Writings
Rethinking the Traditional Convention Booth at MIX105
by Thomas Lewis on Mar 17, 2010 in Events
At our MIX10 conference for web developers and designers, the MIX Online community team (us) was given an opportunity to display a booth in The Commons. At first, we politely declined. The Unbearable Lameness of Convention Booths There were a few reasons why I was Read More…
Discovering Trustworthiness11
by Matt Brown on Mar 10, 2010 in Design
These days, one thing web designers don't have to worry about is how to do something. And by something, I mean just about anything. Read More…
Bass-ackwards10
by Tim Aidlin on Mar 09, 2010 in Process
Which comes first, the problem or the solution? IMHO, obviously the problem. So why do we so often develop technology solutions and then find a problem for them to solve? Read More…
ASP.NET Charts and ASP.NET MVC – Controller vs. View4
by Karsten Januszewski on Mar 05, 2010
Like Hans’ most recent lab note, this one is about charts. However, my investigations center on a different charting platform: the ASP.NET charting controls. These are shipping as part of .NET 4.0 and are available for download today in .NET 3.5 for free. You can also download VS 2008 tooling Read More…
A Common Sense Content Strategy9
by Tiffani Jones on Mar 04, 2010 in Process
Lately, everyone on the web is talking about content. Content strategy has made its way into our collective consciousness and web writing is coming into its own. Read More…
The Future of Wireframes30
by Nishant Kothary on Mar 02, 2010 in Design
As we move into the next decade of web design, it's time for us to reevaluate our understanding of wireframes—a tried and tested user experience staple. Read More…
Silverlight Toolkit Charting Controls0
by Hans Hugli on Mar 01, 2010 in Development
Recently, my team needed some basic charting controls for a project we were working on, so I investigated the Silverlight Toolkit charting controls. Read More…
Cheers to Saying No20
by Tim Aidlin on Feb 22, 2010 in Web Culture
The other day I was out having a pint with a web-designer friend of mine, and she relayed a conversation with a client she'd had that day. I had to chuckle a little. “So, Client X called me today, and she’d like to do a Read More…
The Anatomy of Web Design23
by Nishant Kothary on Feb 18, 2010 in Process
We redesigned MIX Online in the Winter of 2009. In this article, I’ll share how we did it. In elaborate detail. Read More…
Incarnate for WordPress Plugin Updated4
by Karsten Januszewski on Feb 15, 2010 in Development
We’re excited to announce Incarnate for WordPress version 1.2. Significant work has been done with the plugin to address issues that arose with earlier versions. Because WordPress theming engine’s flexibility, there were number of cases where the plugin didn’t play nicely with WordPress themes. We’ve fixed these issues and the Read More…
Springing Out of Nowhere2
by Hans Hugli on Feb 12, 2010 in Web Culture
Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of the US Patent Office, said this in 1899: “Everything that can be invented has already been invented.” Poor Charles probably took his misquote to the grave. Read More…
Design for tables3
by Tim Aidlin on Feb 08, 2010 in Design
Years ago, around the time of MIX06, I had a great conversation with a friend who was working on a design for the Microsoft Surface. He said he had to basically re-learn user interface design during the process, since Surface’s screen presented a totally new user Read More…
Incarnate Updates: BlogEngine.NET Support and Service Improvements0
by Karsten Januszewski on Feb 05, 2010 in Development
We are excited to announce support for Incarnate in the latest BlogEngine.NET release. In addition, we have made some improvements to the Incarnate service itself. Here’s the scoop: BlogEngine.NET Support With the release of BlogEngine.NET 1.6, Incarnate is now supported. We worked with the team behind the Read More…
I Can Haz Data Visualization?8
by Thomas Lewis on Feb 04, 2010 in News
Everybody loves good data visualization. The New York Times has been especially good at using data visualization to demonstrate the power of information visualization as a communication tool. We thought the topic was intriguing enough to create a lab about it. As you may know, we have a Read More…
Ninja Coders and Despot Designers: Game Over17
by Joshua Allen on Feb 01, 2010 in Web Culture
Our industry has just been changed forever. Many have predicted that this day would come, and it finally has -- design has irreversibly supplanted development as the center of gravity in software projects. OK, so maybe that's a bit dramatic. The revolution has taken longer than a day, Read More…
