Technology
Wrangling writers: information design and content policy
Notes on important themes in the close relationship between information design and content writing and editing. …
- Originally published: 16 Feb 2010 in Information design
Perception and assumption in warning signs
An information design perspective on the use and effect of warning signs used in hunting areas. …
- Originally published: 23 Nov 2009 in Information design
Who hates all the pies?
The pie chart is a common tool for displaying statistics graphically, but the limitations of the format can often hinder rather than facilitate communication …
- Originally published: 15 Nov 2009 in Information design
IE7 only: float bug on elements with italic, background properties
Setting font-style:italic in your CSS for elements in the vicinity of a floated element can actually trigger a float bug in Internet Explorer 7. This is only a problem, so far as I …
- Originally published: 13 Jul 2009 in Technical
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 Going to Print, whose original publish date (May …
- Originally published: 15 Jun 2009 in Technical
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 Roman for years. Now that browsers have to some …
- Originally published: 1 Jun 2009 in Technical
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 before major investment in design or development. …
- Originally published: 28 May 2009 in Information design
RUP for user experience professionals
Here’s a quick introduction to the Rational Unified Process (RUP) – IBM’s software development process framework – and what’s in it for user experience professionals. Comments are welcome and encouraged. An overview of …
- Originally published: 13 Apr 2009 in Technical
Progressive enhancement and Flash: no longer a pact with the Devil
For me, Flash development pretty much dropped off the radar in 2004. Jakob Nielsen famously killed the idea of Flash as the be-all and end-all of websites and suddenly, like the stock …
- Originally published: 17 Feb 2009 in Technical
jQuery .html() returns strange results in IE after other bindings
This article originally addressed jQuery 1.3.1. See below for results in jQuery 1.4 (18 January 2010) When I’m testing work done with jQuery in Internet Explorer, I’m normally a karmic cow. I wonder …
- Originally published: 17 Feb 2009 in Technical
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Bus 174 (Ônibus 174)
Directors: José Padilha, Felipe Lacerda Brazil, 2002 José Padilha’s enthralling documentary seems much shorter than its two and a half hours’ length. This is the direct result of presenting the material with artful care, …
- Originally published: 28 Mar 2007 in Film
Treemendous!
Of course it’s still November, but J and I could hardly wait to put up our Christmas tree. So we did, and it appeared as if by magic this weekend. I have to …
- Originally published: 26 Nov 2006 in Editorial
JSA (Joint Security Area)
Director: Park Chan Wook Korea, 2000 For those who argued that the North/South tensions depicted in Shiri(1999) took second place to a daft Bond-esque tech-fluff plot, JSA (Joint Security Area) succeeds in approaching the …
- Originally published: 29 Aug 2006 in Film
Pajottenland
Calling itself “the pearl of the Pajottenland”, the little town of Gooik sports a civic shield of three hammers. When we arrived for a walk in the area, those hammers could have …
- Originally published: 29 Nov 2009 in Walking
Christmas 2009: a visit to the UK
We paid a brief visit to the UK this Christmas, via the ferry from Zeebrugge to Hull. My parents intend to move house next year, so this was also the last opportunity to …
- Originally published: 31 Dec 2009 in Personalia
Who is that guy?
Hello you. I'm Mike Padgett and I work in the technology sector as an Information Designer.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm based in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is St Feuillien Brune.