Dispatches From The Internets

Hallways

I stopped attending SXSW as a journalist in 2000. I’d gotten pretty burned out running the magazine, so I decided to take a break and focus on my web work. Little did I know, 5 years later I’d be back because a site I built was a finalist in the Interactive Awards.

Continuum

Thank you Jeremy:

The web is not a platform. It’s a continuum.

The experiences we design must follow suit.

Web Design: Progressive Enhancement & The Power of Constraint

[L]et’s stop thinking of the constraints of progressive enhancement as a creativity killer. We too can use the constraints to come up with genuinely creative ways to get round problems and become better designers.

Amen.

Filemaker

I started attending SXSW in 1997 as a music journalist. I ran a small indie music & entertainment rag in Florida at the time and was invited by one of my publicist friends (I’m looking at you, Rey) to crash in his room and check out the festival/conference. I scored a press badge and saw some amazing shows, but Interactive wasn’t really on my radar.

Interface Inventory

An interface inventory is similar to a content inventory, only instead of sifting through and categorizing content, you’re taking stock and categorizing the components making up your website, app, intranet, hoobadyboop, or whatever (it doesn’t matter).

Great Products Focus On A Motif

From first use to navigation to lower-level screens, the motif should be infused throughout the customer’s experience. By making it a part of the on-boarding experience in particular, you’ll help to welcome new users in a natural, unforced way, rather than having to rely on instructional coaching…

Existential Depression in Gifted Children

Well written and helpful, this article explains the root causes of existential depression (which is not just a childhood issue) and how to help people cope with it.

requestAutocomplete - Take My Money, Not My Time

Rather than the site relying on a particular payment provider, requestAutocomplete requests payment details from the browser, which stores them on the user’s behalf.

Nice.