June 2007
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On the confusion between creation and instinct
I have been reading Designing Visual Interfaces: Communication Oriented Techniques for the last few days and have been charmed by the UI examples (cira 1995, or earlier), and the authors’ assertions about the uselessness of of “simulated brushed aluminum buttons” and “gratuitous dimensionality” in interface design. I’ve also found the book to be incredibly...
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In Defense of the Blink Tag
It was all the Advantage’s fault: their website immediately brought to mind the permanently underlined links, animated gifs and all other discarded relics from Web 1.0. The tags, the red italicized Courier Bold on bright green, the weird grey-and-serif: to be frank, I totally dig the site, and more than that, it reminded me of my love for <blink> tags.
I know they’re...
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On Those Crazy Hobbies
I hesitate to link to this article, because it’s the type that makes my teeth hurt (see my previous bashing of a similar article about grups), but here it is: the New York Observer’s summary of “New Vics”. New Vics are, apparently, kids my age who are noteworthy for being responsible, have jobs and definitely considering kids, and of course have lots of crazy and obsessive...