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Category Archives: design
Redundant redundancy in UI design
I’m all for ease-of-use and intuitive user-interface (UI) design. Usability is my middle name. Well, actually, Rex is my middle name, but whatever. However, my desktop is getting confusing, now that we’ve started the journey from browser-based interactions with the … Continue reading
Posted in design, internet
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How a chart can suggest the opposite of what is says
I’ve read conflicting claims about which day of the year is the busiest travel day. (The day before Thanksgiving and the day after Christmas are favorites of bored TV news crews.) No matter what precise day you choose, if you … Continue reading
Posted in design, observation, statistics, usability
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Your-name-here publication design is fill-in-the-blank.
You know how there are companies that match up a business that needs a logo with a logo designer — actually, with hundreds of designers: companies like HP’s Logo Works. And you know how you can find thousands of free-lance … Continue reading
Posted in design, magazines
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Nice effort, but the Mag+ app deserves a Mag-
As you can imagine, I’m very interested in iPad apps that extend an existing media brand into (onto?) touchscreen mobile devices. One early iPad effort that received a lot of attention during “the first week of iPad” has been Popular Science+, … Continue reading
Posted in design, iPad
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In praise of a banner ad
This post is a review of this banner ad, but clicking on it won’t take you anywhere. I feel fairly confident this post marks the first time in this blog’s near decade-long history that I’ve written a review of a banner ad. But … Continue reading
