Monthly Archives: April 2009

Do you network or compute?

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Brad

TweetDo you consider your interactions on sites like Facebook and Twitter to be computing? Are you working with someone in tandem in order to accomplish a task ? Or are you just chatting about last weekends BBQ and how burnt … Continue reading →

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Links for 4/20 – 4/24

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Brad

TweetInterview With Designer and Blogger Steven Snell – Another great interview that deals with how blogging and pumping out content is able to help you professionally. Real Fonts on the Web: Interview with The Font Bureau’s David Berlow -Interesting discussion … Continue reading →

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Flickr – Mindmap Feeding Ground

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Brad

TweetRecently, I was asked to help our visual designer to brainstorm ideas on what some of our icons should represent. The challenge with these icons were they represented fairly abstract concepts, like services and aggregate. Not only were the concepts … Continue reading →

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Links for 4/13 – 4/17

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Brad

TweetInterview with Chris Spooner – My favorite part of this interview was Chris explaining why having a blog is important and how it helped him in his career. Deconstructing Analysis Techniques Part 2 Deconstruction – Analysis is the one aspect … Continue reading →

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Hidden Gem – The Newspaper Designer’s Handbook

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Brad

TweetWhile checking out the book shelf at our local Oregon Trail (twitter) coffee shop, I found a hidden gem. The title was ‘The Newspaper Designer’s Handbook’, and I never thought to find so many great examples of design layout. Inside … Continue reading →

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How Should Agencies Use Flash?

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Brad

TweetA month ago I was asked to write on how heavy usage of Flash effects the User Experience of a website, specifically for Interactive Agencies by Brain Schartz (twitter). In the example that Brain gives in his tweet, it is … Continue reading →

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The Father I Want To Be – First Year

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Brad

TweetA month ago I sent out a tweet asking for topics to write about here, and my good friend Nathan Verrill (twitter) suggested the following. So here we go:

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Tweet to Blog – Ultimate Live Tweeting Tool

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Brad

TweetWhile I was at the IA Summit I sent out ALOT of tweets. The final tally was somewhere around 360, and I only lost ~10 followers with all that activity. The challenge when I returned home was getting all my … Continue reading →

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IA Summit 2009: Evangalize Yourself

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Brad

TweetThe final track that I attended was given by Whitney Hess (twitter), and was by far one of the most inspiring and influtential tracks of the IA Summit. Her message was simple, to be a success and be part of … Continue reading →

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IA Summit 2009: Business Centered Design

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Brad

TweetIt is standard for a User Experience Designer to have a passion for the people, but occasionally they forget about the business that serves them. Christina Wodtke (twitter) gave the attendees of the IA Summit a reminder of why keeping … Continue reading →

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