Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
I’ve been feeling a little bit rough this week, if not from the icy cold weather we seem to having all of a sudden then plain old tiredness. A combination of later nights, Hex waking me up at the crack of dawn and the everlasting darkness at the time of year all contributing to my [...]
November 16th, 2007 · Categories: Books · 25 Comments
No, I’m not being rude and I’m not swearing at you… I’ve just finished reading a book (The Non-Designers Design Book — Robin Williams) and have learnt that “CRAP” is the best way of remembering the four basic design principles: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity.
I make no secret of the fact that I don’t [...]
March 28th, 2007 · Categories: Books, Design · 15 Comments
I can’t decide if this is really cool, or really sad..
I’m sat on a comfy reclining padded garden chair, under a gazebo (tent-like thing), munching on chocolate dairy cream eclairs, sipping blackcurrant ribena whilst wirelessly accessing the Internet. All of this at the same time as considering ideas laid out in Defensive Design for [...]
June 4th, 2006 · Categories: Books, Rambling · 21 Comments
I’ve added a new stylesheet for large resolution users (recommended for 1280×1024 and above). It’s the same theme, it just features larger text and a larger content area. If for some reason you click that link and didn’t mean to you can reset your theme choice on the set theme page.
Thank you for the comments [...]
April 16th, 2006 · Categories: Books, Updates · 29 Comments