Archive for December, 2005

It’s a review of the year, of course.

The internet is in the middle of a royal kick-up-the-arse as regards usability and accessibility. Bad sites are named and shamed, great design is celebrated. In all of this, we mustn’t forget the desktop; the desktop sucks too.

Good news for people still searching for an enjoyable IM experience on Windows and seething at all the Mac users with Adium. Gaim 2.0 is in beta 1 and it’s a grand improvement over the 1.x versions.

I’ve given up with Miranda. Finally the obscuficator got the better of me. Did I say obscuficator? I [...]

Can you say “Grids”?

Ive been pillaging my red folder marked redesign this evening. A portfolio which now documents at least a year of irregular, on-and-off sketching frenzies. I like the way the design has evolved on paper, and I’m reassured that on the whole I still like it (even if I can’t suss out how to balance [...]