Jordan Isip is a User Experience Designer and startup junkie in Seattle, WA. This is a blog about Design, Development, Startups, and his attempts at Photography. Like what you are seeing? View Jordan’s portfolio and follow him on Twitter. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-887439-16']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Tumblr (3.0; @jordanisip)http://blog.jordanisip.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4sm4r88VZ1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Single Ladies</strong></p> <p>Fixie spotted in NYC Soho / Leica M6 / Leica 50mm Summicron / Kodak Tri-X 400<br/></p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/24001896734http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/24001896734Tue, 29 May 2012 09:36:27 -0700NYCLeica M6Leica 50mm SummicronTri-XFixieBeyonce<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4slbheaH01qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Skee-Lo</strong></p> <p>Shot with Leica M6 / Leica 50mm Summicron / Kodak Tri-X 400</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/24001138895http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/24001138895Tue, 29 May 2012 09:18:00 -0700Leica 50mm SummicronLeica M6Tri-XphotographyNYC<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4sl780Ecj1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Northwest BBQ</strong></p> <p>Shot with Canon Canonet / Kodak Portra 400 </p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/24001030996http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/24001030996Tue, 29 May 2012 09:16:00 -0700photographySeattle<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3vczwOYVO1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New toy. Leica M6 w/ 50mm Summicron v4.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/22848025414http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/22848025414Fri, 11 May 2012 10:38:19 -0700LeicaPhotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pogxrye41qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Lily, you were much better at being a good friend than being a good dog. Thanks for all the memories. I hope you jumped right over the pearly gates and marked all the good spots in doggie heaven.</span></p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/22655316634http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/22655316634Tue, 08 May 2012 09:00:00 -0700dachshund“Important emotional experiences are because they make a profound imprint on our long-term memory and create “an experience for users that makes them feel like there’s a person, not a machine, at the other end of the connection”.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/04/12/building-emotion-into-your-websites/">http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2012/04/12/building-emotion-into-your-websites/</a></em>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/21551518670http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/21551518670Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:43:00 -0700design<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljzm48NviI1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Seattle Skyline from <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/kerry-park-seattle">Kerry Park</a> in Queen Anne.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4799354187http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4799354187Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:23:55 -0800PhotographySeattle<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luvnhyQEmx1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>View from the Pacific Building rooftop.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12982405196http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12982405196Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:22:46 -0800SeattlePhotography<a href="http://joevandyk.com/post/12980661035/fancy-html-emails-with-rails-3-1">Joe's Nerd Party: Fancy HTML Emails with Rails 3.1</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://joevandyk.com/post/12980661035/fancy-html-emails-with-rails-3-1">joevandyk</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Getting HTML emails to look nice is a pain. Most email clients can’t use stylesheets, so you have to embed all the styles inline in the HTML. You also have to write a separate plain-text version of the email. And popular email clients (Outlook, Windows Live Mail, etc) render html email using some…</p> </blockquote>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12981997700http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12981997700Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:13:46 -0800developmentdesign<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luo0uzystN1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Canon Canonet QL-17 Rangefinder Camera from the 70’s. </p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12798327519http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12798327519Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:30:00 -0800PhotographyFilm<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lunzzciZTn1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Interesting Seattle cloud coverage last week.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12797725187http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/12797725187Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:11:36 -0800SeattlePhotography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqpiorrxXf1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>115°</strong> </p> <p>Gilbert, AZ / Leica X1</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/9556669890http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/9556669890Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:38:00 -0700photographyArizonaLeica X1<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqphusHhzX1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Photo Shoot</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/9556011777http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/9556011777Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:20:00 -0700photography“Quality isn’t something to be sacrificed. Move fast and break things, then move fast and fix it. Ship early, ship often, sacrificing features, never quality.”<br/><br/> - <em><span>- Kyle Neath, Director of Design at GitHub. Original post: <a href="http://warpspire.com/posts/relentless-quality/">http://warpspire.com/posts/relentless-quality/</a></span></em>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/9462416622http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/9462416622Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:53:00 -0700Design<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpmj6vQhsA1qislxzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Spent a good minute trying to figure out how to save my settings. Can you spot the save button?</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/8654295305http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/8654295305Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:23:00 -0700design<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpmhweGGEc1qislxzo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>This is what showed up on Yahoo Mail after I selected multiple messages and clicked the “Forward” button. YMail, why did you let me click that button in the first place? This is why I left you for GMail.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/8653258949http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/8653258949Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:55:00 -0700design<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lp2odm5Dil1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ball Jar.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/8196813757http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/8196813757Thu, 28 Jul 2011 19:03:22 -0700photography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkpm52FbGh1qislxzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://campfireok.com/">Campfire OK</a>, opening for <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fencesvswolf">Fences</a> at <a href="http://neumos.com/">Neumos</a> (Seattle, WA)</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/5212804331http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/5212804331Wed, 04 May 2011 23:31:00 -0700Photography““If you don’t know what you want, […] you end up with a lot you don’t.” - Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club”http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/5212417237http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/5212417237Wed, 04 May 2011 23:03:40 -0700Startups<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkol683gCf1qislxzo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4511476630/the-richest-happiest-and-most-productive-lives">Recharging my batteries</a> at a cabin on <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=orcas+island+wa&aq=0&sll=47.883197,-122.481079&sspn=1.105191,2.90863&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Orcas+Island&ll=48.656954,-122.845688&spn=0.141742,0.363579&z=12">Orcas Island</a>. Went with a <a href="http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/4517828750/lily-the-mini-dachshund">lovely lady with a nice body, legs for minutes, and a tail</a>.</p>http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/5192704481http://blog.jordanisip.com/post/5192704481Wed, 04 May 2011 10:13:00 -0700Photography