1. The Coal Button site is now live. Just remember: behind every click, there’s a little lump of coal.

    The Coal Button site is now live. Just remember: behind every click, there’s a little lump of coal.

  2. Coming to a browser near you - the coal button. I’m developing an idea from a conversation I had with Allan Chochinov on my thesis work and research. We discussed empowering the extremes, not telling users “don’t” but rather “do”, and using design to enable discussion around made objects. He suggested I start to make things to generate dialogue around my ideas and from that, more ideas would shake out of those discussions. He mentioned the idea of a “coal button”. We thought: why not lift a veil from the backend of the Internet to show what else those Like/Tweet/+1 buttons are generating besides a micro-post? So, I’m starting to work on the idea. More making coming soon…

    Coming to a browser near you - the coal button.

    I’m developing an idea from a conversation I had with Allan Chochinov on my thesis work and research. We discussed empowering the extremes, not telling users “don’t” but rather “do”, and using design to enable discussion around made objects. He suggested I start to make things to generate dialogue around my ideas and from that, more ideas would shake out of those discussions. He mentioned the idea of a “coal button”. We thought: why not lift a veil from the backend of the Internet to show what else those Like/Tweet/+1 buttons are generating besides a micro-post?

    So, I’m starting to work on the idea. More making coming soon…