Lab Day: Doug is turning the conference room lamp on and off by talking to a website. This is why he co-owns the place, people.

Microsoft tackles "the tyranny of having a billion users" bit.ly/H3uJFZ

De Stijl, International Typographic Style, and wayfinding signage are all being cited as inspirations for Win 8 Metro design. #nerdout

Win 8 design: "We're building the plane while we're flying it." Pretty-looking plane, though.

Metro time: the design team is taking a Windows 8 tablet and desktop class today. Sent from my iPad

The e-reader of the future, of the past (via @boingboing) bit.ly/GHDD5x

Layer searching! Dotted-line strokes! AUTOSAVE RECOVERY! Tears of joy, people. Tears of joy. Photoshop CS6 Features: bit.ly/GMSQW9

Sorry for the barrage of spammy messages that just came from this account. We've taken care of the problem — but nobody open those links!

Commentary on "hipster/vintage" design: Smashing Mag's critique (bit.ly/zNiQP3) & Hipster Branding (bit.ly/zNQncW). Thoughts?

If you haven't already, flip to the back of your SXSWi catalog to see the infographic poster we did. (Online version: bit.ly/wTmqm8)

SXSW still rages outside, but Bruce Sterling has spoken and the interactive portion has come to an end. A great experience as always.

Actual tweets from birds. Such articulate creatures. twitter.com/#!/hungry_birds

Stratfor's George Friedman on Lulz and Anon: A practical joke is one thing; devastating people's lives is another. #SXSurviving

It's cool (and always inspiring!) to see our client Ray Kurzweil predicting the future at today's #SXSW keynote.

Spend less time following trends and more time embracing your user base, building passionate communities on the way. #SXobsolete

Two giant pieces of blue toast just walked by our office window. #SXSW

Strings and woodwinds take on a spiritual quality when photographed from the inside. Photography by Bjoern Ewers: bit.ly/dhnOZk

We're hearing buzz around non-physical interfaces at #SXSW this year. Excited to get our lives back from our phone screens.

Amber Case is killing it at the SXSW keynote. Elements of augmented reality, gamification, singularity, together in one engaging talk.

The bourbon at our party last night was Four Roses, which has been mentioned in *two* of Haruki Murakami's novels. Powerful stuff, too.

At the frog party, drinking the first gin and tonic of..... many. #SXSW

Make new friends. Bring an extra iPhone charger. #SXSW

Perhaps the publisher-killers are not epubs or subscriptions, but the democratizing influence of self publishing. #SXSW #sxyearzero

Don Tapscott: the future is not something to be predicted; it is something to be achieved. And so #SXSW begins!

Just in time for #SXSW, our take on the Austin Food Cart iPhone app (with @robrasmussen) goes live. Go download it now! bit.ly/AizZRK

"Just walked out the door. Smells like hipster." #sxsw

Despite the ridiculous storm that appears to be descending on Austin, we're amped for SXSWi to start up. Getting those badges tomorrow.

We've broken in our new Facebook timeline page with some photos of today's wine tasting excursion. on.fb.me/Aco7Kq

"Lemon fig jam. That's, like, three of my favorite things in one word." -@sheacadrin (wine tasting is going well)

Raise the stakes on your Friday conference call! Add booze at your peril. Conference call bingo: bit.ly/fMQ1JC

Ten minutes until THE LIMO ARRIVES. This is not a drill — we're taking a quick break to go wine tasting in the Austin Hill Country.

It's just you, an allen wrench, and 14 billion pages of instructions. Godspeed. bit.ly/zvz7Fq