Design news | Aug 02
The quality and originality of Charles Wilkin's design is an automatic success.
Another Platinum redesign! This is an impressive reworking of their interface and rebranding of their logo.
Need a crash introduction to XML? Here's two suggested resources:
A List Apart XML articles
Simon St.Laurent writings
The Age of Information Architecture by Jeff Lash
“This is not to say that information architects are the leftovers, the bottom of the barrel, or the lost souls who could find no other home. This path actually makes a lot of sense.
For the most part, information architects are communicators and strategists.”
Knoll built an outstanding Office system - industrial design at its best. Check the workstations area.
The media titans still don't get it by Scott Rosenberg
“As a generator of instant wealth, Net may now be a big bust; as a generator of instant ideas, it keeps thrumming along... But the same people who got the Internet business so wrong got the Internet story wrong, too”.
An interesting essay on Freeing of the Press by Daniel Scuka, Chiaki Kitada, and Kyoko Fujimoto.
“If you want to really change this society, think about what kind of business you can do in the post-Internet era of unlimited communications.
Competition is happening at the content level. Nobody will pay attention to boring information -- only media with quality will be able to survive.
Now that the boundaries have started to disappear, the reputation of the author will become key.”
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ndlr: Although written in 2001, the content is still relevent today.
A newly discovered experimental foundry: ::prototype:: which has other goodies (posters and books) as well. Check it out.
Another step forward for open standards: Verizon switches programmers to Linux (and saves 6M$) by Stephen Shankland.
Michael Fiala is a top photographer. Check his studio.
Another industrial design hot shop f r o g d e s i g n has got a brand new site.
An interesting bit on branding.
“Brand Matters: Laying the foundation for online success. A company's brand can and must be incorporated into every facet of the interactive digital experience, from site navigation to features to mobile applications.”
A good overall look at IA through an interview by Meryl K. Evans.
Russell Brown's photoshop tips & techniques are excellent and often available either in a .pdf file and/or a quicktime movie, with a step by step commands examples.
These illustrations have both an humorous edge and a candid treatment. Fabulous drawing control, perspective and composition from Berit S�mme.
A developer's resource dreamland DevGuru , from ADO to XSLT.
Learn more by looking at a master photographers archive.
Looking for world stats from surveys on the present state of the web?
From the makers of Moccu a design forte comes cyco. A flash training demo with exquisite details that invites exploration.
What is the Semantic Web? by Eric Miller.
What an IA should know about prototypes for user testing by Chris Farnum
Interesting prototyping levels and hands-on suggestions.
Herding cats versus HVCT by Parker Torrence
Radio jingles from the Reelworld.
For people who make websites:
Manage Your Content With PHP by Christopher Robbins
Read his *close-ups interview.
Recently discovered that nasty spyware (paid for the software with no freeware on my workstation - if you use freeware you are at a higher risk) has updated the registry with some fancy back-web code.
These can send info from your machine back to their own db, push crazy ads and other undesirable actions.
A.Word.A.Day a huge archive of daily words with examples of useage. I love words. A dictionary would make a favorite read anytime... had I the time.
Boys, boys, boys. New media, new attitudes? Think again.
Kate Watson-Smyth find out why in the dotcom industry www stands for world without women.
A discussion about the merits of using Tables or Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for page layout. Techniques for making layout tables accessible. Techniques for making data tables accessible.
Creating accessible Tables for both layout and data by Jim Byrne
Another cool pixel base site || pixelhugger ||.
Binary FX - Photoshop Tech Vault 2.0 by Stephen Marsh
Now you gotta watch the flash intro to Phil Brown DIRECTOR - a supra efficient communication design + storyboard.
Don't forget to turn on the speakers.
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ndlr: Best of the year 2002
monofolio v3.0 evolving site and design skills. She uses a good color palette to produce a crisp statement.
Mac: Intel inside? You bet! Here's how by David Coursey.
“Unfixable” flaw breaks Microsoft's Windows by David Cohen
Duh! An unfixable flaw that leaves your desktop PC open to serious abuse has been exploited in Microsoft's Windows operating system.
Growing and growing Tree-Axis new pixel site.
OpenOffice Gets Its OS X Story Straight by Masha Zager
“The community moves at an incredible pace when it wants to accomplish something," Bhorat told NewsFactor. "There is no slacking. This group certainly keeps you on your toes. Large corporations have processes and procedures that are not able to respond with such a fast turnaround.”
Are you ready to manage the worker of the future? A new class of virtual pet: the Metapet.net game.
Font time! Typographica a phenomenal resource on the art of typography + a professional community blog.
Concerning the new EULA license for M$ Windows updates here is the list of info retrieved from your workstation:
Operating-system version number and Product Identification
number
Internet Explorer version number
Version numbers of other software (???)
Plug and Play ID numbers of hardware devices
... artistforhire ... a prolific artist. Her fabulous commercial and personal work is worth exploring all around.
The smallest website? .: dot16 :.
Reservocation - issue #12!
Don't miss Ryan Shelton BD4D cofounder interview where he explains what passion and efforts goes into these global events! Wow!
How about Montreal next?
Computer & Internet Security, Privacy, Anonymity and more...
While doing some cleaning up ::Kobalto:: Javier Revillo's site was displayed in the wrong directory.
Food for the imagination guaranteed.
Need some emotional entertainment? Check derBauer - webDesign.
Screen savers soft based on using Flash?
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ndlr: I search the database to no avail, this Macromedia tutorial is gone to the ether.
Discover Milla & Partner original flash design and navigation.
A cute pixel site with cool characters design and illustrations: Meomi
We will never forget, visit Geoffrey Hiller's NY after the fall project.
Excellent product review of Adobe Photoshop 7 and Photoshop Plugin Roundup by Jesse Nieminen
For people who make websites:
Using XML by J. David Eisenberg.
Read the 10 guidelines for building the credibility of a web site. These guidelines are based on three years of research that included over 4,500 people. Stanford's Pursuasive Technology department does all kinds of academic research into the interactions between people and machines (and people with people, by way of machines). They've launched a project to determine factors that lead people to believe what they see on the web.
Recommended white papers in pdf from the Stanford Web Credibility research team:
The elements of computer credibility
What makes web sites credible?
Plankdesign has a project in-becoming: Montreal-Tales. They are seeking feedback on their demo. If you live or have lived in Montreal you can take part by completing the survey : user name + pw: mtl-tales.
Use DED(tm). Enjoy Life. Renewed as always with cutting edge design.
Looking for Photoshop tutorials? Binary FX - Photoshop Tech Vault 2.0
The basics of the Annual Report -> a tutorial.
Everything about presenting is moving forward. You want to be moving forward because moving forward is being more connected.
Learn how to give a good presentation.
Copyleft and the independent content producer by Sabin Densmore
“The independent content producer faced with not making a profit and potential rip-off of his/her work via the internet has potential in the GNU public-license arena.”
Introducing Inertia STOCK.XCHNG, the definitive place for 100% FREE stock photography. Cool site, concept and pictures! Good work Peter! Perhaps you have some to share too?
Macromedia, Adobe settle patent squabble by ComputerWire.
Did my first e_loop (with the help of hubby who's a musician) - now if you don't think that's a smart flash concept - what gives? Looplabs everybody! Hats up - tons of work behind this.
Some girls design -> and some discuss and interact too.
“Injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere.” - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This picture of Carlos Giuliani shot at arms length during protests against G4 globalization summit brought tears to my eyes. He was shot twice and a police car drove backwards over him after...
This renews my determination to advocate world peace, do the same.
I really like the chromatic palette and layout of | Tabas | now with a new navigation.
Spam new scheme: registrars companies sent me multiple invoices by snail mail telling me to renew my domain names before they expired. Another company - sent me what looked at first glance, like an invoice for search engines positioning. Quite unnerving.
John Federico posted this link - that shows amongst other things how search engines help selling spam software and lists - check Spambattle.com.
Concerning recent patent claims (in ref with Forgent patent claim on JPEG) by Richard Clark, JPEG.org Webmaster and editor + Committee member since JPEG's formation (and before…)
If you have a chance read the design *principles* of Overdrive Design - their new site shows that they walk the talk.
AIGA Experience Design Summit #5 by Erin Malone.
Improving Usability with a Website Index by Fred Leise
New Division a compendium of trendy and outstanding illustrators.
No more JPEGs - ISO to withdraw image standard by Andrew Orlowski
It seems that Forgent's patent will become invalid in 2004.
