June 2008
12 posts
Rosenfeld Media - Web Form Design →
This week’s “serious career” book. I’ll be sure to follow it up with something sufficiently flimsy.
Antonio Bastardo →
My new favorite baseball player name (after Milton Bradley.)
Mini casino at Moulin Rouge Archives →
In order to retain rights to gaming, the Nevada Gaming Commission requires the site to operate a mini-casino for 8 hours every two years. No word on how long the trailer will sit on the site. I love the idea of a trailer casino.
Webmonkey: the Web Developers Resource →
w00t! Webmonkey’s back!
HP A10 Printing Mailbox for Presto Service:... →
The products being created now with older users in mind is astounding. I’m sure there are tons of people who have tried to set older relatives up with PC’s just to see them go unused. It’s an interesting idea to remove the PC from the equation. It also prevents your relatives from sending you countless spammy emails and chain letters.
IxDA Discussion: iRise sues Axure for "patent... →
Reason #30080 the IxDA discussion list sucks wind more often than not. (How an interesting conversation gets turned into a downright nasty argument over patents and the usual mailing-list flame behaviors.)
Nudge →
Adding to the long list of “books to read some time when I have more than 15 minutes free and I’m not already brain dead to the point where I can only play PackRat, listen to the Ramones and not drool on myself.”
iRise sues Axure for "patent infringement" →
“… UX community boos loudly.”
Everyone has the right to defend their IP but the patent seems pretty sketchy to start with.
“f you have ever designed a beautiful interface only to find it ugly five months...”
– A List Apart: Articles: Writing an Interface Style Guide
“I am the chosen instrument of the Holy Man to whip some of the devil out of you,...”
– Ian Fleming to Lady Anne Rothmere (via)