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Re: Designing The Damn Thing

Michael Critz — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:52:29 -0000

The emotions surrounding work can impede progress.

Too often I watch great designers hamstring themselves with fear. Rather than ask themselves, “what will it take to solve this problem in a way that works for the audience and is worthy of the client” they get sidetracked second-guessing themselves. They worry about presenting a new idea because it wasn’t in the initial sketches. They let some technical aspect of the project frighten away a great idea.

I prefer the Indiana Jones Way, “I’ll think of something.” Indy makes it happen. He improvises, and sometimes fails, but always has fun.

Re: http://recursive.dev:8800/blog/2010/hell-its-about-time/

Michael Critz — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:58:22 -0000

Bookmarked. When I get serious about learning Python I think I know where to start.

Re: Embracing the digital book — Craig Mod

Michael Critz — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:51:16 -0000

Craig,
As always, you’ve provided a wonderfully insightful essay. Thank you.

I suspect a problem with iBooks specifically & e-readers generally is a mishmash of features that don’t exist in printed books tied together with the look of print books.

For instance, I don’t think I own a print novel that is typeset ragged-right. Why is such a feature desirable in e-Books? Is it because automatic typesetting is so poor that ragged-right feels right?

Re: To all my friends using Hotmail:

Michael Critz — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:11:29 -0000

I hear you. Sorry for making a tangental point.

Re: To all my friends using Hotmail:

Michael Critz — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:37:49 -0000

I hate Hotmail. I don’t like IE, either. But it’s hard to belittle people for using the browser or mail service that their computer & their OS pushed on them. Really, complaining about Hotmail is complaining that Microsoft makes crap and has near-monopoly of computer operating systems.

Re: http://summersumz.tumblr.com/post/521095563

Michael Critz — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 23:37:46 -0000

I've never been more glad to have a job making happy pixels.

Re: http://summersumz.tumblr.com/post/506369541

Michael Critz — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:41:26 -0000

I think the tags really make this post that much sweeter.

Re: Forecast: partly cloudy

Michael Critz — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:34:42 -0000

This is the coolest thing. I keep toying with it trying to make it sound like anything other than a sequencer.

Re: MetaLab Goes Open Source?

Michael Critz — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:35:35 -0000

Hopefully, everyone can look back at this and laugh. For now, shame on them.

Re: The Virtual as Analog: Selectors and the iPad

Michael Critz — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:22:45 -0000

Very true. How about signing a signature? We do that all the time.

The gesture of signing could obfuscate the behind the scenes mechanics of ciphered security certificates and whatnot.

Re: The Virtual as Analog: Selectors and the iPad

Michael Critz — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:11:29 -0000

If anything the iPhone OS has removed metaphors. On the iPhone a UI button is something the user physically touches. A page flip isn't just an animated transition, it's how the user turns the page in an e-book. Images and maps physically get stretched out to make them bigger.
ID cards are a fine metaphor for identity, but why not have something more literal like a fingerprint?

Re: Irregardlessly • Massholes

Michael Critz — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:17:02 -0000

Thanks for summing up my thoughts exactly.

My experience with Coakley was an endless string of negative ads polluting TV, a pile of mud-slinging junk mail that made its way straight to the recycling bin, & two unsolicited robo-calls to my cell phone. I voted for her despite all that, but if I ever see her in public I swear to high heaven I’ll need the moral fortitude & emotional calm of Ghandi not to bitch-slap her on the spot.

Re: Derby Girl Blog

Michael Critz — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:36:54 -0000

Is there a downside?

Re: 141 Plus - Health News: Drinking coffee found to cut risk of Type 2 diabetes. Bullshit.

Michael Critz — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:49:23 -0000

An excellent bit of critical thinking.

Re: 141 Plus - When an airline sends me “fares from Chicago...

Michael Critz — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:40:00 -0000

Jacksonville should really have more going for it than “home town of Limp Bizkit.” Which is both true and sad.

Re: Chin up, Buttercup!

Michael Critz — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:34:31 -0000

I hope you feel better soon! Meanwhile: http://thisisindexed.com/20...

Re: LUNCHTIME POLL: What’s Your Favorite Web Browser?

Michael Critz — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:43:52 -0000

Internet Explorer 6 on Windows. Because I need to test my sites against that turd. Firefox in Linux. Safari 4 on my Mac.

Special mention to Opera 10 for being a great browser that more people should try.