Robert Denton

Staggering work of genius from Portland, Maine – Gardener, Photographer, Designer, Taco Maker, Birder, Biker, Wine Merchant

Archive for the ' Design ' Category

reading, collecting, curating

Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Interesting post on aggregation and sites. Curating, Not Moderating, the Flow of Content and Participation- Dachis Group Collaboratory.

Frontpage Slideshow – Learn more!

Sunday, January 11th, 2009

Frontpage Slideshow – Learn more!.

Welcome to my web site

Wednesday, October 17th, 2007

I can’t say it enough. Blah-Blah Text: Keep, Cut, or Kill? (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox) The introductory paragraph(s) found at the top of many Web pages is what I call blah-blah text: a block of words that users typically skip when they arrive at a page. Instead, their eyes go directly to more actionable content, such […]

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Visualizing Fitts?s?Law By Kevin Hale ? Comments (30) ? October 3rd

Tear that Pay Wall Down!

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

I know it’s tough to admit you were wrong but I am very glad as are many others around the web, the NYTimes has chosen to open it’s archives. I will in fact say I told you so, in fact I talked about it twice already here: Farewell Friedman, Later Dowd, See ya Kristoff, Wouldn’t […]

A Conflation of UI

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Why Microsoft outplays Apple long term – Scobleizer Apple doesn’t get developers. They do get whizzy UI. Microsoft eventually will get whizzy UI. The platform that has BOTH third-party developers AND whizzy UI will win and win big in the marketplace. I have no quip with Mr. Scoble’s critique of Apple for not having someone […]

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

Post Typography

Thursday, May 3rd, 2007

typography – a photoset on Flickr

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Paper: A Second Life for Your Museum: 3D Multi-User Virtual Environments and Museums

Monday, April 9th, 2007

Miranda July launches a new book in a cool way.