flattening my world
Since moving to Hong Kong and thus becoming self-unemployed, i have had lots of time to think about how i have approached building content management systems. For the last 2…
Edward Tufte: The Information Sage
Most designers, he said, want to do something new each time. “But I’m interested in the solved problem,” he said. “I’m interested in high art and real science.”
don’t think about this too long
i was very influenced by this recent blog: http://andycroll.com/writing/the-end-of-hover, in which andy croll suggests we can free ourselves from the needless rollover effect. i've worked with rollovers for a long…
Blog 2.0
it's nice to know that you can always overstep your negligence and procrastination by simply increasing the version number. yes, indeed, this is the "new and improved" 1000camels blog! now…
well-formed net
i'm really turned on to creating feeds for everything (directories, objects on a page). conceptually what that does is set up a new virtual filesystem across the net. this in…
from one client to open source
the contract with st christopher house is coming to an end and the community learning network is just beginning. we need to stop listening to the client and start focusing…
XML as object
i'm working on a new article, tentatively entitled 'xml as object'. it further explores the ideas behind 'open systems design', emphasizing the approach to the media - encapsulating the xml,…
sysAdmining
it's been a while since i've navigated through a system. it's a really pleasurable thing. i'm sure it's hard to explain to anyone who finds computers complex and intimidating. but…