Category: Computing
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TouchUI: The Misunderstood Paradigm Excerpts
STIG: My Fantasy Touch UI baseline that hit the cutting room floor.
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Professional Typography & Design: The Path to Technomancy, Part 3
After I was hired to be a DTP monkey, I applied and refined my wild layouts, but had to tone them down quite a bit for business documents. (Wired back then was tame compared to my unrefined layout.) Being a bit of a perfectionist that cares about anything I do—whether paid or not—I started studying…
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DTP Monkey: The Path to Technomancy, Part 2
The unofficial-turned-official club newsletter was directly responsible for me landing my first real job as a DTP monkey. I walked into the interview with my portfolio of club newsletter and stickers I made on my old Mac SE and the Mac IIci my best friend had that were printed on my trusty, 70+ pound LaserWriter…
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The Second Mac: The Path to Technomancy, Part 1
When I was a sophomore in college, I got a chance to get a new computer. I wanted the Mac SE/30 for the Motorola 68030 32-bit clean CPU and the expansion slot. (secretly known as the “SEx”—the “x” was for eXpandable, along the lines of “IIx,” and “IIcx”, but Apple Marketing decided to sheepishly steer…
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How I Would Improve Touch Interfaces… Coming Soon to a Browser Near You
I just looked at my almost 1800 word opinion piece I submitted to draft status on Dice this morning, and I feel guilty that my editor will have to read it all and whittle it down to a more usable format. I am pretty sure my wanton dreaming of a new set of UI conventions:…
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iOS Apps to Save You Time and Money
As threatened, I wrote my picks for the most useful iOS apps. This time I focus on the two biggies: time and money. Sadly, my It’s-It reference about saving enough gas money to buy a few of these chocolate coated goodness and my aside about trying to fool my nephew using my Jedi powers {or…
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Quick Shot: Too Long for a Tweet, Too Short for a Page
Okay, Quickly: This month has been a “lurning [sic] experience.” I am juggling multiple projects which are all related only by the fact that they’re simply making me a better designer. New tricks are being learned, etc. Sites are going up and being moved, and I’ll be updating everything and essentially leveraging what I learn…