Blue Flavor posits that the original wireframes from a site design should be actual working documents instead of use once and throw away diagrams. In IA and web design projects, it doesn’t make sense to keep remaking the same thing when you could just build on what you started with. Link

posted on Tuesday, May 16th, 2006 in design, outlinks, tips, web
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Yahoo!’s added all sorts of AJAXy goodness and optimized for a 1024 wide screen, just like we did! I think it’s pretty good, it expands their offerings on their home page, without trashing their brand and previous look and feel. When’s it coming for my.Yahoo? Link

posted on Tuesday, May 16th, 2006 in design, outlinks, web
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Discussing the history of Swiss type design with video and animation. Link

posted on Monday, May 15th, 2006 in design, outlinks, type
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From TechEBlog, some interesting interpretations of what a watch is and should be. I am fascinated by man’s attempt to quantify time. Link

posted on Monday, May 15th, 2006 in design, outlinks, technology
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Design is not decoration. Usability has nothing to do with prettiness or ugliness. Jason Santa Maria puts an end to the discussion, FINALLY. Link.

posted on Monday, May 1st, 2006 in communication, design, outlinks, web
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… And got nothing for it. Rob Janoff, I feel your pain. Link.

posted on Monday, April 24th, 2006 in advertising, design, outlinks
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A fascinating idea to reuse the bodies of discarded passenger planes to make a public library building. Link.

posted on Saturday, April 22nd, 2006 in design, outlinks, technology
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Brown is the new black, color is ok, illustration is back, and industrial never went away. Ultra-minimalism is so over, tho. Link.

posted on Monday, April 17th, 2006 in design, outlinks, tips
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‘I can hear a bunch of you right now. “$10k per page!!! Are you crazy? I can buy a copy of Photoshop and a copy of Dreamweaver and have one of my IT people do the site! My daughter has her own web site! It’s only a damn web site!!!”‘ Link.

posted on Thursday, April 13th, 2006 in communication, design, outlinks
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30 years of Apple products and history. Happy Birthday Apple! Link.

posted on Saturday, April 1st, 2006 in design, outlinks, technology
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