Jason Santa Maria wrote a well-reasoned piece in which he laments the state of web design authoring tools. In a nut: current tools are inadequate, originally built for print design or outmoded metaphors, and each does only one or two things we really need. They are, essentially, obstacles that slow down our work and require …
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21st Century Inspiration
I’ve been thinking about creative method and inspiration recently, mainly because I’m finally tackling a big project, but also due to my recent induction into Dribbble. To be clear, I think Dribbble is wonderful, for many of the same reasons Twitter is wonderful; it provides a wee goon such as myself an opportunity to share …
The Maintainer’s Dilemma
The Maintainer’s Dilemma -Idiom the condition of being overwhelmed by minutiae, preventing significant accomplishments. So, I’m a Webmaster. What does that mean? I have to know about web design, programming, writing, information architecture, user experience, talking to people, and a whole mix of other miscellaneous technology. (I would prefer the title Web Magician, though in …