Back to the Future of Wireframes

We’ve spent a year pondering the role of wireframes in the design process, and the results are finally in. After this, there’s no looking back.

That’s How Our Love Must Be, IE6

I wrote another break-up letter. This one is to IE6.

I’ve been thinking about this for some time. Losing sleep, waking up screaming with night terrors, imagining us as if it were just yesterday. I think it’s time we talk, IE6.

Read it on MIX Online →

Rap it in a Grid

If you’re a musician, then you’ve already heard this: Learn the theory, practice it, and then forget it. It’s only over time that you truly realize the value of this, particularly if you’re someone who likes to improvise (in other words, create music on the fly).

As it turns out, music and software design aren’t that different. I wrote a few thoughts that came to me while I was reading about Jay-Z.

The last thing I expected to find in Jay-Z’s excellent new book, Decoded, was a profound insight into a topic that’s very near and dear to web designers: grid systems.

Read it on MIX Online →

Life After Twitter

Never did I think that 140-character messages could have addictive qualities, much less, teach us a lesson or two about life itself. #neversaynever

RainyShots: A Dribbble Plugin

In an effort to display my latest Dribbble shots on my blog, I ended up writing a predictably named Wordpress plugin. Maybe you’ll find it useful.

It Pays to be Bad

If there’s one thing I learned in the year 2010, it’s that finding something you’re bad at and then sticking with it can make you extremely happy.

5.5 Habits of Effective Designers

If you can get past the mildly cheesy title, this article that I wrote for Smashing Magazine packs in a decade’s worth of the lessons I’ve learned in this industry.

MINKY — It’s Business Time

A dream three years in the making, MINKY, our new company, is now open for business. From a multi-year whim to sudden reality, in a nutshell.

Pet Peeves — On Doctors

In the inaugural issue of Pet Peeves, we shall commiserate over doctors who make us want to scream. Also featured in this post—an orange cat.