Monthly Archives: December 2009
Firefox Accessibility Extension: Must Have For Developers
I’ve have recently installed the Firefox Accessibility Extension (version 1.5) by Jon Gunderson of the Illinois Center for Information Accessibility. It’s a fantastic tool that allows you to test the against the FAE and beta W3C accessibility rules. It’s a … Continue reading
Climate Change in Canada. Where’s The Leadership?
The headline this morning on the CBC follows, “Canada part of Copenhagen climate deal”. After reading the news I have to ask myself exactly what part is that?
A Kuler Way To Find The Right Colour
Kuler by Adobe has been around for awhile. I just had to post it. One of things I’m challenged with as a designer is selecting colours schemes. I tend to often fall into the safety of tried and true colour … Continue reading
Infodesign: Time Space World
Here is a visually interesting way to navigation news, photos and video commentary from around the world. At a glance you can quickly see where things are happening. Check it out for yourself by visiting the Washington Post.
Infographic Of The Day
I love design. I love great design. And as an Information Architect I love how we can communicate using visuals instead of just words. Here’s an example from Michael Anderson who took a novel approach to his CV. Inspired me … Continue reading
Understand The Funnel
Recently there has been so much focus on social media. More and more people are tweeting, uploading their latest presentations, music or videos, creating fan pages and of course blogging. If you’re in business, you must be asking yourself what … Continue reading
Stumped By Parking Machine
Have you come across something in your daily adventures that makes you go, “What the F@#K?! Who the hell designed this?”. Well, yesterday a parking machine was such a thing?
Social Media In The Workplace
I’ve recently been engaged on the redesign of an Intranet for a non-profit healthcare organization. One of the stakeholders asked how could social media work for their staff. Intranets were started to help with internal collaboration, communication, and knowledge sharing. … Continue reading