Adam Miller's Barbarian Blog

Coloring Flash With CSS

adam@barbariangroup.com(Adam Miller) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:38:07 -0400

So I’m working on a video player.
Big deal.

So I can change the color of the controls of the video player.
Big deal.

So I can change the colors with CSS.
Whoa.

Thats right. Click through to read more.

Happy Thanksgiving!

adam@barbariangroup.com(Adam Miller) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:10:06 -0500

How to be a Customer Service Ninja

adam@barbariangroup.com(Adam Miller) — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:02:19 -0400

How to be a Customer Service Ninja :p. This consumerist article just proved invaluable. I’ve spent the last few days dealing with the many annoyances of moving. Transfering utilities, canceling insurances, forwarding mail, trying to figure out where all the packaging tape went, etc. The worst part of it all, without question, was trying to cancel my Verizon FIOS TV and internet service. Over the course of the last 2 days, I spent over 2 hours on hold and still hadn’t gotten a human being on the line! Within 20 minutes of when I read this article, I had it all taken care of.

Here’s a novel idea for you Verizon – why not just put a list of phone numbers for all your support centers and what they handle on your website? You could get rid of that customer frustration machine you’ve got answering the phone now, and you’d get much more efficient employees. They wouldn’t have to do the job the machine was supposed to do – route calls.

The Steelwood Chair - designed by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec...

adam@barbariangroup.com(Adam Miller) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:02:24 -0400

The Steelwood Chair – designed by Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec for Magis

This little chair is working hard for icon status. The above image is a production still from Gary Hustwits upcoming documentary on industrial design, Objectified . It also has 3 pages of this months Dwell dedicated to it.

My sandwich is shockingly good today

adam@barbariangroup.com(Adam Miller) — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:40:34 -0400

My sandwich is shockingly good today (I look kinda shocked, right?). Grilled sirloin steak, fresh mozzarella, spiced mustard and spinach on ciabatta. Doug Pfeffer, I’m calling you out.