I was kindly asked a few months ago to write a short piece for .net magazine (Practical Web Design in the US), a great industry publication that covers the convergence of interaction design and site development technology. My mini article is about how small design changes (link hit states, hover interactivity) can have a […]
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Portfolio Panic
November 14, 2008 – 10:58 am
Nothing, it seems, is more professionally challenging than re-designing your own design portfolio. It’s a perfect storm of conflicting issues — it’s difficult to scope the audience (is it you, other designers, clients?), the stakes are high (it’s most designers’ primary means of marketing), and it must be pitch-perfect in terms of design and content (you’re […]
Someone Finally Said It
November 4, 2008 – 2:00 pm
It’s now nearly a month old, but if you haven’t seen Merlin Mann’s piece “Better,” do so now. It’s worth a full read, but here’s my favorite bit:
What makes you feel less bored soon makes you into an addict. What makes you feel less vulnerable can easily turn you into a dick. And the things […]
Quick and Dirty
October 24, 2008 – 9:21 am
One of the most annoying aspects of doing xhtml and css development is having to juggle multiple files — structure must go to an html file, and style to a css file. We separate it, of course, because keeping style and content as far away from each other is the only way to keep site maintenance sane.
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