Today I came across two very noteworthy examples of clever information design which make understanding sets of data both more visual and relative. The best way to grasp what data means is often to put it into perspective with other sets of data so you can easily make a comparison. This is when charts [...]
A look at Apple’s .mac web gallery
Subscribers to .mac will be pleased to try out Apple’s new web gallery. It looks great, and is a sure example of how well offline applications can be translated into online web apps. Instant image resizing, different viewing modes, and lots of reflections make you quickly forget you are viewing the photos online.
Great features like [...]
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UPDATE: Read the follow up post ‘Adobe’s Listening‘
Every designer reading the title of this post will understand what I am talking about, because we’ve all been there once before.
For obvious reasons most things on the computer are organized using a certain structure, it is just makes sense that way. Bigger to smaller, first to last, [...]
Visitor Culture
For me (and for most people) Google Analytics is mainly just a tool to see how many hits we are getting, where they are coming from, etc. It is a shame because if anyone takes a couple extra minutes to really look at what its telling us, we can actually learn something about our visitors.
Here’s [...]
