Caught My Eye
CMS Light
July 2, 2009
I just finished reading Chris Coyier’s article, The “Light” CMS trend. For those of you who don’t know, CMS stands for “content management system.” The content is stored in a database and then served up on a page using a predefined template. The idea behind a CMS is to allow non-technical people the ability to […]
What is a Browser?
June 30, 2009
A very telling video about what the average person is thinking when they use the Web. I listened to an interesting discussion about this subject on Sitepoint’s podcast. I think the reason there is confusion about the difference between a browser and a search engine is the integration of search into the Web browser. Search […]
Hey, That’s My Site
June 25, 2009
Today, I was reading through my RSS feeds and came to an article, 23 Flourish Designs, Part 2 on Inspiredology. I opened it up, and to my surprise, was a partial screenshot of big-break.com, a site that I designed at the end of 2008. Thanks for the honor, Inspiredology.
Beyond the Web site
June 4, 2009
Yesterday afternoon, I received this email from raysbaseball.com. I had bought tickets over the weekend to see today’s game. I was really impressed with the information in this email. It told me about the starting pitchers for both teams and had links to relevant statistics. There were also links to information about visiting Tropicana Field. […]
Texture, Color, and Detail
February 18, 2009
This Website caught my eye yesterday as I was looking through entries on CSS Mania. I posted this screenshot on Flickr. I did a pretty extensive commentary on Flickr in the summary and using the notes feature to point out different elements on the page. What I really like about this site is the sense of […]
Running on Empty
August 22, 2008
This cartoon from My Life in a Cube says it all for me today. I like the different mediums that this cartoonist uses and how they help communicate his message. The Red Bull can is very appropriate for this cartoon.
Archiving the Internet
April 16, 2008
I found out about this site today, Internet Archive. It archives the code so if you no longer have the images in on your domain, then you will not be able to get a full page archive. It is an interesting idea. I found out about the site in a discussion with my team leader […]
What can brown do for you?
November 9, 2007
I found this site through Design Meltdown, a gallery of design styles. This site is a good example of nice design which gets recognized by a gallery but has some usability issues when you actually use it. First, You have to go to the top right to a “home†graphic to link back to the home […]
Connecting to Real Experiences
October 30, 2007
I came across Baldwin Wallace’s Web site as I was thumbing through Step Into Design magazine at Barnes and Noble. This is another example of a trend I have seen in college Web sites. This site is drawing you into the world of being a student at Baldwin Wallace. Jared Spool classifies this kind of content […]
Sundance Film Festival Site Design
October 11, 2007
I came across the Sundance Film Festival site from Cameron Moll’s Premium Linkage. I liked the design of the site. There are several elements that I found interesting: Right navigation on the secondary pages Overhanging graphic on that navigation bar that indicated “you are here” Colored drop down boxes of links on the horizontal navigation bar. […]
Helpful, Practical Feature from AirTran
August 22, 2007
Last week I booked a flight to Boston for November using the AirTran. On the last page of the process, I found a feature that I really liked. It gave me the option to import both my departing flight and returning flight into Outlook. All the information that I needed to create a calendar event […]
Biola’s Perspective Student Web site
June 21, 2007
Yesterday, I came across Biola’s Perspective Undergrads Web site. I like the style of the design and I am guessing that it appeals well to the site’s intended audience. But not only is it a nice visual design, I believe the site is designed well for useability. I found that the information on the on […]
I Could Have Used This in Architecture School
June 17, 2007
This site caught my eye both from a design standpoint and because of the product it sells. I sat through many design “crits” as an architecture student. This product would have been very useful. I can see using in my office with some of the stools that I like to use on days I feel like […]
Site That Caught My Attention
May 18, 2007
http://www.haus-hoyer.de/ I came across this site through Design Meltdown. What I liked is that it used Javascipting to allow you to bring layers “forward.” You can click on the business card on the right and it comes forward. I later discovered that you can drag all the elements around the page. I am not sure how […]
The “Experience” of Martha Stewart’s New Web site
April 5, 2007
I saw Martha Stewart’s new Web site for the first time tonight. I was pretty impressed by what I saw. The site takes advantage of Flash video, sIFR, and Javascripting that all contribute to experiencing the Martha Stewart brand online. You can take a tour of the new features which uses Flash video. It combines […]
New Yahoo Homepage
May 16, 2006
Yahoo has a new look for their homepage. You can preview it at yahoo.com/preview. I like how they are using AJAX to make the page interactive and to change the content in the first “box” (with headline, ‘Make Yourself at Home’) without the page refreshing. When you click on the four different tabs, different content […]
