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Jun
11
Legal Precedent Set for Web Accessibility
June 11, 2008 | 5 Comments
508 accessibility is now starting to be taken quite seriously…and legally. The internet is very young in the big scheme of things, but I hope that it will not take a hundred years before it is equally usable and utilized by everyone. Our society is richer, wiser and more interesting now that we are embracing [...]
May
13
Zen and the Art of Software Design
May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I read Robert Persig’s book when I was younger and found it to be accessible and instructive as well as opening my eyes to the beauty in man made objects. It definitely deserves to be revisited and I think that Dirk Morris does a great job of making comparisons in this article to the book [...]
Apr
29
Googley Design
April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Google posted their 10 concepts of design on their corporate page and I think they are an awful lot like the industry standards:
1. Focus on people—their lives, their work, their dreams.
2. Every millisecond counts.
3. Simplicity is powerful.
4. Engage beginners and attract experts.
5. Dare to innovate.
6. Design for the world.
7. Plan for today’s and tomorrow’s business.
8. [...]
Apr
14
Civic Duty
April 14, 2008 | 1 Comment
I showed up at the Oakland County courthouse today to serve as a juror. In the summons I received, it said to arrive by 8:30 am. So I skipped my morning coffee (to be replaced by a poor excuse for coffee from a vendor in the courthouse) and rode my bike around the lake to [...]
Apr
10
Learning Everyday
April 10, 2008 | 1 Comment
As I continue to dig deeper into video editing, codecs, haptic interfaces, steaming video, and encoding, I keep coming up on that same realizations that always happens with those who are constantly seeking knowledge and learning:
There is always something more to learn
You will never learn it all
For every answer there are 1000 more questions [...]
