May 2008

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• 05.30.08 | Posted By jason kuhn
  YUI Documentation Printable Stylesheet brain monkey, impressions, rant | (0)

  I justify this entry with the argument that not having a print-friendly option can possibly hurt a user's experience. The YUI is an increasingly popular JavaScript framework these days. I've been asked to implement it into my work and traversing the documentation, for me, has been just a tad bit annoying. It's easy to be overwhelmed with links upon first visit. I just want to see a list of methods/properties and how to use them. I wish one click would get me there, but for now, I'll be grateful that documentation exists. Now if I could only print it! yui-print.css Let's play "Find-The-Link". Okay, ...
• 05.19.08 | Posted By Lee
  When Do We Take IE 6 Off Life Support? brain monkey, impressions, opinion, rant, suggestion | (3)

  Over the weekend, as I was doing some work and testing some code, I asked myself a question that I constantly ask myself. Why am I still taking the time to code IE6 specific fixes and hacks into my work? I do all of my work on a MacBook Pro, downside number one. I used to have a PC desktop as well, and still do, but I simply do not have the room to setup my old school CRT. Continue Reading...
• 05.12.08 | Posted By Lee
  Wireframes and UI’s brain monkey, impressions | (1)

  Stumbled upon this today in my search for wireframe examples while i am trying to piece together my website for Carl's challenge. Very interesting list of UI and wireframe examples. Check it out.
• 05.12.08 | Posted By Bryan
  Sort a Card, Any Card Applications & Services, outside | (2)

  I am now a part of the small group of people that clicked on a banner ad (intentionally). I found a banner for OptimalSort while browsing boxesandarrows.com OptimalSort is a neat online card sorting application developed in the land of Middle Earth (New Zealand). There are 30 day, 90 day and annual paid subscriptions and even a free account that just limits your limits your number of active projects, cards & participants. They even have a "hefty discount" for universities and non-profit groups.
• 05.09.08 | Posted By C Hill
  Visual Vocabulary Game brain monkey | (3)

  Here's how you play Look at this image. I made it with something very specific in mind, but it could represent many things. Leave a guess in the comments. winner takes all.
• 05.08.08 | Posted By Bryan
  HIP’N SLIDE impressions, opinion, outside | (5)

  It seems Amazon has joined the slider band wagon. Amazon now has a "create your own ring" page. The first step in creating your ring is searching for a diamond, which uses sliders to filter price, shape, carat, color, clarity etc. I think sliders are a far more intuitive interaction for selecting a range of options than any combination of checkboxes, radio buttons or drop down menus. I also like Amazons use of icons within the sliders to further encourage understanding of the options. Has anyone else found a good implementation of sliders? Do you think they are just "eye candy" or ...
• 05.08.08 | Posted By Lee
  A Designers Dream Design, blog, outside | (0)

  So it has been discussed many times through-out many groups in many parts of the world. Why reinvent the wheel? This seems to be holding true more and more in the world of interactive development and design. I really enjoy seeing what occurs when you take the coding development out of things and let someone focus on the design side of a project. Creative expressionism is hitting a new mark in my opinion. Lines are blurring and pixels are smashing together violently, and I like it. I always Like to read articles written by other people such as Smashing Magazine. The ...
• 05.02.08 | Posted By cpark
  The monotony of the 8 hour work day brain monkey | (2)

  I agree with Megan and I would like to piggy back off of her post. I think that is a great idea. The monotony of the 8 hour work day can be a creative vacuum. Some days, weeks, months it can literally suck the creative spark right out of you. Or it can motivate you to find a creative outlet. Our creativity needs to be fed. I want to propose a spin off of that photography project. Based off of the same color premise, I think we should create a designer's week. There will be a color theme for each week ...
• 05.01.08 | Posted By mheff
  All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy brain monkey | (10)

  This post is a little off topic ,considering it really doesn't have much to do with interactive design, but as i'm sitting here in my gray cube, i can't help but want some artistic outlet, and i'm sure i am not alone on that. While diligently working on the sim today i stumbled upon an interesting blog post. It turns out that this week is color week. Its a photography project that is apparently well know among art bloggers. For everyday of the week you take a few photos of objects that are the color of ...

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