The challenge of well-representing imagery content elements in a user interface is often to provide adequate metadata-driven tools to allow enhancing images with meaning; take tagging people at Facebook as an example, which turns photos into something findable. Tags: Visual and Visible Interactivity Methods Work with screen space. MORE >>

I thought I'd kick off this year by posting a series of posts on topics related to tools and methods for work and learning. I'm hoping to address questions such as: How do you create a personal tool set or Personal Learning Environment (PLE) for yourself? What should be in your tool set? What is a Tool Set? MORE >>

The following article is an abridged version of Chapter 7 of Nathan Curtis’s 2009 book, Modular Web Design published by New Riders. My confusion turned into empathy when I sat at a designer’s desk and watched for TEN MINUTES as the software tool launched on his out-of-date laptop. Deliverables Learning From Others Methods MORE >>

It seems that not everyone who sets out to do web work knows how to establish their communication methods. There are many tools that allow us to sidestep more traditional — and usually more expensive — means of communicating with our clients, such as client visits and phone calls. Which method do they use the least? MORE >>

The few times I’ve looked into GTD methods, I’ve found them to be incompatible with the way I function. tend to adopt tools and methods only if they organically find their way into my workflow. This is a great method for classifying tasks that I immediately incorporated into my workflow. MORE >>