December 2011
1 post
September 2010
1 post
May 2010
1 post
CSS3 Media Queries →
An interesting presentations outlining some possibilities for changing the presentation of websites based upon the use of media queries
March 2010
1 post
“Just add an egg” – Usability, User Experience and... →
Crafting the user experience is often about much more than just allowing the user to get the job done. The experience they will return for is the one which lets them be a part of their own story.
January 2010
2 posts
Phone numbers in electronic forms →
An interesting piece of user research on how people enter their phone numbers into online forms
Dive Into HTML5 - a look at some new form features →
A chapter from Mark Pilgrim’s Dive into HTML5 book explaining some of the new features available in form markup. Some of this also has strong implications for form design in general.
December 2009
1 post
Pure CSS 3d Meninas by Román Cortés →
This is a parallax effect done purely in html and CSS. What you can and can’t do with accessible open web technologies is continually expanding. As an experience architect you have to keep up with the possibilities, but I am just wondering how the hell I would wireframe this!
November 2009
2 posts
The Long Ow: Fulfilling on the Promise of... →
The pain and heartbreak of HCD
Designing Humanity into Your Products →
Keynote from business to buttons conference talking about how companies should desire a connection to their customers
September 2009
1 post
Have you used an Ask Metafilter-style site to... →
An interesting idea with some very good commentary on it as well
July 2009
4 posts
The Setup - what the nerds use →
A bunch of nerdy interviews telling us what people use to do stuff.
“When you have made something up – and I don’t care whether you do it on a...”
– DonnaM » Blog Archive » How I draft an information architecture
The fastest way to improve your interface is to... →
An interesting article on ‘microcopy,’ those little pieces of text which help a sites audience feel ccomfotable and confident.
Pictaculous - A Color Palette Generator →
Cute and useful way to generate a palette from an image.
June 2009
4 posts
What Britain eats: three decades of grocery... →
A very nice piece of info graphics
Citizen Superheroes...and other tales of... →
great overview of the way open data is changing the way people interact with information
“Sharing isn’t just about what you do, it’s also about the way you think.”
– Just freewheeling about sharing and privacy | confused of calcutta
“Reality is multifaceted. There are lots of ways to slice it. How we slice it up...”
– PVLD Director’s Blog: The Social Catalog – What does it mean for librarians?
May 2009
1 post
Is Information Visualization the Next Frontier for... →
An interesting article talking about one of the growing trends in design at the moment