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Where do form labels go?

Above? Left Justified? Right Justified? Luke Wroblewski gave an excellent talk called “Design Patterns” at SXSW. A highlight was when Luke presented the results of user interface research into the advantages of various form label alignments. I’ve condensed the slides from Luke’s talk down to just the ones on form labels because that information holds up […]

Announcing Lingos.cc

Lingos.cc is a new web-based translation site that myself and my business partner, Ian McIntosh, are launching. This screenshot of the homepage should sum up the functionality: You enter text on the homepage and click translate. A real live native spanish speaker translates the text in under 24 hours. Then you receive the completed translation via email. Automation […]

Kodak knows Simplicity

The paragraph that follows comes from The Kodak Primer, a promotional pamphlet apparently published in 1888, around the time the first Kodak camera was introduced. The major innovation of the Kodak camera was that it used special film that was flexible and was stored on spindles. This meant that a spindle of film could be […]