Quotable Quotes
There is a great article over on Slate talking about something that has bothered me for quite some time, punctuation inside quotations. The article does a great job of breaking down the arguments for and against the convention. I am firmly against the practice, but because it is so established, it isn’t likely to change …
Laundry Day
Just Grid It, and Forget It
I have been spending a lot of time with grids lately. Specifically, I have been researching some alternative CSS grid frameworks to use for some recent projects. The impetus for my research was in the spirit of streamlining my workflow from desktop screens down to mobile. Here are my reviews and considerations on what seem …
This Is Just A Test
I was listening to an interview with Paul Feig, director of the movie Brides Maids, and the topic of test screenings was brought up. The basic idea is that once a movie reaches a certain state of production, they show it to an audience and gauge the reaction. The fascinating thing to me was that …
Emerging from the Past
Emergence is the idea that from simple actions, complex systems can arise. Over the past several days I have been dealing with ants in my place of residence, and this concept has been on my mind. An individual ant, going through life, isn’t very destructive. They basically just wander around until they encounter something of …
The Language of Life
“… the medium in which a work is rendered can become as important as its message or meaning” That quote is from an essay by Paul Rand called The Language of Art, in which he discusses the various nuances between form and content. As a designer, this conflict is something I must grapple with on …
Come Together
“I think companies would benefit from giving employees a lot more autonomy and alone time to do their work. And then when they do need to come together, it can be more special and more meaningful.” That is a quote from Jason Fried of 37 Signals, and it pretty much sums up the way Signal …
Suffering the Side Effects of Sitting
The digital age is exciting, and even though mobile computing is more popular than ever, many of us are still forced to spend the day at a desk, sitting at a workstation. This reality of our time can bring with it some unfortunate side effects. As a worker in this day and age, I myself …
Interfacing with the Past
User interface design is a task that revolves primarily around two very different poles. On one pole, we have expected behaviors that human beings have lived with for millions of years, this includes things like light and shadow, gravity, distance, and texture. On the other pole, we have the vast technical capabilities of our technology, …