My Alma Mater, Larsen Design, now has a blog. What other local ad/design/web firms are actively blogging these days? I’m sure there’s plenty.
Computers are smart. They can do lots of cool things like tell me it’s my turn to pick up the produce from the CSA or load up an interesting blog post for you to read. Unfortunately, ’social network’ startup Pownce.com isn’t buying the smartest computers.
They need to be told the difference between a message, [...]
I’m sure you’ve read at least a dozen blog entries out there as to how ugly the London 2012 Olympic logo is. If you haven’t, here’s a few links to get you started:
@SpeakUp (Good overall overview and review)
@Typophile
@tailwind
I won’t waste another blog entry on talking about how much I love or hate the logo. However, [...]
IKEA and Flash.
As an information architect, I was never really comfortable with the Webbys having a category for navigation in their suite of awards. This year’s winner is a great example of why contests are not really indicators of quality and best practices. A contest has its place. It is a great opportunity to promote, [...]
Listen to Milton Glaser, Matthew Carter, and Rick Poynor, and a bunch of other designers I don’t recognize talk about design, typography, and related stuff over at: Listening to Words lectures.
I’m downloading now.
“If your web advertising strategy is built around page views, you’re going to have to find another way to sell.” - Terry Heaton
There’s lots of goofy web design artifacts that exist because ads are sold by page views: article pagination, skinny skinny column widths, partial text feeds, MySpace.
Hopefully, all a remedy for this insanity will [...]
This afternoon, I reviewed portfolios at the annual AIGA-MN Portfolio One-on-One event. The event served me well when I was a student designer, and it makes me feel like I’m returning the favor when I’m invited to attend.
The 4 portfolios I saw were very good, spanning the spectrum of design experience - from just starting [...]
Adobe officially Announced CS3 today, but I assume some of us have already had our peek at the new features they were rolling out in new versions of Flash, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, etc. (Sorry Freehand and ImageReady Fans.)
If you managed to miss this somehow:
http://www.adobe.com/creativelicense/
Go ahead and Preorder today, but I don’t think they’ve [...]
Graphic Designer-New Product Development
We’re seeking a graphic designer to join our corporate UX team. Work collaboratively with fellow user experience professionals to improve and advance Thomson West’s premiere legal research product: Westlaw (http://westlaw.com).
Ideal candidates will have:
Strong GUI design and problem solving skills
Experience applying formal design methodologies such as creating a high fidelity design from [...]
“So when you approach delivering a Web site, community offering or any information technology product (heck…any product), make sure you balance the “brushstrokes” (front end design) with the “keystrokes” (back end coding). Otherwise, you’re automatically devaluing what you’re delivering.” - Steve Borsch