by Al Belote | Jun 20, 2013 | design, user experience, web design
This is kind of random, but I was just writing an email about it so I figured I’d document it here: There are certain instances in which visited links changing color are useful, but often they are not and degrade the coherence of the page. We probably all know...
by Al Belote | May 25, 2010 | design
Content is important (understatement)…every bit of it. Even something as seemingly ordinary as the subject line in an email. I had an unfortunate illustration of this yesterday. I had signed up to go to a meetup, ironically, on Content Strategy. I was especially...
by Al Belote | Mar 10, 2010 | design
This is a cool old game I like to...
by Al Belote | Nov 8, 2009 | design
I’m riding around with two sets of tires mounted on rims in my back seat. Why? Because they’re not just tires to be disposed of. They’re really table parts. But until they become part of an actual table I don’t really have another good place to...
by Al Belote | Sep 21, 2009 | design
I was at the San Francisco airport, confused, staring at a BART ticket machine. I was on my way to a User Experience conference. So it should come as no surprise that User Experience was top-of-mind (well, it’s always top-of-mind). It strikes me as tragic that...
by Al Belote | Jun 26, 2009 | design
I made this when I was about five years old. I think it was a school project for mother’s day. I was visiting my mom a few months ago and ran across it. I guess it was a paper weight. I like the color and pattern choices I made. I would like to say I remember...
