Last month’s Refresh the Triangle featured Abe Crystal, whom I’ve worked with, who spoke on focus and empathy in design, i.e., how does a design make a user feel? This post is based on Abe’s presentation, but has been embellished. All the good points are his, all the low points and errors mine. Feelings are [...]

The web is full of designers: visual designers, graphic designers, interaction designers, muppet designers.  I threw in muppet designers to see if you’re paying attention. Designers on the web are experiencing a bit of a revolution that is summed up in a few words: measure everything.  Led by the likes of Google, every click, every [...]

In what now seems like an eternity ago, I saw Nathan Huening of Sprocket House give a talk at Refresh The Triangle back in July on Edward Tufte.  Nathan’s talk was his attempt to highlight Tufte’s main points about design. Looking back, I don’t remember all the points Nathan highlighted, however, at the time the [...]

I’m sure this has been said before, but I’m going to remind everyone: You should try browsing the web with Javascript turned off and observe how broken many things are.  If you run your own site, see how it responds. At the least, if your site can’t function without Javascript, put in a check to [...]

Neal Ford has a recent post called Sidekick Oriented Architecture.  I recommend reading it for the stories he tells, but the point he makes is a good one: Service Oriented Architecture is only achievable through message passing. It’s a simple concept that makes sense when it is articulated, but unless you consciously think about it [...]