Cameron Moll poses a great SimpleQuiz-style question on writing good links: Read More
Operation Immortality: Your Chance to be Immortal
On October 12, 2008 NCsoft colleague Richard Garriott is going into space. He will be the 6th private citizen to do so. Richard is the vision behind our science fiction MMORPG Tabula Rasa.
Read MoreWhat Type of Personality Does Your Web Site Have?
Three good questions to ask clients when embarking on a web site redesign:
- If your site was a person, what would he or she be like?
- How would you expect visitors to react when they first view your site?
- What celebrity (or car, movie, etc.) is your site most like? Least like? Why?
Nice ice breaker and a way to get them thinking creatively.
Experiment in Making an Article Sidebar More Readable and Visually Appealing
I recently read a great article on Boxes and Arrows about the myth of the fold. Turning to the sidebar to learn more about the author, I was struck by some of the design decisions that had been made regarding this part of the page, most notably the choice to right-align all the sidebar content.
Read MoreLogin Form Showcase: 65+ Examples of Login Form Design
After putting together a registration form design showcase, the logical next step was to do the same for login forms.
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Vote for Your Favorite Typography Preferences
Here’s an interesting idea. Text Prefs is an online typographic survey where you can choose your preferred text formatting — font, text size, line height, column width — and then vote for it.
Read MoreA Better Way to Create Information Architectures, Wireframes and Prototypes
I’ve often wondered why there are no good tools for easily developing information architectures and producing wireframes. Visio tends to be the standard, although I regularly use PowerPoint due to its ubiquity. Read More
Footer Design Showcase: 75+ Creative Footer Designs
In writing about redesigning the TechCrunch footer I came across many great examples of creative and useful footer design. So I thought it was about time I created my own showcase of web site footer designs. Read More
Redesigning the TechCrunch Web Site Footer
I’ve been a reader of TechCrunch for some time. Although I mainly read it via RSS, I occasionally visit the site — either to post a comment or view something that’s not displaying properly in my RSS reader.
Read MoreDo Online Press Releases Serve a Useful Purpose?
In his article Press releases: spin and propaganda, Gerry McGovern recently railed against the practice of posting press releases on web sites, asking the question: Read More