Monday, May 13, 2002

So, I'm Not Alone! I find it more than a little ironic that Nielsen's Top Ten Guidelines for Homepage Usability is actually painful for me to read. Why? First, the headlines are so visually overwhelming that it's difficult to focus my eyes on the body text. Second, the body text has no margins and thus there are so many words per line that it's difficult for my eyes to follow along the paragraphs. Usability and design don't have to be at cross purposes. [Ken Rawlings] 6:10:39 PM     Comments[]

BOOK RECOMMENDATION Gutenberg: How One Man Remade the World with Words by John Man A world forever changed… In 1450, all of western Europe’s books were hand-copied and amounted to no more than are in a modern public library. By 1500, printed books numbered in the millions. Johann Gutenberg’s invention of movable type ignited the explosion of art, literature, and scientific research that accelerated the Renaissance and led directly to the Modern Age. In Gutenberg, you’ll meet the genius who fostered this revolution, discover the surprising ambitions that drove him, and learn how a single, obscure artisan changed the course of history. "His story is one of genius very nearly denied. A few records less, and we would not now be revering the Gutenberg Bible as his. All we would have would be the results: an idea that changed the world and a book that is amongst the most astonishing objects ever created–a jewel of art and technology, one that emerged fully formed, of a perfection beyond anything required by its purpose. It is a reminder that the business Gutenberg started . . . contains elements of the sublime–that at the heart of the mountains of printed dross there is gold."      –From the Introduction to Gutenberg 5:31:18 PM     Comments[]

CLEVER DESIGN 2002 5K contest.   The 5K contest: design the coolest web site you can in 5,120 bytes. My favorite entry from previous years is the web color visualizer, which I still use. [dive into mark] 5:15:42 PM     Comments[]

Gratification Delay For some reason I printed this interview with Jeffrey Zeldman and didn't read it at the time. I'm not certain who pointed to it or called my attention to it. I read it during lunch today and actually understood a lot of it. It is one of those pieces that reinvigorates my desire to learn web design. 4:58:27 PM     Comments[]

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