How about some hot stuff, baby …
We’re having a sort-of tropical spell here in Brussels. Hot sunshine followed by balmy nights of ripping storms and heavy rain. And of course, I’m still trying to find a way to make information design an outdoor job. We all need to shift our desks into the nearest local park and fill the water coolers with sangria, like they do in Spain. Righto, back to reality and back to work. All that heat’s getting to me!
Recent non-carbon emissions
Köln and Bonn
For my thirtieth birthday, J had organised a surprise trip. This time, unlike so many others, she managed to keep the details a perfect …
A certain thirtysomething
This week it turns out I’m thirty years old. It doesn’t feel any different. Yet. No urge to buy a big, red, penis extension sports …
Testing CSS for print media: we need a Print Preview for developers!
Source: Wikimedia Commons The virtues of @media print have been explained elsewhere, best of all by Eric Meyer in his seminal A List Apart article …
Zuid Holland and Zeeland
A national holiday gave us the breathing space to disappear to the Netherlands for a couple of days. The temperature was high. So was the …
Typekit: when will web fonts flow freely?
Proper font embedding in a browser is long overdue. We’ve had to put up with the same old Arial, Verdana, Georgia, Helvetica, Times New …
Usability testing with web prototypes: an overview
An illustrated overview of usability testing with web prototypes onscreen and on paper. Use prototype tests to try out a concept, object, or process …
French exchange
In the spring of 1992, I participated in an exchange between my school at the Lycée-Collège Gambetta in Arras in the Nord Pas de …
RUP for user experience professionals
The Rational Unified Process (RUP) is IBM’s software development process framework. It consists of the following elements: Project lifecycle phases [1] Software development best practices …
Let's do the Photo Shuffle
Just one more thing …
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