Designing the Message

Jul. 2, 2008 in design, process

Just before Stowe Boyd asked me to blog on /message last week, he sent me this tweet:

hey bro. Nice Tumblr template. I am interested in a reworking of my /Message typepad stuff. Ideas? Costs?

Stowe and I met, very briefly, last year at…

Mickey’s 10 Commandments

Jun. 21, 2008 in ideas, podcasts, process

Who could possibly know more than Disney about guiding, exciting and entertaining people? Interface designers can learn a lot from “Mickey’s 10 Commandments”, developed by Walt Disney Imagineering President, Marty Sklar. (commandments in bold, my comments beneath)

1. Know your audienceThe first…

Linkbag of Stuff That Works

Jun. 3, 2008 in design, linkage, podcasts, process

Ryan Singer at RailsConf

The most enthusiastic, positive, funny web-guy I know was interviewed at RailsConf about the being a designer who can write code, and “touching the magic wand”, which isn’t nearly as pornographic as it sounds. Have a listen.

And…

A First & Next08: Notes of a Public Speaking N00b

May. 19, 2008 in conferences, design, process

Last Thursday I stood up with Leisa Reichelt in front of at least 100 (could’ve been more, didn’t have time to count) intelligent people (an assumption I know, but I’m an optimist) at the next08 conference and we told them what we…

Linkbag of Listening to Learn

Dec. 20, 2007 in design, linkage, podcasts, process

I’ve read Andy Rutledge’s blog as long as it’s been around, and his articles have never failed to be opinionated, structured, intelligent and useful. Now he’s got a podcast called The Design View Show and I can wholeheartedly recommend it for…

Link Bag of Advice

Oct. 16, 2007 in design, process

Andy Rutledge, designer and author of the beautifully minimal blog “Design View” manages to elegantly turn the typical list of agency bitcheries about their clients into a list of valuable advice for clients when dealing with agencies. His post “Don’t…

The King & Queen

Sep. 21, 2006 in process

Haven’t written much in a while, and today won’t really help. Just noticed a quote which brought a smile to my face and Thursday’s show and tell day!

Content is supposed to be king in the royal order of what makes…

See What Sticks

Aug. 26, 2006 in design, process

For the last two and a half weeks, I’ve worked an average of 12 hours a day (including weekends), attended hours of brainstormings and meetings, made a large stack of sketches, produced around 25 screens, spent over 12 hours travelling…

Designer Meets Developer

Jul. 6, 2006 in microsoft, process

Where I now work, there’s always been a pretty wide gap between development and design. When I started 5 years ago, the design department was a black box into which (once the consultants and developers had a budget, timeline and…