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On-line backup solution for Mac and PC weighing in on $ 4,95 a month. Might come in handy when the Lacie lets up.
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“Essentially, personas aren’t a method that you follow step by step and end up, automagically, with a reference-facsimile of your user. It’s really an emotional, almost theatrical leap that takes imagination and deliberate, focused empathy.”
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“This is one of the genial intuitions of Alan Cooper. We do design for ourselves, so why don’t we create alternative personalities—the personas—that can expand our “ourselveness” to encompass new dimensions and reveal new perspectives?”
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In-depth review of interesting book. Sadly, it ‘only’ covers information design of non-interactive dashboards. Non-essential but desirable addition to the library of an IxD I think.
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“From your personas you can work out what functionality is included and what is the core functionality. Once you’ve got that information […] put them away and use your skill as a designer.”
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Handy reference for the next time I’m doing some CSS typography.
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Feel like tweaking you’re blog? Here are some good starting points.
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“you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice.” Cool piece on the use of patterns in game design, with lots of examples.
I used to use Mozy on the PC before I got my Mac so I’ll definitely be getting the new mac version. If you’re signing up for a free account you should try to use a referal code that’ll give you an extra 256 meg on top of the free 2 gig.
e.g. https://mozy.com/?ref=G7GNPN
Thanks for that John. I’m not sure your link does the trick, but if I do sign up I’ll give it another try.