Posts Tagged ‘Web’

The Canvas is Falling! or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Adblock Plus

Yesterday, Smashing Magazine posted an Op-Ed piece called Why Web Designers Should Not Use Ad Blockers. (Though with a little re-wording, this could easily apply to anyone who accesses content on the web.) The “tl;dr” version goes something like this: web designers (or, again, anyone who consumes content on the web) have a duty to [...]

Web Design & Development: CSS Zen Garden

After a dismal first outing for a class years ago, I decided to make an earnest attempt at a CSS Zen Garden design. I set out to create a compelling minimalist design that features type as a centerpiece. The result was a design with three simple ingredients: oversized web-safe type, solid colors, and one image [...]

Web Design & Development: From The Ashes Risen

I was approached by the people at Tribal Elder Productions to create a site for their new documentary project, From The Ashes Risen. The filmmakers were getting ready to release a preview in a few weeks, and wanted a clean new website to launch alongside.
One of my primary aims was to create a web presence [...]

Sweden’s New Hero?

This interactive media project was, I believe, part of an effort by the Swedish government to gently remind people to pay their broadcast fee. So, the message isn’t intended to me, unless I move to Sweden. Still, it’s a clever use of interactive video.
You can make your own video here.

Thoughts on Google Buzz

Yesterday, Google made news by announcing its entry into the social media ecology.
Initially I had some reservations, which went something like this:
For one, I feel like the social media train left the station a few years ago, and that the ecosystem is pretty much at saturation point until we have another major Web2.0-like shift in [...]