2011 is turning out to be the tipping point for accessible, adaptive, bio degradable web design and development. All best practices and theories are coming together bringing forth the best of what the web always was intended to be.
To get you started in this brave new world I decided to just quickly write down the basic readings and resources I would recommend. Enjoy!
For some time now I am pretty uneasy about a phenomenon that I would like to call “techno positivism”.
People seem to have a naif believe that digital technology (from now on technology) will solve all our problems. Of course there are numerous examples of where technology acutally helped us a big deal. Bad at spelling? Automatic spell check to the rescue. Too much accidents on the road? Just install an auto pilot for cars. A certain amount of people don’t pay for there public transport ticket? Set up digitally controlled perimeters around all public transport entries and have people check in with a chipcard. Need more overall control of the masses? Invent Cyberdine…
Last week I ran into the redesigned website of the NS (Dutch Railways). At first glans I must say it’s very nicely done. The style is kept pretty much the same as the former design. But it appears that some updates have been done in the area of usability. Since unfortunately I don’t have any screen shots of the older design I’ll have to do this by head. But what I seem to find changed are the following:
In reaction to the comment Jullius Huijnk (from www.makingthesite.com) placed to my former article, I have written this new article in an attempt to answer his question.
Hi Julius,
very interesting how you came to be the first and ever fastest writer on my blog 
But welcome and thanks for the extensive reaction. I will try and give feedback as fully as I can. Read the rest of this entry »
This post is on Interaction Design. Or more exact: Web Situated Interaction Design.
Why this distinction? Well for the time that I have been involved in the area of Interaction Design (which is about 4 years now) I have come know at least one thing for sure. There is still a lot of uncertainty about what Interaction Design really is.
During my Interaction Design study for instance at the Higher School of the Arts in Utrecht there have been lots of discussions about what you would be doing or would have to know if you were an Interaction Designer. Read the rest of this entry »
This is were you will soon find my thoughts, experiences and opinions on the field of digital media. I first want to have the site in order and filled with some startup content. So for this reason it is not yet on my root URL.
So if you want to know more, check it out. And don’t forget to check back for when the blog is really live!