Hi there, I’m Brian McKinney

Developer, designer, musician, recording engineer. In other words, I like to make things

I like the way Django forms are implemented, but straying at all from the standard implementations of form controls can be a nightmare.

I really like almost everything about Google+, the one exception being their mobile icon. It is hideous.

Just finished a doc about Robert E. Lee. Near the end of his life he said he regretted one thing: having a military education. So poignant.

Damn. Pip, virtualenv, virtualenvwrapper where have you been all my life?

OH: I add more value to this company than that entire fucking department.

Wondering how long before we start to see all of things Google+ does well ported over to Facebook with poor design.

The interface of Google+ is very well done. I'm actually quite impressed with it.

Caught Everything Must Go last night at Liberty Hall—decent to good and def worth the price of admission. Will Ferrell does a damn good job.

@bahoo Yeah, I use mainly instant, but if I'm on netflix.com, I'm usually looking for movies to add to my queue, not watch right then.

A great example of when hard data should drive interface design decisions.

The UX design @netflix is awful—built assuming a users goal is to watch movies instantly—while most users are browsing to add to their queue

Aussie rules football: Hawthorn vs. Collingwood on ESPN3 July 3. Really looking forward to this one.

@sebleier Your city looks TINY! Do you shrink when you cross the city limits or something?

@thisphrase Fuck that. I'm gonna Sondheim the shit out of your inferior show tune song writing partnership.

@blturner BECAUSE THEY FUCKING CREATED UNIX.

@jcroft Haha. Fair enough. Actually part of the reason I re-tweeted that was for all the KU fans that follow me...

@jcroft It feels "great". I could troll through Bill Self's twitter account too you know... :)

Forwarding from @FrankMartinKSU: : What have u done 2 help "your" team or teammates today?remember that w/out "your" team life bcomes very difficult & ...

Cozy Inn open in Manhattan. What's the word peeps? Any good?

Had a really good day with my family and @thisphrase. Lunch with my Dad and went out on the lake on my sister's boat. Most triumphant.

@akrito The fact that the Beatles split up doesn't make any of them any less cool.

A lot of people have a problem with AT&T, but they fucking created UNIX. So if you don't like them, sorry, but fuck you. I'm on their side.

Forwarding from @thecurtain: : Forwarding from @bbrooksux: : Pretty sweet interactive guide to the history of modern music: [1]

@adamlott Millions and millions of dollars.

Forwarding from @JWoodsoil: : If you plan on taking yourself seriously, then plan on kissing my ass. Seriously.

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