Are the euro’s in your pocket fake or real? Do you know what to look for when checking notes?
Thought so, neither did I, but here’s a nice overview at the Dutch National Bank. It is is Dutch, but the flash animation is probably clear enough. ( via)
On my way to valid xhtml
Well, I’ve been reading that book for some time now, and discovered that I already used a lot of xhtml transitional methods.
So here is my first try in achieving something that passes the test. No, don’t validate, cause it won’t pass. It seems that my version of WordPress doesn’t spit out standards complient characters for the &, and it also generates a lot of unnecessary code.
There are though, no more markup tags in my code, and exept for the container table, everything is done with css. I’ve tried to keep it as clean as possible, but this site will be a work in progress.
But hey, aren’t they always? And now I’m off for the soccermatch! Netherlands vs Portugal.
Integrating parts of user experience
Peter Morville – co-author of the ‘Polar Bear book’ Information Architecture for the WWW- has broadened his vision and has also come to the conclusion that not a single part of the user experience can be seen seperate from the others, but he views it from the user point of view.
He calls it the honeycomb in which the Useful, Usable, Desirable, Findable, Accessible, Credible together lead to something Valuable.
It is this kind of meta-vision that professionals in the field of user experience need and that make our work a bit more understandable towards customers and co-workers in the business.
For me it was as revealing as was reading The Elements of User Experience. It is the Diagram that integrated the seperate pieces of our profession into one, and it is this beehive diagram that takes it all into the subjective realm of what the user experiences. Very useful and interesting!
Web Standards Mega List
Simple Bits has a giant list of webstandards links, everything you’ve already read on the web and also a lot of new articles and sites. Rrrrrreally useful!
SimpleBits | Web Standards Link Bonanza
And some more very interesting links to articles about CSS: ETC. Indulging my inner geek: CSS Archives.
Judging Designs
Does it matter what you write about outher people’s designs? Obviously it does, though I never thought about it. Interesting stuff: The Dangers of Judging Web Designs Superficially : Bokardo.com
Have to read this
… monday at the office: Making Knowledge Management Work on your Intranet
Dealing with Stakeholders
Usability experts sometimes tend to put the user a bit too central, thereby running the risk of irritating stakeholders – people who’se support they are going to need to finish the project successful. Boxes and Arrows focuses on this issues, and explains the need for stakeholder support for the usability professional. Boxes and Arrows: Understanding Organizational Stakeholders for Design Success
I’ll keep this one in mind
Brilliant rejectionletter rejectionletter, might come in handy when you’re looking for a job and need a laugh..
Photo du Jour
A tea shop in darband, north of tehran (flash required)
Exaggerating is an art
How low can you go: A website devoted to banning the Comic Sans font.
“In 1995 Microsoft released the font Comic Sans originally designed for comic book style talk bubbles containing informational help text. Since that time the typeface has been used in countless contexts from restaurant signage to college exams to medical information. These widespread abuses of printed type threaten to erode the very foundations upon which centuries of typographic history are built”.
How dramatic huh? As if people don’t notice the silly type. It is like stating that that horrible powerpoint guy is killing creativity and makes painters and artists obsolete.
The intention to remove this font from the fontpool is a noble intention though.