Category Archives: Design

BarCampHouston3 recap

Justine and I attended BarCamp Houston at the Houston Technology Center yesterday and had a great time. A big thanks to all the organizers (Marc Nathan, Kelsey Ruger, Josh Tabin, Scott Stolz). You guys made the event a smashing success … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Development, Marketing, Mobile, Networking, Social Networking, Software, Technology | Tagged barcamp, barcamphouston3, conference, houston, Technology | 9 Comments

A List Apart industry survey

A List Apart is posting their second annual survey for “people who make websites.” The results from last year were very interesting. If you are somehow involved in designing, developing, writing, producing, or managing websites, I encourage you to participate … Continue reading →

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Premature launches – or bumping into the mousetrap

Every now and then incomplete web content gets launched completely by accident. I call this nausea-inducing act “bumping into the mouse trap” because it always takes longer to gingerly reset the trap then it does to trigger it. Oh, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Development, Web design | Tagged premature site launch, redesign, twitter | Comments Off

Paper prototyping

When I first started exploring web design and journalism nearly 10 years ago I thought paper prototyping was silly. Paper…really? Web design was beyond paper, I scoffed. I used the cutting-edge design tools like Photoshop 5 that actually let me … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Usability, Web design | Tagged moleskine, notebooks, paper prototyping, prototype, Web design | 10 Comments

BMW concept car with cloth skin

Video link GINA Light Visionary Model BMW concept car makes me appreciate design even more. Imagine how light and fuel efficient a car could be made without the additional weight of a steel skin wrapped around it. The headlights make … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Science, Technology | Tagged bmw, car, concept, Design, gina | 2 Comments

An Event Apart 2008 – New Orleans

Wow. I have been drinking from the fire hose of information for the past two days here in New Orleans at An Event Apart. The conference was organized by Jeffery Zeldman and Eric Meyer and according to the website: “Their … Continue reading →

Posted in Browsers, Design, Development, Technology, Usability, Web design | Tagged aeanola08, An Event Apart, barcampnola, new orleans, nola | 2 Comments

Google opens Website Optimizer

Google released their Website Optimizer platform last week for general use. It has only been available to sites using Google AdWords in the past, but now can be used by anyone to enhance site performance. This is great news for … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Design, Development, Google, Marketing, Usability, Web design | Tagged analytics, Google, Marketing, Usability, website optimizer | Comments Off

Temperature sensitive paint

French scientists are testing temperature sensitive paint for use on the highways as a visual warning for drivers in icy conditions A new temperature-sensitive varnish developed by researchers at French company Eurovia can be applied to road surfaces to warn … Continue reading →

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Adobe launches web-based Photoshop Express

Adobe launched the web-based Photoshop Express recently and I’m trying to figure out if it’s any better or worse than Flickr’s (picnik.com) web-based image editing tool. Adobe offers 2GB of storage, which is better storage than the free Flickr account, … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Photography, Software, Web design | Tagged adobe, express, image editing, photoshop, Software, web-based | Comments Off

Jackson Pollack spatters the web

Jackson Pollack’s website has is a nifty Flash-based paint spattering program. It looks very simple, but really captures the dripping lines of paint quite well. The site’s been around for a while, but I was just reminded of it by … Continue reading →

Posted in Design | Tagged Design, flash, jackson pollack, painting | 2 Comments

Category Archives: Design

A List Apart industry survey

Premature launches – or bumping into the mousetrap

Paper prototyping

BMW concept car with cloth skin

An Event Apart 2008 – New Orleans

Google opens Website Optimizer

Temperature sensitive paint

Adobe launches web-based Photoshop Express

Jackson Pollack spatters the web

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