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Pretty images about not so pretty situation

Posted by Andrew on Mar 23, 2009

By now you probably know that I’m a big fan of clear visualizations of complex issues. Power of design to make things simple and easy to understand was probably one of the reasons why I’m in this field. So I couldn’t walk by this website without sharing it with everyone.
CrisisOfCredit.com
The crisis of credit visualized. Created by [...]

Online favicon generator

Posted by Andrew on Feb 19, 2009

Here is a nice and quick way to convert and image to favicon. You can even draw your favicon from scratch. http://favicon-generator.org/

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Ecommerce is all about user experience

Posted by Andrew on Nov 26, 2008

Check this Holiday Toy List from Amazon.
3d effects, video, all the information you may need to make a decision and ability to buy with one click.  What else you can ask for? 
What a great example of using newer technologies to make shopping experience exciting.

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Buttons on Forms - where to put them, and what to call them

Posted by Andrew on Oct 31, 2008

Here is a nice article about buttons on forms.
http://www.usabilitynews.com/news/article4984.asp
My favorite rule is rule #3.

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Yahoo’s web analytics in your store

Posted by Andrew on Oct 9, 2008

Yahoo has announced that they will start accepting new users for their own web analytics tool. And the good news is that store owners from Yahoo Small Business will be the first in line. 
Yahoo plans to provide ability to set up analitics with just a click of a button for all of it’s 13,000 yahoo stores.
You can [...]

Congratulations to Mark

Posted by Andrew on Oct 3, 2008

I would like to congratulate Mark on making to the list of October Employees of the month!
Great job, Mark. As you’re going to enjoy well deserved parking spot, $25 in Saguaro’s Bucks and honor, we all will enjoy your picture on the wall of fame. Don’t forget to smile when it’s going to be taken!

Creative implementation of 3D

Posted by Andrew on Oct 2, 2008

Two guys from Amsterdam came up with creative way to display their portfolio and obviously skills. 
www.barcinski-jeanjean.com
It looks pretty impressive. Inspired by mtl12.com and IKEA’s Dream Kitchen they took it even further.  They used video not just still images for 3D panorama and you even can enjoy site with 3D glasses. 
Heavy use of Papervision3D, Vectorvision, 3D Physics and cloth dynamics. Of [...]

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What can we expect from new Illustrator?

Posted by Andrew on Oct 1, 2008

Here is a good list of new features and improvements we can expect from new Illustrator CS4.
The one I’m craving the most is transparency support in gradients.

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Let’s make a programming loop

Posted by Andrew on Sep 19, 2008

Yesterday we were enjoying interdepartmental communication with Jeff from programming and we learned a lot of new things and even some magic tricks from our friends in SPG.
I thought it was so nice of programming department to show us a thing or two in image processing, that I decided to share some of my knowledge [...]

Yahoo’s new homepage design soon should hit the screens

Posted by Andrew on Sep 18, 2008

 
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