Smashing Magazine has a good article written by Steven Bradley examining web design through the Bauhaus lens of "form follows function." He first gives a pretty good summary of the history of Bauhaus and the evolution of its principles, then turns his attention to interpreting the validity of form following function. Unfortunately, he takes his analysis to logical extremes … [Read more...]
A Word on the Tagline
You may notice the tripartite slogan that's part of the logo of this site: Useful, Usable, Compelling. Those three concepts are the pillars of the framework I use to design or analyze a system. In short, what I mean by these terms is: Useful Does the thing do what it's supposed to do and only what it's supposed to do? In other words, I'm using your site/app/thing to … [Read more...]
Why Apple Rulez!
So, "Welcome to Macintosh" was just playing on CNBC. I was cleaning up from the dual birthday party for both of my kids, so I left it on. All in all, it's maybe a bit too simplistic and a bit too reverent of the fruit company from Cupertino, but it made some valid points. The most important point it made was that "Apple doesn't compare itself to another company." I think … [Read more...]