August 2007
43 posts
“One should not friend another whom they have no association or connection with...”
– Save Face on Facebook: Facebook Etiquette / Wired How To’s
“You really clear the decks for them, and very often you do fall in love with...”
– Architectural Competitions - Art - New York Times - Even architects are rethinking design competitions.
“consistency” is less effective in today’s frenzied,...”
– The new corporate logo: Dynamic and changeable are all the rage - International Herald Tribune
“Your design agency should have the skill to hit upon just the right solution...”
– Andy Rutledge - Don’t Walk; Run.
“…in the absence of clear context about what they are evaluating, most...”
– Nick Myers - Using research to end visual design debates
“‘Web designer’ to me is a job description that is badly tainted by...”
– Roger Johansson - Are we designers or developers?
“I like to think of design as my bread & butter while photography is the...”
– Steph Goralnick - Bread & Butter
Misinterpretation
My daughter's version of the polar bear in the fridge joke
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AJ: Mom! How do you get a polar bear out of the fridge?
Me: I don't know, how?
AJ: You put the butter under its butt and slide it out! Ha ha ha ha!
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The real joke
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A: How do you know there's a polar bear in your fridge?
B: I don't know, how?
A: From the footprints in the butter.
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We need to work on memory retention. : )
Half-Index Cards
Mead® White Half-Size Index Cards, 3” x 2 1/2”, White, Pack Of 200 at Office Depot. I found these about a month ago at Office Depot and fell in love. I’ve had a sort of rolodex of websites I visit with login info and other account information with regular index cards but they’re most often much too big. I made a small origami box and cut some alphabet tabs in half...
BASICS OF GOOD DESIGN - Part 1 →
Part 2
“Americans have lost many opportunities to learn numerous trades which used to...”
– Ben Witherington - The Expensive Cost of Cheap Goods
“Certainly the W3C moves at a glacial pace. It’s why we write float when we mean...”
– Jeffrey Zeldman - What crisis?
“The salesman who can sell you the most sophisticated computer typesetting...”
– The Politics of Design by Paul Rand
“An interesting property of great design is that it is taken for granted. It...”
– Joshua Porter, Five Principles to Design By
“Influence is cheap. Because of that, its utility is short-lived. It may even...”
– Cameron Moll
