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Jun 11, 2007
Web Design

How to make yourself look unprofessional

I was just reading a truly bizarre (yet oddly heartwarming) story on MSNBC about how a deaf mother dolphin and her newborn calf are getting along at a marine mammal rehabilitation center in the Florida Keys, but I was terribly disheartened to disc...

Jun 09, 2007
Web Design

Raaum on Rails

Alright, so I’ll readily admit this has nothing to do with UI Design. Nevertheless, if you’re trying to slog your way through the Ruby on Rails API documentation or official wiki you may be much better served checking on Ryan Raaum’s excellent pri...

Jun 07, 2007
Popfly

Rocky Horror, Lolz and Popfly: Together at Last

I just found a wonderfully amusing adaptation of Rocky Horror, as if scripted by lolcatz. Naturally, I decided to wrap it up with a Popfly mashup, which you can see through this link (toucha toucha toucha touch me!). Creating this Popfly mashup wa...

Jun 05, 2007
Web Design

Top 7 video sites, rated by look-and-feel

I’ve spent a while today looking over different video websites, and seeing how they go about presenting videos to their users. Some common themes emerge, unsurprisingly, such as the presence of featured videos on the front page (duh). What did sur...

Jun 05, 2007
Apple

How Fake Steve Jobs Made Me Look Weird(er)

I’m writing specs for our next Popfly iteration at the Starbucks down the street from my apartment, and decided to take a quick break by reading through my email and news feeds (sorry, I can’t tell you what the specs cover). I came across one post...