web 2.0, design & community
Most people, when they think of WordPress, assume it’s for hobbyists and bloggers, and the the design will look like a template. The Crossing proves this assumption wrong. The website isn’t a blog in the usual sense, but a great example of how WordPress can be used for pure content management with a unique style [...]
It’s been said that there are two kinds of people in the world; those that divide the world into two kinds of people, and those that don’t. I do. And so… There are two kinds of people in the world. Those that like Starbucks, and those that don’t. I love Starbucks.Yes, it’s pricey, but I [...]
One of the challenges of designing for the web is that the font you want for your design may not be available on the computers your audience use. Resolving this usually requires either 1) Ditching the design intent and sticking with broadly supported font families; 2) Creating images containing text, in which case you can [...]
Things Real People Don’t Say About Advertising is a Tumblr-powered collection of cheesy stock photos poking fun at the world of advertising… and advertisers too-often disconnection with reality. It’s a breezy, easy site to scan, in much the same way as the Lolcats at I Can Has Cheezburger. While it’s sure to make you smile, [...]
LunaTik and TikTok are a pair of wrist bands specifically designed to turn your iPod Nano into a multi-touch wrist watch. These beautiful watch straps were designed by Scott Wilson, former creative director at Nike Watches and founder of the Minimal design studio. They are beautifully designed and perfectly matched to the Nano. The best [...]
As a rule, a website should be self-explanatory; no help required. However there are cases where your customers (I prefer that to “users”) will need your help. Introducing new concepts; changing the interaction; and explaining a complex system are all opportunities to either serve your customer or leave them hanging. In these cases, help should [...]
My iPad has officially replaced my trusty Moleskine notebook. Instead of paper and pen, my iPad comes to my meetings, to Starbucks, and pretty much everywhere I go. There are a lot of wonderful apps for the iPad, and I’ll get into them in good time. But one app really stands out in it’s design, [...]
There are over 500 million Facebook users. Of these, 200 million regularly and actively access Facebook from a mobile device. If you are providing a mobile version of your website, you are screwing up a huge opportunity. Fortunately, if you use WordPress for your website, there is good news. There are several great ways to add basic [...]
Space. The final frontier. Those famous words from the beginning of Star Trek still echo in my head after years of watching Kirk battle cheesy-looking aliens. And for my little beach shack, space really is the final frontier–and that space is at a premium! I moved into the Big Blue Beach Bungalow nearly 1-1/2 years [...]
For years, designers have struggled with integrating interesting, expressive fonts into web pages. Until now, the general rule has been to stick to the commonly available font families — the default stuff installed on every Mac or Windows PC — and use images for anything out of the ordinary. This works ok, but (alt tags [...]
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