Category Archives: design

Color

I enjoyed Dave Shea’s comments at 24 ways. These were some problems I was working through on my site last week. I originally had a light tan as a border, The darker color seems to both frame and focus the … Continue reading

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On Footnotes

Footnotes present a frustrating problem of presentation on the web. A traditional, bottom–of–the–page footnote is not technically possible since a webpage has little similarity to the pages of a book which are of a specific, rather than interminable size. The … Continue reading

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Grey Suits and Greening

Luke Wroblewski’s equation of brand with personality seems a questionable analogy. Personalities are full of complexities and contradictions, can change on a whim and be held in check. Brands, on the other hand, strive for simplicity and consistency. This is … Continue reading

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