Wow, my last post was in April... Now I've got a case of 'non-blogging' guilt... I've got a good excuse though, at work we've been busy getting lots of projects out the door, plus a couple more pretty big/cool ones ...Read More
Great Case Study by Erin Malone, Matt Leacock, and Chanel Wheeler at Yahoo.com on how they set up a shared knowledge environment to ensure consistency of UI elements and processes across all Yahoo sites. Combines a technical overview about their framework ...Read More
This great 3-part series by Mikko Kontio, Technology Manager at Softera, is an indtroduction to designing successful software architectures. Part 1: On the importance of process Process, Functional Design, Use Cases, Quality Attributes, and Choosing Architecture. Part 2: On the role of architect Preplanning, ...Read More
Good selection of session notes that Grant Skinner has given recently. A good primer for AS2 efficiency can be found in the FF2004 SF document. Several other of the session notes are good in process and project development terms. Be ...Read More
In the May/June issue of Print Magazine, p. 22, contributor Stephen Heller discusses why he hates design blogs in the article "A Cold Eye - Blog Me, Blog Me Not". Then Mr. Heller spends several pages explaining what the strengths of ...Read More
Came across this researching geo-coding solutions for determining distances from one lat/long coordinate to another...I swear...I not one of those "people" who go around obsessing about PI... Although it was a neat movie. What I want to know is what middle ...Read More
By the editor-at-large and founder of Wired magazine, that is available to be read online. Got some great reviews from people like Bruce Sterling, Stewart Brand, and Brian Eno. Might be worth a read...unless someone has words otherwise. Out of Control ...Read More
Morville explores his 7-faceted honeycomb approach in this article, where a user experience can have varying degrees of the following attributes - such as being Useful, Usable, Desirable, Findable, Credible, Accessible, and Valuable. The honeycomb hits the sweet spot by serving ...Read More
Good little list of useful Design Patterns. Most examples are in flavors of C though... Would be nice to have some in Actionscript, Lingo, or PHP... Read More
Another good list of resources: Seems like an interesting read on a related topic... The Recursive Universe Excerpt from Direct-L (Macromedia Director) Mailing List: "Anyone interested in Conway's Life should try to get their hands on a book from 1985 by William Poundstone titled "The ...Read More
