October 2009
7 posts
"I don't care, it makes me happy:" #1
Peep and the Big Wide World
This used to come on public TV in the wee hours of the morning. (The alternatives: ‘Saved by the Bell’ reruns or QVC.) It teaches science, folks. Remember “Square One?”
To wit: wingless, bean-shaped ducks in sailor hats.
Institutional Design Done Well →
I work for a large academic institution. I’m regularly constrained by common headers, archaic (yet inclusive) compatibility requirements… you get the picture. I know the people that designed these see the same kind of thing—but look what they’ve done anyway!
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What I'm Reading (Offline), vol. 2
Just read:
Mary Stewart, “This Rough Magic”
Lynn Kurland, “A Garden in the Rain”
Amy Bryant, “Polly”
Daphne duMaurier, “Rebecca” (reread)
Diana Gabaldon, “An Echo in the Bone”
Rick Riordan, “The Lightning Thief”
Rick Riordan, “The Sea of Monsters”
Reading now:
Rick Riordan, “The Titan’s Curse”
Anna McPartlin,...
Rant: Tables for Table Things
Tables have a bad rep. Do I use them to place logos and menus on my pages? No. Do I use them to arrange tabular data in a matrix? YES. YES, YES, YES. It’s what they’re FOR.
I’m done.
Cage Match: Arial vs. Helvetica →
Okay, fine, the snobs in us would say Helvetica wins—but I missed a few of these. Oh, the shame.
The Readability Experiment →
As a web designer, this should horrify me. This bookmarklet service lets you choose styles for comfortable online reading, then enable them as you view content from other sites with a click of your bookmark bar. I find it kind of cool; you can print it that way, email it that way… it separates the content from the blinking encroachment of ads or “Look Here!—No, Here!”...