Content is the New UI v1.
If we were to look at some of atomic bits of a typical piece of information that a person consumes these days online, there might be a headline with text, at least a couple supporting sentences of text, maybe an image that could either be a photo, illustration (maybe a fancy animated gif), and a different media type like audio or video clip. This doesn’t take into account... Read More
12 months of condensed DesignNotes in 2008
Wanting to take a look back so I can figure out how to proceed with 2009, I grabbed a bunch of notable posts that I thought were worth spending a bit more time with. Below each image I’ve made a note now that I’ve had some time away from each of the original posts. Here’s to the new year and thanks for visiting, and linking and commenting and… Do you have... Read More
Content Flow
I’ve been obsessed w/ the phrase “Rip it, steal it, web it, mail it, post it. This message wants to MOVE!” since reading it on the bottom of blackbeltjones.com/dogme.html If you disregard theft for a second (karma does bite) and look at the philosophy of being able to grab something that’s important to you and share it w/ others, it becomes more valuable. Someone... Read More
If you care about your stuff, make sure people can duplicate it
A couple days ago my site (DesignNotes) went down for a day. I could tell what time things went down b/c my stats stopped bringing in numbers. For the first couple hours I wasn’t that irritated b/c from time to time isp’s go down and there’s a lag. With that said by mid afternoon my irritation scaled. By the evening when things still weren’t back to normal... Read More
Right to copy works for preservation and ownership
While not the sexiest of subjects copyright and rights management are pretty topical at the moment. While I’m enjoying muxtape immensely it’s probably only a matter of time before it gets shut down. This post isn’t really about that though. It has more two do with two articles that I came across at almost the same time. The first article comes via PopHoto.com... Read More
