Yearly Archives: 2006

What not to write

Yawn, so thus starts the usual end of year reviews within the blogosphere, what happened in 2006 (quite interesting), what’s going to happen in 2007 (interesting but pointless – essentially a gamble that you can’t ever cash in) and of course the obligatory list of defining words/phrases for the last year or so. Good one [...]

TTV

Finally managed to utilise my Kodak Duoflex II for the purpose of taking TTV photos. Here are some before and after (applying a photoshop filter to mimic the Platinotype photo development process) snaps. Think I prefer the before versions.

Perfection in design

You know you have achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Random iPod selection?

Okay stick with me on this one, has anyone noticed that the iPod ‘shuffle songs’ seems to have an almost spooky ability to pick similar songs? You know rock or classical tunes only a couple away, or songs by the same artist close to one another. Ofcourse this could just the coincidence of ‘random’ selection [...]

Everything measured goes up

….”Everything measured goes up”. Specifically, he meant that the act of measuring itself creates an impetus for change and competition—a pressure to move a figure towards whichever extreme is (sometimes arbitrarily given the absence of context) defined as ‘better’. It’s a comment on the nature of observation, feedback loops and the selection of the criteria [...]

Interface=Brand

Great article over at iA, really hits the nail. Usually strong usability, simplicity and a clear focus automatically lead to a strong identity. Here’s a shocker: Internationally acclaimed usability guru Jakob Nielsen’s totally anti-graphic website with all its geeky flaws and it’s absolute usability approach has a strong identity. Neglecting all notions of good taste, [...]