Capture a Screencast with a Mac
Posted on Jun 29, 2008 05:52:39 PM
As a writer, I often make screenshots to accompany my tutorials, blog posts, and articles. But, sometimes, static screenshots aren’t up to the job of clearly illustrating a point.
I recently wrote Web Accessibility: The Flip Side of the Coin for About This Particular Mac (ATPM). I wanted to demonstrate how using multiple links with non-unique text, such as “Read more…” can be confusing, and created a Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Capture, Screencast, withWhat happens when the people come?
Posted on Jun 26, 2008 08:17:13 AM
Every experienced web designer knows that web statistics are important. Okay, now quick, think of a time when you responded directly to changes in web traffic in a tangible, tactical way. I'm guessing that some of you out there may be able to provide a few examples. Maybe not, though. The most common use of web statistics has always been to justify the existence of a site: "see boss, people are using the site, we can't stop now..." Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Come, happens, people, What, whenIntroduction to Django: Helping Perfectionists With Deadlines
Posted on Jun 25, 2008 08:18:49 PM
Django is an open-source Web framework, written in Python, that allows you to easily and rapidly develop interactive, data-centric web applications. It came into being when two Web developers—Adrian Holovaty and Simon Willison—in Kansas, after moving their newspaper’s website from PHP to Python, found themselves repeatedly solving similar problems. They decided to extract the common functionality and released the resulting Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Deadlines, Django, Helping, Introduction, Perfectionists, withOffline Marketing
Posted on Jun 24, 2008 05:05:57 PM
Looking Back
It wasn’t so long ago that dotcom startups, new media, and break-out Internet companies were pushing their name on the general public through various print ads, massive public banners, radio and television spots, as well as ridiculous and outrageous publicity events. All of these advertising methods proved an effective way to get their names out, but failed to truly establish brand awareness. Whether or not this contributed Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Marketing, OfflineAnyone for a Game of Cards?
Posted on May 29, 2008 10:08:26 PM
Everyone loves a game of cards.
I was raised playing Whist for pennies and matches. Whatever the stakes, we ten-year-olds would play for hours, peering over at our opponents while trying to make sense of the random hand we had been dealt. And in exactly the same way, card sorting is appealing to users. As humans, our minds prefer to absorb information in chunks, and we subconsciously look for and remember links, groups, and Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Anyone, Cards, GameThe Rise of Flash Video, Part 2
Posted on May 29, 2008 06:00:56 AM
This will happen to you: Your client calls and informs you that she is seeing a lot of video on the web these days and, that she just happens to have a few she would like to put up on her site as well. There was a time when this request would have struck fear into the hearts of most web developers, but today’s web is a different place; the ubiquity of the Flash player in the marketplace has made this task possible. As I pointed out in Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Flash, Part, Rise, VideoCompetitive Analysis
Posted on May 12, 2008 10:53:27 AM
Every industry has its own version of the competitive analysis and its function is clear: to line up your product with other products and show where yours falls short and where yours is superior. Each industry brings a different spin to this old favorite and user experience design has its own set of criteria by which to judge competitors.
Take the simple competitive analysis shown in Table 5.1.
Simple Competitive AnalysisCriteriaPETCO.comPetSmart.comProductsNo Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Analysis, CompetitiveToward a more standards compliant Internet Explorer
Posted on May 11, 2008 02:17:07 PM
Microsoft has corrected Internet Explorer’s nonstandard CSS box model by using a doctype “switch” at the top of an HTML document. Any one of several different doctypes can be placed at the start of the page file, telling modern browsers how to handle the code. For instance, if I use the “strict” doctype (I like the sound of that), Internet Explorer (IE) 6 knows not to use the old IE box model Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: compliant, Explorer, Internet, More, standards, towardN.Design Studio - Blog & Design
Posted on May 11, 2008 10:20:46 AM
Once again Sumo Lounge has launched another ingenious product: the SumoSac (super size bean bag). I received a SumoSac couple weeks ago for product review and I gotta tell you, it is one of the most comfortable bean-bag chair I have ever sat in. The SumoSac is a large suede sac filled with shredded furniture grade urethane foam. In addition to its comfort, the Sumosac is stylish and practical. The size of the sac is more than Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Blog, Design, StudioThe evolt.org community
Posted on Apr 4, 2008 09:16:32 PM
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man." -- George Bernard Shaw
Since founding evolt.org nearly three years ago, I've been called unreasonable more than a few times: "A non-commercial website that relies on its own members for content?! Get real!"
Looking back, I can see Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Community, evolt