Content-first design ain’t herding cats

Kill Lorem Ipsum for good.

On Ebooks and Design for Humans

Intuition and craftsmanship must return from exile

The medium is the mold

Charting the messages of content carriers

The Day I Forgot How to Use a Book

I was shocked at what I had just done, so I laughed out loud. I was there, in a house in the Swiss mountains, lying comfortably on a sofa. I was reading Canetti's «Crowds and Power», a solid 400-page book. And then, as my eyes were approaching the end of yet another…

Circling the campfire

Screw comfort zones.

Creating consensus

Let’s demystify the creative process for clients.

I can’t find Safari on this thing

Mild curmudgeonry from the slightly-less-flat land of yore

I love my devices. I love reading on them – my iPad in particular. But sometimes I tire of the way my glossy screen homogenizes the content…

The roar of Twitter

I just can’t handle it.

Twitter is the polar opposite of a printed book. Books are long, fixed and have endings. Hardcovers are the best: you finish them and the book closes with a satisfying thunk. You briefly savor the chunk of newfound knowledge, and…