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Using CSS to do Anything: 50 Creative Examples and Tutorials

Here are some great examples of what you can do with CSS. No comments

6 creative reasons to apply blur to photos

(1) imply depth (2) to make type more readable (3) to imply speed (4) for an appealing background image (5) for a surreal feeling (6) for an illustrative or cartoony feel [via: tutorialblog] No comments

Designing Web Navigation (Book review)

The guys over at 456 Berea st have a nice review of Designing Web Navigation: Optimizing the User Experience. It seems like it could be a good read if you are confronting a tricky navigation problem No comments

Grid-Based Design 101

A good 101 article with resources about grid-based design methods by Steven Snell No comments

Interactive Game using Mac Laptop Sudden Motion Sensor

Interactive game for Honda Motorcycles using Sudden Motion Sensor (SMS). SMS is Apple’s motion-based hardware - and data-protection system used in their notebook computer systems. I’m really surprised that no one has done something like this sooner. You’ve got to check out the video. No comments

From Here to There: Design Research Symposium

If you’re going to be in there area of the College of Design at Arizona State University from April 11-13, 2008, you should check out their free Design Research Symposium. Should be interesting. No comments

“Customer Experience” Linked to “Customer Loyalty”

We all know it, but sometimes its hard to prove with quantitative numbers. According to Bruce D. Temkin, Forrester has just published a report empirically linking customer experience to customer loyalty and purchasing decisions. [via: Customer Experience Matters] No comments

Visualizing Search Results

Searchme, Inc. looks promising. I’ve been dabbling in search result visualization off-and-on for a while now. I think its a huge area for improvement. I’m not sure if the blatant use of cover-flow visualization is the right approach. I’ll keep my eyes on this one. No comments

minipost test

this is a test of the minipost plugin 1 comment