a MINDBLOWING article on understanding systems through abstraction, visualization, interaction and iterative development. It’s one of the most visually and interactively clever web pages I’ve seen in a long time, and makes the concepts and algorithms necessary to understand the examples given as clear as possible: Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction.
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Hi, I'm Paul Carvill and I'm a web developer. I am Head of Interface Development at LBi, Europe's largest digital agency.
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Up and Down the Ladder of Abstraction
posted: Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 at 8:47 pmDesigner Founders | Kickstart it!
posted: Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 at 10:02 am“Our goal is to demystify the path for designers to build tech startups with meaningful impact and for entrepreneurs to embody design thinking in their work.” Designer Founders | Kickstart it!.
Mobile UI performance considerations
posted: Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 at 2:42 pmA Design Primer for Engineers
posted: Tuesday, January 17th, 2012 at 2:30 pm“We don’t see an explosion as a bad thing because we’re intimately aware of how the sausage is made.” Rands In Repose: A Design Primer for Engineers.
Google Maps: Designing the Modern Atlas – Core77
posted: Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 at 10:46 pm“It is often the case in interaction design that the best solutions simply get out of the way, allowing the user to achieve their goal and get on with their life. With Google Maps, this is certainly the desired outcome.”
Financial Times acquires London-based developer of its HTML5 web app
posted: Thursday, January 5th, 2012 at 9:31 pmSTIKNORD
posted: Thursday, January 5th, 2012 at 12:48 amThe idea behind this blog was to produce a digital mood board, a collection of texts and imagery dedicated to the aesthetics of the the Nordic countries and Scandinavia in particular.
via STIKNORD.
Branding 10,000 Lakes
posted: Thursday, January 5th, 2012 at 12:44 amArtist Nicole Meyer is creating a logo for every one of Minnesota’s 10,000 lakes. One logo every day. Should take 27 years. Branding 10,000 Lakes.
Regex Tester – RegexPal
posted: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 at 10:54 pmregexpal 0.1.4 — a JavaScript regular expression teste
Instagr/am/bient: 25 Sonic Postcards
posted: Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012 at 10:24 pm25 ambient musicians created original sonic postcards in response to one another’s evocative Instagram photos.