Category: Web Design

Subtraction.com – The Interactive TV You Already Use
This invites this exact problem where a product almost entirely designed by engineers is marketed towards average people, leading to a failed product.
February 19, 2011
TimKadlec.com – Death to Captchas
I tend to agree, captchas create a cruddy user experience.
February 16, 2011
41Latitude – Google Maps & Label Readability — Part 3
Interesting in how little things add up to really improve your experience.
February 9, 2011
Warpspire – URL Design
Might I suggest that The San Fransisco Chronicle read this article for improving their urls.
February 6, 2011
Your Site, Your Design
More content owners are wishing to make it easier for people to share their content in a well meaning attempt to attract more readers, unfortunately I think they are ruining the thing that people are most interested in, the content itself.
February 2, 2011
Signals vs. Noise – CSA: A fantastic web site
I really wish I could design something like that, but alas not quite my skill.
February 2, 2011
Smashing Magazine – Responsive Web Design: What It Is and How To Use It
Nice little roundup on building designs that respond on the basis of the device and screen size to present the best look to everyone.
January 19, 2011
CSS-Tricks – Rotating Feature Boxes
Pretty neat trick, rotate through boxes of html content and display subtitles when the boxes is on the side.
January 17, 2011
Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox – 10 Best Intranets of 2011
Interestingly enough social networking features work really well for intranets, not so surprisingly what makes an effective website is slightly different from what makes a good intranet.
January 16, 2011
Alex Payne – Shortchanging Your Business with User-Hostile Platforms
Cross platform means it does nothing great and everything sub-par at best.
January 16, 2011