Microblogging is cool, with Twitter, Jaiku, Tumblr, and Pownce, among others. The latter now have added a mobile interface, apparently not really meant to go online already, but I tried it out, of course. Before we get to the video, I’d just like to say that I enjoy Pownce a lot. I’m even a pro [...]
You see those arrows there, in the Google Adsense ad? They let you browse ads, within the ad, so if you don’t like what you’re seeing you can just go ahead and scroll up and down within the ad. You might or you might not see these ads in the sidebar here, and not all [...]
Sometimes design is funny. Or, at the very least, commentary on said design is funny. Check these out, in case you missed them. NYT on Windows Vista David Pogue in a YouTube clip explaining (sarcastically, in case you miss it) that Windows Vista is nothing like Mac OS X. Ignore the flurry of useless comments [...]
Information/Pornography The Web 2.0 love-in is already fizzling out. I’m not alone in thinking that we need a new term for what’s happening around us. Om Malik proposes that we just start calling what’s going on “innovation” again, while Steve Rubel coughs up the “Cut and Paste Web“. Very punk rock Steve, but I prefer [...]
Static Versus Motion Typography In print and web design we spend a lot time trying to nail text down – to make it speak through its arrangement on the page, the selection of font, kerning, leading, space. Motion typography poses an entirely different set of challenges that simultaneously draw on these design concerns, while throwing [...]
My first reaction to the presidential candidate debates was, “Wow, what a cool idea.” I naively believed that people could ask some really good questions that would no doubt be more interesting than the standard, “What are you going to do about health care?” ones. Don’t get me wrong; that is a valid question for [...]
TechCrunch announced the Ustream.tv redesign yesterday, and after having a look at it I’m left with a few questions. The new design is definitely an improvement (I won’t fight that) and looks much more mature than the previous version, which seems great for their target market. But it still seems a little rough around the [...]
So we just bought Wisdump and it’s not easy buying sites and expecting things to just stay the same. No it’s not the end of anything. It’s the beginning of something else.