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Linux for the Creative Type?
Call me a Design+OSS fanboy, but UbuntuStudio looks awesome. Finally an Open Source operating system aimed at us designerly folks. I know, I know, all that software has been around for a while, but it will be nice for it to be all wrapped up in a tightly wound package. I’ll let you know if…
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FYI: Free Stuff for Mother’s Day
Skype CoPilot
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It’s been a while
While perusing a friend’s new site this evening, I realized that it has been a long long time since I last blogged. That’s just no good. A lot has been going on…so let’s play catch-up. Karen’s sister had a baby! That put me in New York City for a few weekends in mid April. Welcome…
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Even Apple is not Immune
to a poor design. I stumbled across this newish area of the Apple site this morning. I won’t go into details, just because I’m lazy, but from this designer’s perspective this page is U-G-L-Y. So many gradients and colors and flashing boxes. Not to mention the fact that it has slowed my computer to a…
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It’s Gotta Start with Imagination
It’s true, there’s definitely a time and a place for getting one’s hands dirty. Sometimes there’s just no way around digging into the details and making things right. Sometimes, even as a designer, you’re going to have to play with the CSS to get the alignment right, because if not you, who will? Still, it’s…
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Happy CSS Naked Day!
I’m celebrating by taking down the old stylesheets, and letting it all hang out. Happy CSS Naked Day everybody. Here’s to accessibility and an open web for everyone!
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CSS Testing
The last few weeks I’ve been doing a lot of CSS writing. While this doesn’t necessarily fall under my job role, on many projects I end up doing it because I’m the “designer”…therefore I am put in charge of implementing style. Whatever. Turns out I kind of like it, so I let it pass, but…
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Banana = Design = Innovation = Vision
Banana = Vision Love it or hate it, Bruce Nussbaum makes some great points in Are Designers the Enemy of Design? I think I buy most of it. Is Design a specialist activity? If it’s done well, generally yes. Is that likely to change? For the most part, I don’t think so. Will ‘the everyman’…
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Better Blog Search: Implemented
Inspired by the most recent Creating Passionate Users article, I decided to try out a new search widget for my blog. It’s still a Google tool, but this new version takes you to a results page, rather than having a limited set of results spew out in gratuitous Ajaxy fashion. Hopefully this new version is…
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Hanging Blockquotes: Implemented
If you’re not looking at this entry on my site, it’s not gonna look quite right. For the best view, look here. Just wanted to let y’all know that I’ve fixed my blockquotes so that they’re hanging. You’ll notice that I not only hang my blockquotes, but list items as well. Check it out: This…