December 2011
7 posts
Daring Fireball Linked List: User Interface of the... →
True fact: I once had to do a job where the IT point of contact was so paranoid about security I had to be on site, using their computer, to do the work. This was the editor I had to use… to do XSLT/Xpath work. Possibly the biggest nightmare project of my career.
An Uncommon Definition of Common Sense →
Jared Spool on whether we should really be so quick to say “well, isn’t that just common sense?” when we hear about new methods, processes, and philosophies (specifically applying to Lean UX at the moment but relevant always). I know I’m pretty quick to say it, and as someone trained only through work experience who didn’t go to school for HCI, “common...
The Sketchbook of Susan Kare, the Artist Who Gave... →
A lot of old-school Mac users know the Dogcow and of course the smiling computer, but Kare’s legacy is there in pretty much every computer GUI in existence.