Twitter SMS’s from industry friends. Comments such as “anyone want a TREO 650 – cheap?” and “so are people drinking heavily at CES?” came in quickly during the session. But the buzz is clear – the much anticipated iPhone is a HUGE hit. Even with the 6-month delay, many are poised to switch over to Cingular and to delay buying any new devices until they can get their hands on the new device.

Posted on January 9th, 2007 in Thoughts
Tagged as No Tags
Written by Kelly Goto | 24 Comments |