The American dollar problem with Hover (.com)
I no longer recommend Hover.com as a place to register domain names. They have a problem. Even though their headquarters…
Adding Bluesky social icons to headers and footers
Many of our clients are moving to Bluesky and quitting Twitter/X. If they are in the habit of advertising their…
Equipment donation scam
I have science colleagues that were recently scammed by email. The scammer claimed she had a bit of science equipment…
Archiving and curation
When we stare at paradoxes long enough, they can sometimes lose their mystery. When this happens to me, I take…
Webinar Recap: Design tools to support wellbeing in multi-unit housing with Happy Cities and Hey Neighbour Collective
On October 3rd, 2024, Hey Neighbour Collective hosted Housing That Connects Us #4: Design Tools to Support Wellbeing, as part…
Going for a walk in North Park
Source https://www.sherwinarnott.org/2024/08/going-for-a-walk-in-north-park/
Inspiration turned on its head
Oh Pinterest … I love you? I hate you? I have a funny relationship with Pinterest. Every day I get…
Guidelines on using a pie chart
This is a question that comes up from time to time regarding knowledge transfer in reports and presentations. When should…
Masturbation: A Short History of a Great Taboo
This film by Lori Malépart-Traversy is a fascinating peak into the legacy of the Graham Cracker guy, Sylvester Graham, And…
Comics creator Sam Hester: How visual storytelling creates better health care
Sam Hester is a graphic recorder and comics creator in Calgary. This TED talk is a brilliant insight into the…
How to be at home, by Andrea Dorfman
Youtube | How To Be At Home Andrea Dorfman | provided by the National Film Board of Canada… Source
Putting pages into a WordPress RSS feed
Every once in a while I want to put pages into an RSS feed on a self-hosted WordPress site. When…
Well designed scissors
Sometimes things that look simple, just aren’t. It’s fascinating to me that there’s a team of putter togetherers. Learn more…
An ode to obsolescence
They say you’re too old. (In dog years, you’re barely a teenager.) They say the firmware can no longer be…
The use of narratives in research and design
These videos by Dr. Stan Ruecker and Dr. Milena Radzikowska are an excellent resource. About Short Videos on Design… Source
The unexpected life of design decisions
As designers, we create things— from websites to t-shirts to road signs — in hopes of creating a clear user…
Drucker and humanistic design
At the University of California, LA, Johanna Drucker works as a professor of Bibliographical Studies. She is also the author…
Building better with feedback loops
“Good sound insulation between suites is a key design feature for building community among residents,” says Maura Chestnutt, Catalyst Community…
Fearless and fun design with Simone Giertz
As a maker of digital (and occasionally tangible) things, I love watching makers who use big, solid materials like wood,…
Historiated initials and the medieval selfie
Thoughtful, systematic page design is nothing new. Humans are meaning-making machines with an impulse to organize. Today we code paragraph…
The state of hyperlinking in journalism, a case study
From time to time I like to check in on how news orgs are doing with their online publishing practices….
Ologies podcast and the art of interviewing
You know that phenomenon where a documentary is about mushrooms, or air guitar, or tightrope walking, but by the end…
An argument for anger
Aubrey Hirsch’s comic blends clear, evocative visuals with research data on women and expressions of anger. Read the full comic…
