Jane, over on the WordPress development blog:

Designers need a list to call their own, and now we have one. You can sign up for the wp-ui list to discuss ways to improve the interface or user experience of WordPress, and to discuss progress on design-related projects for the open source project, like the design challenges we’re going to have.

There’s lots of great design minds in the WordPress community, we just haven’t done a good enough job yet of tapping into that talent. It’ll be most excellent to see what we can all do as a team!

Took Brian and Sheri to Ex Libris and was proud to find a book on WordPress (right next to three pamphlets about Twitter, fittingly).

Nice to know that my design work is still floating around SCAD, albeit in the form of a screenshot in a book in the student bookstore. :)

I got a Williams-Sonoma gift certificate for Christmas, so I picked up something I’ve wanted for a while: a set of Bodum Canteen glasses. They’re made of borosilicate glass, like original Pyrex (or the Hurricane bong, if that’s more your passion), so they’re strong but crystal-clear and lightweight. They’re also double-walled, meaning there’s actually space and air between the layers of glass. This keeps beverages insulated — meaning hot drinks stay hot and you can enjoy them without a handle or a sleeve. It also means cold drinks stay cold, your ice melts slower, and water doesn’t condense on the outer glass, so no rings on your furniture.

Because it’s so versatile for both, I’ll just rinse out the same cup over and over all day, switching between water in the morning, to iced tea with lunch, to hot chocolate at night. It’s awesome. And unfortunately, I’m not getting paid to say so. I read a few reviews from people whose Bodum glasses had chipped or cracked from ice or a violent dishwasher, but so far it’s been smooth sailing (I’ll post a comment here later if that changes). If I get more, I’ll go through Amazon as they’re quite a bit cheaper.