43 Things
43 Things keeps information design at a basic, yet charming level to show what things are most popular on others’ lists – the typeface just gets bigger. The social dynamics are simple and effective: personal wishes are shared with a specific number of people, but no one’s identity is revealed until a person decides to [...]
Google Scholar
This morning I tried out the Google offering-du-jour: Google Scholar. For the past couple years I’ve used CiteSeer when doing research. It goes one crucial step further than Google Scholar in that it offers a page that lists the abstract, who the article cites, and who the article is cited by. Citations are the primary [...]
E.Biz Website Makeovers
Some decent articles about site redesigns, generally focused on improving usability and sales on the sites. In other news, I’ve been working like mad on the site redesign of Intuit.com. In the last couple of days I’ve been all about searching. Apple has quite a nice little search on their Support section, using drop-downs to [...]
Review: The International Herald Tribune Web Site
Erin Malone from the always excellent “>DesignWritings mentioned reviews of websites on Design Interact in a post to the SIGIA list. The latest review is of the IHT Website, a personal favorite of mine.
Interface is…
Interface is… by nadav won 2nd place in the 5k, and I can see why — it’s a nice minimalist piece of graphics with just a bit of text. The themes he ponders lend themselves to abstraction, and the result is cohesive, thoughtful, and elegant.