Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
I thought my eyesight was beginning to go. It turns out, I’m suffering from design. It’s been getting harder for me to read things on my phone and my laptop. I’ve caught myself squinting and holding the screen closer to my face. I’ve worried that my eyesight is starting to go. These hurdles have made me grumpier…
WSJ Homepage Redesign Process Work As part of the WSJ.com site redesign, our process involved figuring out a new responsive grid, a new editorial strategy and an overall rebrand. The ultimate goals were to simplify and increase time on site. [if (lt IE 9) & (!IEMobile)]> < ![endif] One of the initial things we did…
article start Google is changing its search algorithm Tuesday to favor sites that look good on smartphones, a move some are calling “mobilegeddon” because of its impact on website operators. The new formula will give a boost in Google’s “organic” search results to sites that are designed to look good on smartphones, while penalizing those…
Michael Connor | Wed Jan 21st, 2015 1:06 p.m. This is Rhizome Today for Wednesday, January 20, 2015. This post will be deleted on January 21. Rafaël Rozendaal, tinycursor.com (2008). Screenshot from Chrome browser on Android device. It’s well known by this point that, while mobile use rises, the web browser’s popularity is declining. Forbes reported last…
Rich User Experience, UX and Desktopization of War “If we only look through the interface we cannot appreciate the ways in which it shapes our experience” — Bolter, Gromala: Windows and Mirrors Olia Lialina & Dragan Espenschied: “Rich User Experience” from the series With Elements of Web 2.0, 2006 This essay is based on my…