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23 September
2012
What is the definition of consistency?
Consumed => “Designing for Multiple Screen Sizes Is About Consistency” by Nick Bilton on NY Times.
Wednesday
29 August
2012
SEO begins with Information Architecture
Consumed => “Getting Site Architecture Right” by Peter Da Vanzo on SEO Book.
Thursday
9 August
2012
jQuery plugin: ezColumnControl v0.5.0 (beta)
FYI => Presenting my latest jQuery plugin…ezColumnControl – beta release (v0.5.0).
Thursday
5 July
2012
Bad design can kill
Consumed => “How Lousy Cockpit Design Crashed An Airbus, Killing 228 People” by Mark Wilson on Fast Company.
Tuesday
8 May
2012
There’s more to design than meets the eye
Consumed => “You Design It, They Do It” by Paul Scrivens on Smashing Magazine.
Friday
20 April
2012
The gravitational pull of consistency
Consumed => “Why We Shouldn’t Make Separate Mobile Websites” by Bruce Lawson on Smashing Magazine.
Thursday
19 April
2012
The future is in designing experiences
Consumed => “As a User Experience Designer, what is it that you don’t want to focus on?” on Quora.
Monday
31 October
2011
Responsive web design: (Almost) 10 best of tutorials
Bookmarked => “Awesome tutorials to master responsive web design” by Jean-Baptiste Jung on Cats Who Code.
Friday
28 October
2011
A best of collection of CSS menus
Bookmarked => “35 Impressive CSS Menu and Navigation Collection” by Sonny M. Day on Smashing Magazine.
Tuesday
25 October
2011
King Content – Part 1
Consumed => “The Role Of Design In The Kingdom Of Content” by Jason Gross on Smashing Magazine.
Thursday
20 October
2011
Tips & Tricks for working with the WP DB
Consumed => “WordPress Essentials: Interacting With The WordPress Database” by Daniel Pataki on Smashing Magazine. http://wp.smashingmagazine.com/2011/09/21/interacting-with-the-wordpress-database Pretty soon, once again it will be weekend warrior WordPress plugin development time. This next idea is killer. However, the various vectors—UI, UX, features, apps architecture, etc.—are still simmering and forming. If I told you any more I’d have [...]
Monday
17 October
2011
VT802.us is almost “post-beta”
FYI => While this started as a fun personal side project I think the latest round of enhancements has nudged it into post-beta form. I just want to collect some more feedback before I remove the beta tag and declare it formally launched.
Tuesday
11 October
2011
10 suggestions for Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook
Answered => “What should Facebook do to increase engagement and usage among seniors?” on Quora.
Saturday
1 October
2011
The same thing but different?
Answered => “When should I hire a design firm vs. freelancer(s) for web/ui/ux design?” on Quora.
Monday
29 August
2011
The best design websites and blogs
Bookmarked => “What are the most influential design blogs?” on Quora.
Monday
1 August
2011
Finally the live chat solution I’ve been looking for
FYI => I made my usual quick morning stop on Quora and bumped into ClickDesk. Houston, looks like we have a simple live chat widget winner.
Friday
29 July
2011
A perfect example of why old media continues to fail online
FYI => At the end of the Forbes’ article I posted last night was a single line about a special section they have on “the intersection of data and business.” Perfect I think, until I get there. Then it was massive disappointment.
Monday
25 July
2011
WP Validate is almost ready for primetime
FYI => As weekends go this past 72 or so hours have been good for my WordPress plugin WP Validate. It’s not moving spectacularly fast but the progress is steady and the results very impressive.
Tuesday
12 July
2011
Update on WP plugin WP Validate
FYI => Over the last couple weeks I’ve been able to put some thought into the UI / UX as well as the resulting underlying coding strategy for WP Validate. Let’s just say the pieces are falling into place.
Wednesday
6 July
2011
Is it important, or just new and semi-interesting?
Answered => “Why do many websites use relative timestamps?” on Quora.
