Technology
Net neutrality: the Google-Verizon proposal versus freedom and choice
Notes on the recent Google-Verizon proposals for safeguarding net neutrality. …
- Originally published: 11 Aug 2010 in Technology
Simply monstrous: web support at Monster
Online recruitment site Monster could use a lesson in technical support when answering bug reports. …
- Originally published: 6 Aug 2010 in Technology
Creating routes for a Garmin eTrex H
How to create GPS routes and how to transfer them to the Garmin eTrex H. …
- Originally published: 12 Jul 2010 in Technology, Walking
Getting started with a Garmin eTrex H GPS for walking
Using Garmin's eTrex H GPS device for walking: a brief guide to some of the basic concepts …
- Originally published: 27 Mar 2010 in Technology, Walking
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
What do you get if you cross a float and an italic in Internet Explorer? …
- Originally published: 13 Jul 2009 in Technical
Testing CSS for print media: we need a Print Preview for developers!
How I wish there was an easier way to test CSS intended for the printed page. …
- 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 …
- Originally published: 1 Jun 2009 in Technical
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
WFMU show confirmed
Update: show now goes out Sat 16th Dec I have recorded an hour-long show for the great freeform radio station WFMU. The broadcast is scheduled for Saturday 16th December at 14:00 here …
- Originally published: 6 Dec 2006 in Personalia
Ronin
All style and no substance - this beautiful looking film lacks the smarts to make it a classic. …
- Originally published: 18 Jun 2007 in Film
Sierra Maestra in concert
Perhaps they were jetlagged: a muted performance from a highly praised Cuban outfit. …
- Originally published: 29 Jul 2007 in Concerts
American Beauty
Watching one of 1999's best movies, it's easy to forget the seriousness of the issues being discussed here. …
- Originally published: 12 Feb 2007 in Film
Luxor
Into the Valley of the Kings, then on to Deir al-Bahri and the colossal necropolis of Luxor. …
- Originally published: 18 Oct 2006 in Middle East
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not the Princeton curator, the US senatorial candidate, the Kentuckian pastor or the journalist from Arizona. In fact, I work as a consultant in User Experience and Information Design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Brussels, Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Ellezelloise Hercule.