Humans.txt

A project and initiative attempting to establish a format for giving credit and revealing the people involved in the creation of a website by adding a simple file to the sites directory, humans.txt. I would live to see this catch on. Besides offering an unobtrusive way to establish credit for those that have worked hard

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

An amazing collection of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps from the late 1800′s, early 1900′s. The author has isolated the beautiful lettering and ornament from the map titles. I was delighted to see that someone also linked out to a Milwaukee collection (curated by UW-Milwaukee) in the comments

Designing Delightful Experiences

An excellent article on Cooper.com on the “design of delightful experiences”. “It is noteworthy when the design of an experience is so compelling that you feel wonder and delight. When designed right it feels totally natural, some might even say it is truly “intuitive.” No training is needed, no set-up, no break in flow, the

Paying Attention to the Mobile Market

It’s interesting to think about how articles like the two directly below will start to shape our client’s thoughts on their approach to web strategy. The call for mobile design has been building for quite a while and (from my point of view) really seemed to pick up momentum in the latter part of 2010.