Category: Web

  • SXSW: Designing the Next Generation of Web Apps

    These are my notes from this panel, which took place March 14. I’m moving at web speed, I know. George Oates, Producer, Ludicorp Mena Trott , Partner, Six Apart Evan Williams, CEO, Odeo, Inc. Jeffrey Veen, Measure Map Eric Rodenbeck, Dir, Stamen Design Themes of web application design Eric: moveon.org, interactive town hall meeting. 50,000…

  • Writing and Design

    While my current title is web developer, I have a degree in writing with a concentration in poetry. This often is a bit of surprise to people, because the two are not typically compatible, or at the very least, the path from one to the other is not apparently logical. However I found my way…

  • SXSW: Design Eye for the List Guy

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    These are my notes from this panel, which took place March 13. Andrei Herasimchuk, Principal, Involution Studios Cameron Moll, cameronmoll.com Paul Nixon, Apple Ryan Sims, Lead Designer, Neubix Keith Robinson, Creative Dir, Blue Flavor Unsolicited redesign of craigslist.org. Keith: Really liked it. So if it’s not broken, why fix it. Generally unfinished feel. Searching kind…

  • Why Blog?

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    I had lunch with someone today who said she’d been encouraged to create a blog, but did not see the point. I found myself developing counter arguments. And now I’m thinking, what is the point? At South by Southwest, there were several panels that dealt with blogs and blogging. There seemed to be a notion…

  • My Weekend With Drupal

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    If you were hoping Drupal was an alien friend of mine that dropped in to spend the weekend partying with me, alien style, I’m afraid I’m about to severely disappoint. Drupal is an open source content management system. (You’re going to close the window, aren’t you?) My objective for the weekend was to install, evaluate,…