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Yes, that's my real name. I've been making web products for such fine people as Specialized Bicycles, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Saatchi & Saatchi, LucasArts, and more for over a decade. Those projects can be viewed at kurtnoble.com/work.
I've also served as Design Director for the Camden IFF for the past six years.
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There Is No Page Fold?
Whoever made thereisnopagefold.com doesn’t seem to want to deal with reality. Sure, scrolling is something that happens nowadays but to me, the content below the page fold is akin to whatever-happens-after-a-first-impression. So, above the fold is a valid concern.
Sounds like a person experiencing client requests for the first time. Things that suck below the fold? Navigation bars (@dbox knows about this one). Breadcrumb trails. Logos. About-us-in-a-sentence.
Just in the way a box of cereal has a front and a back, scrolling pages have a fold line. You put important stuff above it, and more dirty details below it. With maybe another navbar at the footer, because users sure as hell don’t like adding insult to injury by scrolling back up to leave that really long page.
I just went to Twitter’s help section about image caching, and came across this great entry-point screen. I knew exactly where to go; I think a lot of help sections could benefit from a breakdown such as this.
Google’s done a little polishing on the Chrome developer tools. I’d still like an exact replica of Safari’s activity window, though. Chromium Blog: Chrome Developer Tools: Back to Basics
Edit: Apologies for the Windows screenshot. It’s from the linked page, don’t get the wrong idea.
k10k is a main reason I continued pursuing website craft. They’re up for a ‘digital archeology’ award of some sort. Toke describes the early days in this video.
Boston Globe Goes Responsive
If you’re a web dork, it’s nice to see that the new BostonGlobe.com is redesigned and scales up/down to any size. Visit it and shrink your browser window to see the magic. via Mr. Marcotte himself.
Really, Google? Facebook makes some changes, and you go and make a crappy arrow pointing to Google+? Prediction: Facebook makes a bigger, bluer arrow pointing to themselves.
As a Mint user, this looks like a really nice, intelligent alternative. Mint is great, but they’ve suffered from bloat-clutter and I always feel like I’m pushing my way through a crowded bazaar when I log in and land on the home page (deals! save money! hey!).
I am salivating over Bank Simple… AND they are moving to Portland. Neat. It is going to be funny to watch them out run Mint. Oh Intuit.
What I Learned About the Web in 2011
A List Apart compiles a ton of web industry folks’ opinions on what went down in 2011, including topics such as responsive design, designing for emotion, apps vs sites, and user-centered design. A good read.
We have more processing power, affordable tools, and combined intelligence right this very minute than at any point in the history of design. We are using it to build shit. It’s time to aim higher.
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