Thursday, June 26th, 2008
My main point is that the tradeoffs should usually be skewed further in the direction of "Obvious" than we care to think. (Don't Make Me Think, p 14)
I've been spending a lot of time writing about the editorial side of digital news, but that's only part of the story. In ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
I often hear people who defend print say that computers can't replace the feel of paper.
It's easy to dismiss such talk as the ramblings of Luddites who staunchly refuse to enter the digital age. I've done it. I'm a child of the computer revolution. I've been reading and participating online ...
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
I'm trying not to keep my brain from exploding inside my skull, but the more I read stories that explain to journalists what a good interactive, multi-media presentation should look like, the more difficult it becomes. Let me try to explain. The National Press Photographers Association has an online ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Here is one of the presenters for this panel, which right now isn't shaping up to be very exciting. Michael Lopp is a Senior Engineering Manager at Apple.
Right now, we're going through the different words that are within the word design. It's not a very well prepared opening, that ...
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
My program, Media Informatics, is getting ready to add Web Design to the curriculum, which will compliment the design side - Dreamweaver, Flash and Maya (these are the programs, for now).
We're having a problem, though. The Art department has what they refer to as Web design in their curriculum already. ...
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