This is why competition is good (video below):
Without competition from Apple, Microsoft would still be producing the same sort of software. It would be buggy, people would hate it, but it would still be popular.
Competition forces people and corporations to do better work. As a consumer, this is good for me.
I frequently visit Google Finance, but the graph on the home page always confuses me.
For the graph, there are two keys, the one above with colored lines and the one below, indicating percentage and numerical changes.
Why not combine the two:
And only have one key. It seems like a huge improvement for a company that loves [...]
Below are some designs I put together for our the new student ministry mini-site here at Champion Forest Baptist Church. I designed their current website, In Your Element, in 2006, and was featured in a the book, Web Designers Idea Book (2008). The aims of the ministry have changed since then and a new student [...]
Below are some design sketches for the new TNCCA website. The TNCCA is a small consultancy which helps churches and their buildings.
The sketches provide a basic overview of the elements of the design and constitute a wireframe to work from. This is always my first step in visualizing how to orient a site.
The second sketch [...]
I had the privilege of working on the Online Prayer Room at Champion Forest Baptist Church. I designed the interface, and David Corley, our application developer wrote most of the back end. I helped polish the remaining loose ends. You can see a brief screencast of the application below. (I’m narrating)
If I create something that is beautiful, stunning, and unique yet has no purpose, was it worth my time? Think of some of the most beautiful things you’ve ever seen…now think of how effectual they were. It’s not universal, but some of the best designed pieces cause little impact.
If I create something that has purpose [...]
This is beautiful. What do you think?
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Have you ever designed something only to sit back and stare at what you just created?
It happened frequently during my studios in college-I would glue a piece on a building, sit back, and leer at my beautiful craftsmanship. Or when I design a website, I’ll recline and look at my completed work, admiring work I’d [...]
This is taken from Fast Company [Link to Article] – October 2005. Maurice Blanks, COO and cofounder of Blu Dot is speaking (emphasis is added):
Architecture is a profession everyone fantasizes about. Like George on Seinfeld; he’d always say he was an architect. But people who can’t keep fighting in the storm get weeded out early. [...]
The more and more I contemplate design and what makes something “good,” I keep coming back to the same point. Good design is made by the details.
I learned this concept nearly three years ago. Gerald Maffei was the professor; one day he looked at one of my designs (a steel / glass structure a.k.a Reagan [...]