No matter where your political allegiances are, it is hard to not respect the kind of campaign Barack Obama ran.
Obama’s campaign embraced the Internet more than any other candidate since Howard Dean. Except, you know, Obama won. What Obama did better than any before him was to utilize a team of designers that polished his [...]
Category Archives: Design
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Nov
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How to design like Barack Obama: control, consistency and change.
Wed
Jun
18
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Georgia on my mind
First the Web’s favorite font was Times New Roman. Mostly, because nobody had a choice. Then it was Comic Sans. Then, Helvetica/Arial.
However, news sites especially are leading the charge into Georgia / Times New Roman fonts being the next widely adopted style. This is most likely the result of an attempt to emulate the serif [...]
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Jan
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Blog is the new magazine (and a list of themes)
Back in the Stone Age, “blog” was the word of the year and old media was scrambling to add any semblance of an online entity. Then, many believed that blogs would eventually take the place of most sections of the newspaper, just as Craigslist replaced classifieds.
However, if the latest trend in Wordpress templates is any [...]
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Dec
22
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The 6 articles I used for this site’s new design
As you can see, I’ve done some winter cleaning for the site. I won’t bore anyone with the technical details, I just want to say that I tested the new design in as many browsers and setups as possible, and I hope it’s easier to navigate. A lot of the content on the [...]
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Aug
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The Unami usability test results
This Wednesday we had about 20 or people come and test the site I have been working on: unamidelaware.com.
The results were interesting, but mostly along with what I expected. As with anytime I design a Web site (or write an article, or cook a meal…) I am aware of things I wish I [...]