Web User Experience Design for Portals and Intranets

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Aug 20, 2015

Stock Market Visualizations

I miss the old Map of the Market which was online since 1998 and was one of the first visualizations on the web.

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Feb 2, 2015

Home Depot’s new bucket shows why design matters

Home Depot has a new bucket — and it tells an important story about the importance of user centered design applied to even the most boring corners of your business.

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Oct 5, 2014

Youtube in the 1980's

Anything that can be digital, will be. But the reverse is also true, anything that can be done online could also be done in the pre-digital, analog world — it would have just been less efficient (sometimes to the point of being impractical). Take Youtube for example:

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Oct 3, 2014

JPG vs JPEG

In case you were wondering: .jpg and .jpeg are the exact same thing. Back in DOS days file extensions could only be 3 letters so the JPEG format — (which stands for Joint Photographic Expert Group) was further abbreviated as JPG. Now that computers allow more than 3 letters — JPEG is sometimes used. But…

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May 7, 2014

Baby Calculus

I bought my son this book — never too young to start prepping for college.

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Jan 1, 2014

2014 — Goals and Resolutions

Every year it gets closer and closer: the future. And what are you doing to make it a better place? Have you…

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Aug 5, 2013

Truth is not something you know, it’s something you pursue

I work with a team of philosophers. During a recent discussion, we settled on a philosophy that I think is important to share with anyone interested in design for the web or creating software. It may sound strange when you hear…

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Aug 2, 2013

Optimum Web Readability — Max and min width for page text

When you write content, normally you do not have to worry about the length of your sentences (unless you are on Twitter). Most web pages and applications you use will automatically wrap your sentences when you get to the end of…

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Mar 5, 2013

Design Strategy: Stick with the classic look

When you design something, there are two ways to do it. You can go big, and invest your whole heart and soul into it, and try something completely new. When you do this, you pour time, money, and passion into the endeavor and hope it pays off. Big…

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Mar 5, 2013

Book Recommendation: Ready Player One

I do not recommend books very often, but I recommend this one. Go read: Ready Player One

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Ben Shoemate

I design corporate intranets, portals, and web strategies. Co-founder of Base22. Amateur philosopher and science enthusiast.

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