Wow…. I can’t believe it has been over a month since I posted here. It has been a hectic month, but I’ll try not to let things go quite so quiet again.
I celebrated another birthday yesterday, and I’m slowly nursing off the hangover in front of the Eurovision Song Contest - a quality piece of entertainment!
I’ve been having a clear-out at home (anyone want some hawaiian shirts?). It is amazing as to the sheer volumes of junk which one seems to amass. Wether it be old birthday cards, clothes which you wore through some of the more memorable times or just random trinkets that you may have picked up on holiday or even just on a night out. Going through all of it brings feelings which you don’t get when you are looking at the average website.
The web is a strange medium… pages age, especially the design elements used on them (I’d imagine gradient fills and rounded corners will be held with the same esteem as blink tags in 5-10 years time!). Yet, whilst designs become dated, the fidelity of the site itself does not change. There are no fingerprints, no coffee stains, scratches or signs of wear and tear. Color’s stay strong and true, never fading. Its interesting to wonder, if these things were carried forth onto the Web, wether we would be looking at a better or worse user experience?
When I left school, we all signed messages on each others shirts - good wishes for the future. You may carve your name or a special message into items. These things have carried over into the digital world - in the form of discussion forums, guest-books and shoutboxes, albeit in perhaps a slightly more controlled and ordered fashion.
How can we bring together technology and lessons from the ‘old world’ in order to create more sophisticated and engaging experience? Any thoughts?
Wow…. I can’t believe it has been over a month since I posted here. It has been a hectic month, but I’ll try not to let things go quite so quiet again.I celebrated another birthday yesterday, and I’m slowly nursing off the hangover in front of the Eurovision Song Contest - a quality piece of entertainment!In other news, I’m in the process of what could mean relocating to the US of A - just waiting on final approvals at work. In preparation, I’ve been having a clear-out at home (anyone want some hawaiian shirts?). It is amazing as to the sheer volumes of junk which one seems to amass. Wether it be old birthday cards, clothes which you wore through some of the more memorable times or just random trinkets that you may have picked up on holiday or even just on a night out. Going through all of it brings feelings which you don’t get when you are looking at the average website.The web is a strange medium… pages age, especially the design elements used on them (I’d imagine gradient fills and rounded corners will be held with the same esteem as blink tags in 5-10 years time!). Yet, whilst designs become dated, the fidelity of the site itself does not change. There are no fingerprints, no coffee stains, scratches or signs of wear and tear. Color’s stay strong and true, never fading. Its interesting to wonder, if these things were carried forth onto the Web, wether we would be looking at a better or worse user experience?When I left school, we all signed messages on each others shirts - good wishes for the future. You may carve your name or a special message into items. These things have carried over into the digital world - in the form of discussion forums, guest-books and shoutboxes, albeit in perhaps a slightly more controlled and ordered fashion.How can we bring together technology and lessons from the ‘old world’ in order to create more sophisticated and engaging experience? Any thoughts?
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