May 2010
1 post
“Look for the “of course” factor instead of looking for the “wow” factor. The new...”
– Look for the “of course” factor
July 2009
1 post
Design is about cultural invention →
Jack Schulze Schulze & Webb:
Some people (they are wrong) say design is about solving problems. Obviously designers do solve problems, but then so do dentists. Design is about cultural invention.
There are some people who want to reduce the domain of design to listable, knowable stuff, so it’s easy to talk about.
Design is a glamorous, glittering world and this means they can...
September 2008
2 posts
“Digital media is as different from print as a speech is different from a...”
– Khoi Vihn on digital media design
Maslow Self Actualization →
Eight Ways To Self Actualize
Experience things fully, vividly, selflessly. Throw yourself into the experiencing of something: concentrate on it fully, let it totally absorb you.
Life is an ongoing process of choosing between safety (out of fear and need for defense) and risk (for the sake of progress and growth): Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.
Let the self emerge. Try to shut...
July 2008
1 post
“You cannot fully evaluate any creative work unless you know the constraints...”
– Jesse James Garrett
June 2008
1 post
“Jason Ryan: “We are a microsoft shop.” That phrase tells me you are...”
– We are a Microsoft shop
May 2008
2 posts
“context precedes design. design without context is decoration.”
– Terrence Wood
“Content precedes design. Design in the absence of content is not design,...”
– Zeldman
April 2008
8 posts
“Effective web design doesn’t have to be colorful and pretty — it needs to be...”
– Five More Principles Of Effective Web Design
“Canned presentations have the ring of emptiness. The meaningful presentation is...”
– Paul Rand: Thoughts and despair on logo design
“Design is the application of intent - the opposite of happenstance, and an...”
– Robert L. Peters
“Googles design principles:
Focus on people—their lives, their work, their...”
– What makes a design “Googley”?
“The user experience is important on the micro level of the process, products and...”
– Man with no blog » Retiring a Methodology
“Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People...”
– Steve Jobs
March 2008
12 posts
“When designing human computer interfaces (including web UIs):
Minimize the...”
– Three Hypotheses of Human Interface Design
“1996 really did call and it really does want its web template back”
– The Macalope
“How ironic to live in fear of terrorism, and die because of climate change.”
– M A R T I N . F I R R E L L
“When the world is run by fools, it’s the duty of intelligence to disobey.”
– M A R T I N . F I R R E L L
“Persistence isn’t using the same tactics over and over. That’s just...”
– Seth’s Blog: Persistence
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”
– Japanese proverb
February 2008
2 posts
“It’s not what you can do with a device, it’s what you can achieve by using it.”
– The Tao of Mac - Usability
“For hardcore designers, “does it work?” is the one question that must be...”
– ideasonideas - Fuck style
January 2008
1 post
Resetting Again →
Eric Meyer works my oneliner q css rule into his reset.css
March 2007
1 post
GOVIS Presentation urls
Presentations from GOVIS 2007 are available from the govis mediasite. Unfortunately, the page is mostly javascript driven which prevents bookmarking individual presentations.
I took the liberty of fixing the situation, and present the following direct links for your bookmarking pleasure:
Virtual Presentations
Mena Trott - blogging
Jimmy Wales - Wikipedia
Sir Ken Robinson -...