Visual design
What a page looks like, and why the calm version is usually the harder one to make.
Reflections on thirty years in tech: as a writer, a designer, a developer and a user.
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Why an alligator
I chose the name for its sound. The animal turned out to have more to say.
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The best interface is an invisible one
Invisible Interfaces was my company for five years. The name was the brief: an interface works best when nobody notices it.
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Mascots in webdesign
When a drawn character helps a website, and what everybody learned from the paperclip
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An icon is not a drawing
Why the icon you drew yourself will not be understood
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The quiet is the design
Why a calm page is harder to make than a loud one