// hicksdesign – Song Info – “The World at Large” by Modest Mouse I love it when someone connects up their music library to a web site. It is a way of community building or finding other influences you may never come across. Jason Kottke does this with movies. and books I believe. I used […]
Web design going in the wrong direction?: Signal vs. Noise Weblog / Blog (by 37signals)
Edge: JARED DIAMOND – HOW TO GET RICH [page 6] He wrote “Guns, Germs, and Steel” and this is a great article — there are more on this site!
360VR Studio FAQ – Panoramic Photography – VR Production for Virtual Tours A team who does the work for you… but alas, they share knowledge as well. A listing of tools and resources is available. There are some great 9/11 site panos.
Manzanar National Historic Site (NPS) – Virtual Tour Simple presentation of an area tour with hot spots for clicking.
Encyclopedia: List of Holy Cities This is a fascinating site. Not bad data presentation — I’m not sure it would raise Tufte but hey…
A Primer of Visual Cliche Not certain my title makes any sense but this site is a fabulous collection of old adverts showing the use of visual cliche to strengthen a message. Can’t wait to pour over them all. I wonder how this can play out in a design methodology that isn’t necessarily based in […]
Cornell.edu Redesign
Katie Jones Isn’t stealing an internet address post-facto, even if it is only in print format (book title Katie.com came AFTER (2000 ) in the katie who actually owns the domain registered it (1996). The lawyers for the book subject (author?) are now threatening the domain name owner. If this lawyer is correct in her […]
gladwell dot com– Designs for Working The parallels between neighborhoods and offices are striking. There was a time, for instance, when companies put their most valued employees in palatial offices, with potted plants in the corner, and secretaries out front, guarding access. Those offices were suburbs–gated communities, in fact–and many companies came to realize that […]