All Blog Posts (Page 63)

Oct 01, 2006
Marketing

More Cozi Goodness

OK, I gotta admit it: I really do like Cozi Central. If it wasn’t for the fact that I am a single male, aged 24, I would be using this thing non-stop. Unfortunately(?), I have no wife and no kids. Whew. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing after all....

Oct 01, 2006

Inflection Points

In retrospect, you can always say to yourself: “yep, that’s the exact point in time where everything changed.” Hindsight is 20/20, especially when you’re examining massive changes in your life. What’s really tricky is spotting them before they’ve ...

Sep 28, 2006
Accessibility

You are not done yet!

I wanted to share a fantastic blog posting on accessibility that I just found by way of Coding Horror. As part of Michael Hunter’s DDJ blogging series entitled “YOU ARE NOT DONE YET,” Michael posted a great list of accessibility scenarios that sho...

Sep 28, 2006

Project Runway - whew! !!SPOILER ALERT!!

I’m so glad Michael, Uli and Laura made it. I think the idea of having four designers show at Olypus Fashion Week is a nice change from past seasons. Nothing deep to add beyond that, just wanted to share. And for those of you who are at a loss…

Sep 27, 2006

The Shrillness of Conservative Whackjobs

Every now and then I get into a masochistic mood, prompting me to read NewsMax, a proud purveyor of mainstream American notions and values, like “Bill Clinton hates America,” or “MoveOn.org is sponsored by a crazy, liberal billionaire who is tryin...

Sep 27, 2006
Windows Mobile

Simplify UI Development for Native Windows Mobile Apps

Mel Sampat from the Windows Mobile team blogged about a new UI management library, called ScreenLib, that dramatically simplifies creating native user interfaces for Windows Mobile applications: [ScreenLib] takes away a lot of the pain of designin...

Sep 27, 2006
Meta

An auspicious number

Back in July, I decided to create a new weblog where I could share my thoughts on UI design and User Experience (especially the snarkier ones) with the world, and keep my writing skills (shabby though they may be) from deteriorating completely. I ...

Sep 26, 2006
Meta

new design slowly creeping in

I became tired of my rather pathetic looking home page, and redesigned it a while back. I put the project on hold about two weeks ago when my priorities dictated otherwise, and didn’t have a chance to resume the project until today. I hope to repl...

Sep 26, 2006
Innovation

Cozi Central launches, families can breathe a little easier

Cozi just launched their first product, Cozi Central. I’ve mentioned them before in conjunction with their Chief Product Officer, Jan Miksovsky, who was formerly a UI Architect at Microsoft and is a strong proponent of inductive user interfaces. ...

Sep 25, 2006
Vista

Vista' New Start Menu

The Windows Vista love-in on my UI Design blog continues unabated! I was browsing through a surprisingly active thread on the Shell Revealed site about the design of the new Vista Start Menu. Not surprisingly, some people love the new Start menu, ...