Designing Visualizations for Time-Based Data
Most interaction designers understand the concept of timelines and other time-based data. Blogs, calendars, and to-do lists are all examples of time-based data. However, if you are trying to fit 400 data points into a 1024 x 726 screen you'll quickly see how challenging time-base data can be. Currently, many interaction designers are turning to visualizations to overcome many of the issues associated with this form of data representation. Below you'll find a list of some of the best time-based visualizations on the web.
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How To Minimize Your Javascript and CSS Files for Faster Page Loads
Over the last 11 years I've spent a great deal of time trying to improve client websites with an eye for minimalist interface design and code. While the minimalist design esthetic is not the choice for every client the notion of less code and faster load times always goes over well. Today, many of web applications I design and code for have a plethora of Javascript and CSS files. Fortunately, there are many options to solve this rather simple problem. Compression, obfuscation and bundling are all great options.
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VizList - The Data Visualization List
I'm pleased to announce VizList as a new addition to my blog. VizList is a constantly updated list of all forms of next generation web-based visualizations. Posts will provide a screenshot, a description written by either myself or the developer, and a link to the website. All visualizations will be categorized for easy browsing. I am focused in keeping you up to date with the latest developments in data visualizations, software and applications.
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Minimalist Website Design Patterns
Do you want your website to be beautiful, SEO friendly and fast loading? Try a true minimalist approach. Total, complete and utter minimalism is a high mark to meet in any medium. Wikipedia describes
minimalism as, "movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is stripped down to its most fundamental features." In web design minimalism translates into style, structure, and download time. Many websites that look minimal are actually mired in obtrusive or invalid code and slow download times. I believe true minimalism in web design should consider the design, code and efficiency of each page. In this article I'll discuss a basic standard for minimalist web design, show examples of how a few current sites measure up to these standards, and finally show you a road map to your own web design minimalism.
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The Agile Web Design Manifesto, An Introduction
Co-authored by Max Kiesler and Emily Chang of Ideacodes
On August 20, 1980, Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler were the first to summit Mount Everest without the use of bottled oxygen. They accomplished this amazing feat by doing what no other expedition had ever done. They carried all of their own gear, did no route preparation, and did not use supplemental oxygen. They were successful where others were not, because they approached the problem from a different angle. After years of climbing experience, they recognized that their two greatest assets were agility and improvisation in the face of constant change. This philosophical shift enabled them to not only succeed, but to innovate, while others had attempted only to survive.
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Web Design Contest: ExpressionEngine $15,000 Shootout
I'm please to announce the ExpressionEngine $15,000 Shootout. Myself, and Emily Chang co-founders and principals of Ideacodes, have been invited to be judges for the prestigious design contest. We've used pMachine web products since their inception, and couldn't be more pleased to be judging the contest.
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Ideacodes Helps Redesign CommunityWalk
I'm pleased to announce that Emily Chang and I will be working with Jared Cosulich, creator of CommunityWalk, to redesign the front-end interface for the application. See the news story from my company site also posted here.
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Stowe Boyd and Ken Yarmosh Covering Web 2.0
In addition to eHub Interviews launching this week, we're pleased to promote two others that are doing a great job covering the shifting landscape.
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eHub Interviews to Launch the Week of Web 2.0
eHub Interviews, a series of email interviews with the creators of Web 2.0 applications and services, will launch this week (October 3-8, 2005) as part of the unofficial Web 2.0 week here in San Francisco.
1 With over 150 web applications and services in eHub (and growing every day), we felt it was time to hear about Web 2.0 from the people making it.
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Make an AJAX Website in Less than 10 Minutes
I've been toying around with AJAX apps and XMLHttpRequest but have wanted to put up a site that loads all of its content asynchronously. If you're like me and you learn best from working with examples you're only 10 minutes away from your first AJAX website.
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AJAX, Ruby on Rails, Beta, Tagging, Ping Me T-shirts
Looking for a cool web t-shirt
and want to help the cause? Get your ajax, ruby on rails, ping me, tagging, beta, design is strategy t-shirts today. All proceeds will go to the Katrina relief efforts.
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Something’s Gone Horribly Wrong - With A List Apart
I was greeted with the first part of the title today when I click on a Goggle link for "Discussing: A Better Image Rotator: A List Apart". Was it because there was a page or script error? Did someone forget to do redirects? I'm not sure, but It looks as if the content has either moved or been removed. In either case as the W3C says, "Choose URIs wisely".
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AJAX Fun For Anyone With Protopage
As a designer I'm faced with new and emerging technologies everyday. For me, a big part of the enjoyment of working on the internet is seeing a new wiki, and trying to figure out how it can be applied to real-world web design. Recently, AJAX has been at the forefront of many of the latest developments on the internet. Here is a great example to show yourself or your clients the power of AJAX - and it free!
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An AJAX CMS built on Ruby on Rails
There are many CMS downloads out there however, as a designer I find many of them hard to use and sometime nearly impossible to style. Read on because relief is on the way.
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Low Contrast Websites, Bad Kitty!
Have you ever gone to a website from your favorite search engine looking for some information you need only to find it, and the text is unreadable? Low contrast websites have gone from the realm of art and design sites to the mainstream at an alarming rate.
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