this is mikel.org

Michael Boyle's weblog

  • home
  • archives
  • about
  • words

Apple has redesigned

July 30, 2001 by Michael Boyle

their Technical Note format, and altough it’s really dry information of a technical nature, in its own way it’s quite beautiful. A subdued but good use of fonts, good in-file linking that’s well distinguished from the rest of the page, a good executive summary at the top, the date of publication/update is prominently displayed, and they use shading and an indent to very clearly highlight code. And there’s a PDF equivalent available at the bottom, cause no matter how nice it looks online, a PDF will print better. Form following function, to ape the famous old line, but not devoid of form as many techies assume is appropriate for other techies.

Tags: Apple, Design, Font, GNE

The Fringe starts

June 14, 2001 by Michael Boyle

tomorrow here in Montreal, and the beer tent is just around the corner from my place so I expect to be going by quite a bit in the next week or so. If you’re curious, they have a really nice website this year, design by Black Eye, development by the good people at Plank Design.

Tags: Arts, Beer, Design, Montreal, Web

It’s very busy

May 19, 2001 by Michael Boyle

but (perhaps) surprisingly functional. I like the new design for Shift Magazine‘s website. Reminds me a lot of some of the designer’s design sites around. I especially like the navigation bar at the top that helps you to easily navigate disparate sections of the site.

Tags: Design, GNE, Web

It’s pretty much official

May 18, 2001 by Michael Boyle

now – it looks like I’m going to be teaching a class at McGill University in the fall. I’ll be doing a section of the Internet Design and Analysis course offered as part of McGill’s Graduate certificate in e-commerce program (Ed Bilodeau developed the curriculum and will teach the other section). I’m actually pretty excited about it, even though I won’t start until September.

Tags: Analysis, Bilodeau, Design, Internet

CTHEORY

May 10, 2001 by Michael Boyle

CTHEORY: Carl has done an excellent front-end redesign. Arthur and Marilouise, with Eugene Thacker, have added a super-feature, Tech Flesh. Coming soon, Tech Flesh Multimedia.

Tags: CTHEORY, Design, Media

  • « Previous Page
  • 1
  • …
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • …
  • 18
  • Next Page »

search

recent

  • Diouf Article
  • Anil Dash: We’re not being alarmist enough about climate change…
  • Learning about Gutenberg
  • From the “I thought I’d heard it all” file
  • One year since his passing: The Day Prince’s Guitar Wept the Loudest

Archives

Wired Google Browser Apple Canadian Politics Montreal Internet US Politics Arts Web Web Design Copyfight International Affairs Test Business Personal Software Blogging War Social Networks Funny Music Sports Search Email GNE Media Microsoft Canada Design NYTimes Friend
Michael Boyle Blog
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Copyright © 2000–2025 · Michael Boyle

Copyright © 2025 · Modern Portfolio Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in