A Swarm Of Information

A new article has been posted at this blog's new home: 2wo.point.com. 
Chris 

I’ve Moved!

I've moved this blog over to 2wopoint.com.
I wanted to host it myself in order to be able to add more interesting features and cool stuff. Please head on over and take a look!
Thanks!
Chris

Project Update (with screenshot)

It's been a busy week!
I decided to upload a screenshot of my two.point project. The screenshot below is the start page. The idea behind the site is to allow users to post, review, tag, and rate web applications and services. It's something that's been on my mind for awhile, a central site that I could [...]

More On The Geek Audience

In my last post, I wrote a bit about early adopters of new web technologies and the fact that a lot of these services tend to appeal to the "web geeks". Ellyssa Kroski at Infotangle has written a nice article about the concept of "technology cheerleader", and how difficult it is to show the [...]

The Geek Audience

There's been a lot of discussion online lately about early adopters of new web start-ups and the audience for these new services. It recalls something that happened in a class of mine a couple of weeks ago, when we first started critiques of our projects.

A discussion emerged while I was presenting the concepts for [...]

Sphere and the Look Of Web 2.0

When designing a web interface, there are a lot of considerations-audience, navigability, etc…How should a "Web 2.0" app look? The current design trends include things like rounded corners and large fonts. These elements have become ubiquitous primarily because the most popular sites, the original innovators, used them.
So, to be truly 2.0 Compliant you need witty, [...]

Quick update-logo

Just a quick post to show the new logo design for my two.point project. I opted for something simple and easily recognizable:

-jachbla

Information Architecture vs. Web 2.0

I've been thinking a lot about information architecture and user experience design lately. Both (somewhat interchangeable) fields intrigue me on many levels. I've always been the type to somewhat obsessively organize things. Well, certain things anyway. Structuring and organizing data is becoming increasingly complex each day, and I think there's a real need out there [...]