October 2009
13 posts
“Good editing is eliminating the unnecessary so the necessary may speak.”
– Edward Tufte. I wish more people understood that adding more to a product does not necessarily make it better. I spend a good portion of my work hours cutting things from previous designs, submitted copy, and even feature lists, simply to focus on the important aspect of the experience. Everyone has...
gbb is returning from a trip to Portland, OR. →
gbb is returning from a trip to Portland, OR.
“When I see help text made bold, red, and flashing, it tells me your UI has big...”
– Luke Wroblewski, from AEA Chicago. It’s either bad UI or a designer folding to hippo input.
Try a new banana →
The story of “the” banana is fascinating, even without getting into the fundy christian argument that bananas prove god exists. Amazing to me that no one really talks about how the previous “the” banana was wiped out, but no doubt people will freak out when the Cavendish is wiped out. Perhaps it will be lauded as a sign of the apocalypse, or at very least will be a Twitter...
Building a World That "Gives Life to the Promise... →
As John Gruber said, “To any American who isn’t happy about our president having won the Nobel Peace Prize: There is something wrong with you.” I think the award may seem a bit premature, and could see why people would wonder why he deserves such an honour—unless they have really been paying attention and avoiding Fox News sensationalist news conduits. What this should be viewed as is...
“Kids born after Aladdin came out will turn 18 next year.”
– Randall Munroe. What scares me is that Aladdin was the last (non-Pixar) Disney movie I saw in a theatre. Strangely, also, 18 years ago was when I stopped trick-or-treating and started hating Halloween. A bit tangential, but age 10-11 must’ve been the turning point from childlike innocence to...
I R SEW SMRT!
josephsunga:
introducing seattle — the daily beast’s 7th smartest city! i love their reasoning. we have nothing to do but read here in seattle since the weather is so bad. i guess they’ve never been here in the spring or summer.
The reasoning behind their (the daily beast) choices seems to be some of the most trite, hearsay, arbitrary bullshit I’ve seen in a while. And keep in mind...
