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Oct 03, 2006
Web Design

Following that Web 2.0 Style

I just found a reasonably interesting article on designing for that “Web 2.0 look and feel”. The author sums up the basics of ca. 2006 web design as: * Simple layout * Centered orientation * 3D effects, used sparingly * S...

Oct 03, 2006
Meta

Seattle Mind Camp

I’ll be at Seattle Mind Camp this year. Will you? What happens when you put 250 of Seattle's smartest geeks in a creative environment for 24 hours? We're not sure either, but we'd like to find out. It's time to meet and connect with those involved...

Oct 02, 2006
UI Design

Helvetica: not just for documents any more

A while back my dev lead, Paul, pointed out to me that all of the new signage going up inside of Microsoft was printed in Segoe, the new Windows Vista font. I might not have ever noticed this had he not pointed it out. Naturally, when I heard abou...

Oct 01, 2006

Inflection Points

In retrospect, you can always say to yourself: “yep, that’s the exact point in time where everything changed.” Hindsight is 20/20, especially when you’re examining massive changes in your life. What’s really tricky is spotting them before they’ve ...

Oct 01, 2006
Marketing

More Cozi Goodness

OK, I gotta admit it: I really do like Cozi Central. If it wasn’t for the fact that I am a single male, aged 24, I would be using this thing non-stop. Unfortunately(?), I have no wife and no kids. Whew. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing after all....