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Environmental site design (ESD) presentation review: This presentation pretty much sums it up, what went before and what should go from here on out. Of course, it is northern East Coast and slightly different from Northwestern options. The slide quality is pretty good, most slides were not overly verbose…I mean, if you are just going [...]
No longer must we be limited to schematic descriptions of what we will build, or tedious cardboard models. Now there is Building Information Modeling. AutoDesk has taken their AutoCad to new heights with Revit and Navisworks. See an example of it’s use on LewisBuilds.com.
I have been having problems signing onto my TMobile account management since August 25th. Today I finally got through. I am documenting the problems here in hopes they will rectify them for future users. If they do, I may continue with TMobile. My contract has been up for a while now.
Originally I tried to access [...]
My friend DD pointed me to an article announcing the imminent death of Dreamweaver. (Darn, I still needed to update my skills to CS4…which is still sitting in its box for these past six months.) Reading further, the author discusses dynamic versus static site design and the ready availability of such free platforms such as [...]
Rhythm and Movement: rhythm in art created by repetition of elements, similar elements or circular elements create flow. Jagged and unrelated ones create an unfinished look that the eye wants to finish and thus is more dynamic.
8 Golden Rules from Human Interface Design (101)
Easy action reversal
Practitioner center of control universe
Clear options to [...]
Suggestions for effective web design and tips on how to keep the noise down (by Margo)
Keep the design constant
Experiment within the obvious choices…where else could the headline reside?
Rank the elements
Determine minimal content
Group related elements together & isolate
Increase contrast of
Style of text
Color: less is greater than more
SIZE: 3 max. Perform this choice last
EXAGGERATE one item [...]
I’ve been struggling over business card designs and printing methods while revisiting print methodology in Lake Washington Technical Colleges PrePress course. Though I have been inspired by designs in Business Cards 2 More Ways of Saying Hello by Dorrian and Farrelly, I have been looking for some direction on aiding my winnowing of the options. [...]
As noted in my update (scroll down to “Scotty”) my kitty litter musings have led me on a delicious journey through NY Times John Biggs articles. He may turn out to be my first RSS feed. Someone has taken the time to make our computer interface:
less disposable
more solid and
simply, more aesthetic.
Videos So you want to start a revolution? Education Open-Source Vision (Ted Talks):
Nicholas Negroponte on OLPC open-source hardware education project vision
Richard Baraniuk on open-source learning sources
Sir Ken Robinson on creative capacity
Iqbal Quadir on the mobile phone as an end to poverty
Negroponte at Internet and Society 2007, Harvard OLPC Design:
RedHat development challenges
Yves Behar on designer’s [...]
What a time to reflect on Nielsen’s heuristics and Shneiderman’s Eight Golden Rules! I just spent the weekend battling Dreamweaver and wandering the misty marshes of Adobe troubleshooting land. Let’s begin at the beginning, LAST weekend. A relative newbie to Dreamweaver, I have been a regular attendee this Fall at Lake Washington Technical College’s Dreamweaver [...]
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