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The Simplest Stable Structure
June 2, 2009
O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies.
Today at Google I/O, Google has made several announcements for geo developers. To sum:
Google is updating (not abandoning!) its Flash API, but it still prefers the Javascript one
Google is pushing the Maps API into mobile (and performance is ...
- TypeKit -- Jeff Veen's new startup, making typography on the web fail to suck. Every major browser is about to support the ability to link to a font. That means you can write a bit of CSS, include a URL to a font file, and have your page display with the typography you expect. While its technically quite easy to link to fonts, its legally more nuanced. Weve been working with foundries to develop a consistent web-only font linking license. Weve built a technology platform that lets us to host both free an...
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April 9, 2009
February 18, 2009
The Challenge of Designing the "Blank Slate" (Signal vs. Noise)
Good article about considering the user experience with a product or app that is awaiting content
January 22, 2009
Designing Web Interfaces: 12 Standard Screen Patterns
useful design patterns
January 6, 2009
Shades of Gray: Wireframes as Thinking Device
I like the divergence, transformation, convergence model being described here. The author also does a good job of narrowing down the task into a single audience first (without consulting the requirements documentation) to arrive at some core ideas before accepting input from other stakeholders.