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Moo for Flickr The genius that is MOO launched last week, and i've been meaning to post it for days now, naively thinking that in between everything else i would have had time to arrange photos, and print cards, and come up with great images to show. Unfortunately life got in the way momentarily - so here's a post just in case any readers haven't heard about them yet... What is MOO? It makes your flickr pools something tangible and useful - business cards in the proportions i love, but with any images you choose on the other sides! Adorable, playful, genius ~ also check out the MOO HQ Flickr set - i love seeing their behind the scenes shots of these great little cards.
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Calling All Designers: Learn to Write!Calling All Designers: Learn to Write! May 10th, 2006 Edit Add comment Calling All Designers: Learn to Write! We’ve all been there. The client says, “Just design it. We’ll flow the content in later.” Or the designer says, “Here’s what the page looks like. I just used gobbledygook for the text, cause that’s not my job.” Unfortunately, that’s no way to design a good experience. It may be fashionable to say “markets are conversations” or “design is about communicating ideas,” but how can that be true if the designers aren’t working with, or actually writing, the text? User experience isn’t just visual designIt’s time we designers stop thinking of ourselves as merely pixel people, and start thinking of ourselves as the creators of experiences. And when it comes to experience on the web, there’s no better way to create it than to write, and write well. Let’s look at everybody’s favorite example of Doing it Right: Flickr. Ask a bunch of people what they think of their experience at Flickr and they’ll use words like “fun” and “friendly” to describe it. Why? There’s nothing uniquely fun about black text on a white background. There’s nothing friendly about uploading and tagging, no matter how many whiz-bang AJAX tricks you use. Sure, the photographic content lends itself to a personal experience. But nobody ever talked about how much fun Ofoto was. And the community-oriented social networking features lend themselves to an emotional experience, but I think there’s something more going on here. I say: It’s the writing. The friendliness comes from good old fashioned text. When you visit the site, it welcomes you with a random language. Hola! Salut! Shalom! When you log in, the button says “Get in there” instead of “Submit.” When you upload a photo, join a group, add a contact…all of the associated text is open, encouraging, happy, and excited. And it has a significant impact on the overall user experience. Text is interfaceThis is not just marketing text (though it’s that, too). It’s interface. This is text that can’t come from the PR department—it comes from us, the designers who are responsible for the user experience. The text is as much a part of the UI as the colors, the pixels, the stuff that designers are usually concerned with. Perhaps more. Take another example—a site I just discovered, also in the photo space. Photojojo is a labor of love created by Amit Gupta and Kara Canal. It’s a weekly newsletter, and they’ve obviously spent a lot of time crafting the writing in the newsletter. But they spent just as much time crafting the words everywhere else. When you get to the site, the homepage says, “Congratulations. It’s your lucky day! You just found one damn fine photo newsletter.” Below the email form, the anti-spam message doesn’t say something dry like “we will not disclose your information to third parties.” It says “We solemnly swear: “No spam, not ever.” If you’re curious enough to read the About page, you’re rewarded with an entertaining story about how the two decided to start the site. No marketing BS, just two people who are really excited about what they’re doing. Now, I’m the kinda guy who unsubscribed from every email list I was on in 1999 and never looked back. I hate email. If the site had used traditional language, I never would have signed up. But their excitement was contagious, and before I knew it, I was plunking down my address. A click on a confirmation mail and the message I get on their website? “Dude, you rule.” Damn right. Beyond lorem ipsumSo if you’re someone who hires designers, ask them what they like to read. Talk to them about their word choice in every button, every link, every title. Give them a crack at writing your about page. It’s the designer’s job to think about your site the way a user does, and tell them what they need to hear, and when they need to hear it. A designer worth their salt will be able to do it. And if your designer says, “I’m not a writer,” it may be time to find one who is. If you’re a designer who doesn’t think of yourself as a writer, it’s time to reconsider. Buy yourself a copy of Strunk and White, do some research online, or take a class. Design is about communication, and it takes more than pixels to communicate.SleepSleep May 10th, 2006 Edit Add comment
LampsLamps May 9th, 2006 Edit Add comment
好有型的" emulated " 電芯燈仔, 有4種, 我個人覺得天使翼最cute。 但係細細粒$29USD一個有d貴。
ColorBlenderColorBlender April 30th, 2006 Edit 1 comment
ColorBlender 是一個很好用的免費網上配色工具, 它可以令你配色更有靈感和協調,只要選一隻顏色, 它便能為你配出其他色,而且顏色都好MATCH。 支持在線配色．可以save，方便下次在打開時可以繼續使用或調整．絕對的好工具 ,更可讓你輸出成為Photoshop Color Table及Illustrator Colors，可謂十分方便。此外，它更可將你混出來的顏色配對接近的PANTONE Color。
Mobile BalconyMobile Balcony April 30th, 2006 Edit Add comment
這是1997年由兩位設計師 Frida Wanselius and Lotta Cronsjo 設計的流動陽台, 好得意, 陽台上還有小花呢, 實在好適合在城市用, 得閒可以上去relax一下, 真係唔錯o架, very interesting. 不過好似唔係好穩陣咁, 所以肥人都係唔好上去好d喇。
Generated HabitatsGenerated Habitats April 30th, 2006 Edit Add comment
好cute的公件, 第一眼見到仲以為係朱古力, 如果係朱古力一定冇人捨得食呀。 這些公仔由 rhya和 kyle 製作,會在一個在Toronto叫“Generated Habitats”的exhibition 展出。
CIMIXCIMIX May 1st, 2006 Edit Add comment
最後衝刺, 最後一張畫終於完成喇, 其實今次d畫都好馬虎, 主要係因為唔夠時間畫, 一個月畫到4張已經好好了。 主題畫其實係求其畫住先, 開頭諗住之後有時間畫張好do既, 不過…..我最滿意o既一張係天使果張, 而spring果張個背景實在係是但左d, 開頭個構圖係好do架, 不過停左一排冇畫到, 冇晒mood畫lu。 而其他畫都冇乜特別, 都係諗到乜就畫乜咁囉。 希望之後可以多d時間畫畫就好喇。
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