Category Archives: design

A future

21 Jan Filed under design. No comments.

I want to live here. I do.

Niggle

20 Jun Filed under design, mac, Software. No comments.

Today in the car, I contemplated a recent conversation about why I use and prefer Macs.

Aesthetic

11 Mar Filed under design, School. 1 Comment.

Today, I spoke with fellow teammates about our community service experience at Eastern High School, here in Washington, DC. The presentations by small groups in our Introduction to Health Care class were not unlike a scientific poster session, with judges and other interested individuals going from room to room to view and hear about our digital posters.

Liberate Information With Design

23 Apr Filed under design, politics. 5 Comments.

!(alignright)http://www.sensoryoutput.com/wp-images/postings/info_design.png! [Note: I have placed a small addendum at the bottom of this entry for those that have already read it.] Whilst I was wandering the web in search of new information, I came across an old article by Greg Storey of “Airbag”:http://www.airbagindustries.com/ fame entitled … Read More →

Hicksdesign Redesign

17 Oct Filed under design, People. No comments.

“Jon Hicks”:http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/ has “implemented a redesign”:http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/597/its-not-quite-finished of his blog, powered by “Textpattern”:http://textpattern.com/. I really enjoy his designs and mastery of CSS(Cascading Style Sheets), and this one is no exception. In brief, the use of white space is wonderful, a nice reprieve from the clutter of … Read More →

Chipmunk behavior

10 Aug Filed under design. 1 Comment.

Good design lights up my mind when I see it, the vivid colors and perfectly juxtaposed shapes setting off a circuit in my brain that compels me to further understand this work of art. In everyday life out in the real world, I take note … Read More →

Safari and Alternative Stylesheets

14 Jul Filed under design, Work. No comments.

I have been working on “FREE-CMA.net”:http://www.free-cma.net lately, and I have put most of the finishing touches on the site. One of the last pieces of the puzzle that I wanted to complete was a print-media alternative stylesheet. Most modern browsers now honor @media=”print”@ stylesheets when … Read More →

CSS Tweakage

11 Jul Filed under design, sensory output. No comments.

Well, I just spent a couple hours mulling Sensory Output’s CSS, refining, checking, altering, reducing clutter and repetitive portions. The result is cleaner, but I would like to do one more once-over and really organize and comment it. This process also gave me time to … Read More →

CSS :Hovers

1 Jul Filed under design. 1 Comment.

Is it just me, or are CSS rollovers using the :hover pseudo element not as responsive as other types of rollovers (i.e. javascript)? Not having a Dual 2.0 GHz PowerMac G5 (only an iBook 600 MHz and a 1.25 GHz 17" iMac), I see a slight delay in my top navigation bar and calendar day rollovers.

Design is hard

20 Jun Filed under design, sensory output. 2 Comments.

Design is such a process for me. Left-brain vs. right brain, always duking it out. Creativity will win out in the end. Always.