Bower Power Dornob Look, I feel tired of telling you all this, but Mouse Hover and Mouse Over was deprecated in 2008. Five years later and you are still designing with this interaction, and you’re doing it wrong. Stop. Clean out your desk. Go home and rethink your life. A lesson that continues to elude many HMI designers: Touch is King. It all starts with the Mouse. The mouse for the longest time felt like an intuitive interface control. Then came Touch. Many people don't fully understand why they love their iPhone. It’s the removal of that last degree of separation that makes Touch the ultimate HMI. I acquired my insight by building the best example of the worst HMI possible. We've all done it, and we all hate it: typing in a long WIFI password into the "Smart TV" using only the remote control: first of all we have a blinking cursor in the text field. No one can ever love through a proxy, and the reason we hate onscreen keyboards on the TV is because it requires us to love through TWO proxies.
Glossaries & Dictionaries on all subjects from Glossarist.com. Build It With Ana: Floating Shelves Build It With Ana: Floating Shelves We could not be more thrilled to introduce Ana from Ana-White.com who’s swinging by with an amazing build-it-yourself project for everyone to take on at home. For those who don’t already know about Knock-Off Wood, it’s a site full of amazing designer-lookalike furniture plans that will save you hundreds- even thousands- if you’re willing to break a sweat and put in a little elbow grease to whip things up on your own. And you know we love that Ana proves that woodworking isn’t only about guys in overalls. Ladies can totally make the sawdust fly just as well. YHL: Hey Ana, so happy to have you dropping in to share a project with us. Ana: Youngsters, I want to hack your entire house. YHL: Sounds like fun. Ana: Beginner. YHL: And how much money should someone expect to spend to build all three 72″ long shelves? Ana: For three 6′ long shelves, it will cost about $50-$60, less if you have some basic supplies like paint, screws, sandpaper and wood filler. 1.
Decorating your home with White | Lynne Knowlton New Here? Sign up to be part of something great & receive a BIG present too. A free instantly downloadable book of EPIC photo ideas. It's jammed packed with my insider tips & tricks for creating gorgy gorgeous photos. You won't want to miss that! Signing up means that you will have more fun, better hair & weekly tips to design the life YOU want to live. Brace yourself. I don’t know how it happened. I became a WHITE paint and home decor trollop of sorts. A definite trollop. A lover of WHITE. White madness. WHITE everything. A whirlwind of WHITE BLISS-FUL-NESS. This is one of my favourite design journeys evvhaaa. I am making my way through our house with white paint freak-out-ness loveliness. {Michael is bracing himself at this very moment reading this } Of this, I am certain. The only WHITE that he can relate to is what is in our back yard : Not me. And if it isn’t white it surely becomes white. Our dining room table/chairs The The Art Of Doing Stuff taught me that wee little sheepskin tip. P.s. P.S.
25 Ways To Fuck With Your Characters - StumbleUpon As storyteller, you are god. And to be frank, you’re not a particularly nice god — at least, not if you want your story to resonate with readers. A good storyteller is a crass and callous deity who treats the characters under his watchful eye like a series of troubled butt-puppets. From this essential conflict — storyteller versus character — a story is born. Put differently, as a storyteller it’s your job to be a dick. It’s your job to fuck endlessly with the characters twisting beneath your thumb. And here’s 25 ways for you to do just that. 1. Gods have avatars, mortal or semi-mortal beings that exist on earth to embody the deity’s agenda. 2. The audience and the character must know the stakes on the table — “If you don’t win this poker game, your grandmother will lose her beloved pet orangutan, Orange Julius.” 3. Impossible odds are a powerful way to fuck with a character. 4. Drop the character smack dab between two diametrically opposed choices. 5. 6. This one? 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Ever Growing Farm - Page 2 of 91 - Life, Learning & Urban Farming | Ever Growing Farm Local Bite Mini Challenge ::: Week One ::: One Item Welcome to our Local Bite Mini Challenges! Your challenge this week is to pick one new-to-you, locally grown item from the Farmers Market, local Co-op, road-side stand or UPick Farm and enjoy it however you see fit! Then, come back here and comment (or join the conversation in our Facebook group), letting us know what item you picked and how… Local Bite Challenge – Kick Off Welcome to the kick off of the Local Bite Challenge! Local Bite Nerves This whole Local Bite Challenge we have coming up in a couple of days has been in the works since I first had the idea last Fall...which has given me lots of time to plan and design what I hope everyone will consider to be some very cool details mixed with a variety of options and aspects that appeal to… Transitions I'm writing you today from the semi-comfort of a hotel room instead of at my own desk in my home. Local Bite Challenge (An Introduction) This Moment – Spring Weekend Spring’s Beginnings
Natty by Design 10 Things Teenage Writers Should Know About Writing Dear Teenage Writers: Hi there. I was once a teenage writer like you (see goofy picture to the right), although that was so long ago that between now and then, I could have been a teenager all over again. Nevertheless, recently I’ve been thinking about offering some thoughts and advice on being a teenage writer, based on my own experiences of being one, and on my experiences of being a teenage writer who kept being a writer when he grew up. So here are some of those thoughts, for your consideration. I’m going to talk to you about writing as straight as I can; there’s a possibility that some of what I say to you might come off as abrupt and condescending. 1. It’s nothing personal. There are reasons for this. a) You’re really young. Now, if you’re really good, you can fake perspective and wisdom, and with it a voice, which is almost as good as having the real thing. b) You’re besotted by your influences. c) When you’re young, it’s easier to be clever than to be good. 2. Because, look. 3.