I was breaking my own rule for awhile on this blog. Every website should explain what it is, right off the bat. I’ve added a new “Welcome” blurb to the right to amend this oversight. It is easy to forget this rule, since this information is so obvious to the designer. But it is crucial:
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I just stopped by OpenOffice.org to download their fine software. I hadn’t seen their site for awhile, and while the current design is pretty nice, they made one tragic error that I can’t help but point out. Here is the current design: Everything you’d come to the site for, laid with convenient icons. However, for
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Song previews in music stores have always fascinated me. I remember when I first downloaded iTunes I wondered: how is the location of the preview in the song selected? Why 30 seconds? Most importantly, why can’t the previews be better? Thankfully, a lot of music sites I use are better, and are only improving. Trackitdown
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Decided to spruce up the design of this blog. I wanted texture, and here it is! Decided to not use any PNG transparency hacks and just let the browser do what it wants with what I throw at it. As a result, the few visitors that are using IE6 will get less-than-ideal rendering. I may
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Lists are an amazing organizational tool because they produce no friction. Write a word on a piece of paper and you have a list. Adding and removing items is just as easy. This is important because organizational tools must be accessed asynchronously with everyday life. Life being as busy at it is, organizational steps that
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