Browsing Category design

It is tiny houses all the way down…

in design downsizing on January 7, 2016 January 7, 2016

People have been asking me about my downsizing, amazed that we would get rid of all our books, clothes and empty our living room of all the furniture. Their eyes get even bigger when I…

Resources for Web and Mobile accessibility

Derek Wilson, a Career Development Practitioner with the Neil Squire Society, visited the Okanagan Developer’s Group yesterday to discuss with local devs accessibility online and on mobile. He gave us a demonstration of various assistive…

in complaints design internet on October 3, 2011 October 3, 2011

MLS FAIL: A tale of two many plugins I wanted to hear MLS Commissioner Don Barber speak about BC Place but I ended up getting a terribly unhelpful message to install Flash, with no fall…

in complaints design internet on October 3, 2011 October 3, 2011

MLS FAIL: A tale of two many plugins I wanted to hear MLS Commissioner Don Barber speak about BC Place but I ended up getting a terribly unhelpful message to install Flash, with no fall…

in apple design on June 23, 2011 June 23, 2011

“We meet again, Papyrus!” (cf. @zeldman Screencap from Motion 5 features page.

in apple design on June 23, 2011 June 23, 2011

“We meet again, Papyrus!” (cf. @zeldman Screencap from Motion 5 features page.

The HIG is undead

in apple design on April 10, 2011 April 10, 2011

Yesterday’s was a great episode of Hypercritical by @siracusa about Apple’s (lack of) UI consistency. This topic struck a cord with me as someone who spends their days teaching new computer users. As a teacher,…

in apple design on March 29, 2011 March 29, 2011

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTts8elSDeE?feature=oembed&w=500&h=374] Jony Ive on the 20th anniversary Mac… with hair! Apple has been producing these long production videos long before the Unibody MacBooks. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

in apple design google on December 19, 2010 December 19, 2010

Excellent artwork from this Economist article about Apple vs. Google. Fave quote: Tony Curtis, who died in October, was buried with his iPhone, like a pharaoh anxious to update his Facebook status from the afterlife.

in apple design google on December 19, 2010 December 19, 2010