“Scalable interface design ensures that interface development takes account of the need to change over time, providing solutions that are flexible and thus ‘future-proof’ to some extent. Too often complex interface designs require a complete overhaul when even the smallest change is required in the functionality of the application or site in question. Building ’scalable’ interfaces in the first place will save time and cost in the long term — and make coping with upgrades easier for your customers.”

“Adobe Illustrator 10 streamlines production with support for new dynamic data-driven graphics, which automate the preparation of repetitive artwork. Print professionals can use dynamic data-driven graphics to create an unlimited number of variations of similarly formatted graphics. Web designers can create a template, and then use the new Variables palette to define objects, such as the product name and company logo in a Web banner, as variables. Users can then quickly generate an unlimited number of unique variations using scripts or dynamic image servers such as Adobe AlterCast, which generates customized graphics content on demand.”

“Adobe Illustrator 10 streamlines production with support for new dynamic data-driven graphics, which automate the preparation of repetitive artwork. Print professionals can use dynamic data-driven graphics to create an unlimited number of variations of similarly formatted graphics. Web designers can create a template, and then use the new Variables palette to define objects, such as the product name and company logo in a Web banner, as variables. Users can then quickly generate an unlimited number of unique variations using scripts or dynamic image servers such as Adobe AlterCast, which generates customized graphics content on demand.”

“So many poignant words have been written, so many tears shed in the past week. I can’t get my head around it all. I read that each of the floors of the WTC was nearly an acre in size… At this stage it sounds like the number of dead will likely be around 6,000. That just sounds too big to be right. I wondered what that many people would look like in a group photo, probably something like the start of a huge marathon run. So to satisfy my need to grasp this, I found an image of a group of 20 people — then multiplied it up to create a group of six thousand. This is what six thousand people looks like. As I was making the image, I kept thinking, ‘this must be wrong, it looks like too many,’ but it isn’t wrong.”

“Brand is the weapon of choice in the battle for survival. Fuelled by a core idea, and managed with imagination and precision, a brand will drive a company’s transformation. No wonder care of the brand has ascended from the marketing department up to the boardroom. Yet the concepts of 21st century brand-building are still strange to many of the corporate supremos — and they are people who will need to implement them. The ten tips that follow set out the ground rules for success.”