Communication

Quick Update On My Life

With so many passing days without blogging, I think I will just post a bunch of links of all the interesting discoveries I’ve come acrossed.

By the way, I sent in my two week notice with Banana Republic. The end of my life with retail seems to be at an end. Somewhat bitter sweet.

Principles of Minimalism
This is a great list of publication and websites that introduce the idea of a minimalist approach when design and composing documentation.

Embarassing World Cup Design
While I am not too familiar with design to the degree of professional designers, this gives an interesting insight about how important messages in communication is defined by design itself.

Don Norman wins Ben Franklin Award
Congrats Don! I still need to finish reading your book “Design In Everyday Things”

800 x 600 Still Good
UXD author says 800 x 600 still great. I do wish I had a 20 24 30 twin 30 inch wide screen Dell monitor set up though.

Everyone loves ribbons for MS Office.
I am really excited to see the new “ribbon” menu system Microsoft will be releasing in their new Office Suite (Office 11 I believe). Looks good!