7th
August
2004
“Below the streets of Paris lie 285 kilometres of dark, subterranean galleries that wind their way through the limestone and gypsum quarries on top of which the city is built. These galleries have been in existence since 1777 and for over 250 years an extraordinary, incalculable and ever growing collection of visual material has been amassing on their walls: incised inscriptions, handwriting, graffiti, paintings, sculptures, mosaics, cartoons, sketches, directional signage, art installations and ephemeral paper tracts.”
posted in Typography | Permalink |
7th
August
2004
“Sign of the Times: Making the Los Angeles Times’ Front Page | In an election year, it is the front pages of the nation’s major papers that set the tone for how political stories are covered. The Los Angeles Times, with a staff of about 45 in its Washington bureau (roughly equivalent to that of the New York Times), is a major player in the election by any reckoning ó and the decisions it makes about how to place stories on its front pages help determine how the public thinks about politics.”
posted in Journalism | Permalink |
7th
August
2004
“So, for anyone out there who feels like failing to get a job in usability, here’s a brief checklist of steps. 1. Don’t do any research. Why waste your valuable time finding out about your future employer? 2. Make sure that your email approach makes it clear that you didn’t do any research by wording it in as impersonal a way as you can manage. 3. err… that’s it”
posted in Usability | Permalink |
7th
August
2004
“Design inspiration can come from anywhere, anything, and at anytime. One of my personal favorites is photographs. They’re perfect for scoping out fresh color schemes. I’ve done some scoping of my own, and have derived the following color schemes from a few of my own photographs. Use the colors themselves, or simply be inspired to create your own. Enjoy!”
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