Regular readers of Graphic Diction may have noticed that for a week, the publication has been shut down with a reboot holder live. I’m excited to announce that Graphic Diction has participated in the May 1st Reboot movement and we’ll discuss what inspired the new layout.

As quoted from their authors, “May 1st Reboot offers a chance for convergence within, what continues to be, an increasingly fragmented and segregated medium. The event is a public showcase of collectivity and individuality, of cohesion without uniformity, part of an increasingly pressing drive to demonstrate the significant and potential of digital authorship in a medium becoming more and more saturated by bland conformist methodologies and insipid commercialised aesthetics.” For me, they represent the freedom allowed in design over the Internet and the movements to revolutionize within the medium.

This symposium, in its 3rd year running, brings together local design, technology, architectural and art communities in the North Carolina, USA, Triad region. Presenters from all over the country discussed their work, why they’re doing it and where they expect to go. It was hosted at The University of North Carolina Greensboro.

From the website: “This year’s theme of ‘Between the Lines: Innovation in Art, Architecture, and Design’ promises to bring together communities, industries, and individuals for 3 days of celebration and inspirational exchange. This interdisciplinary event will bring together academics, designers, creative professionals, artists, business entrepreneurs, economic developers, and technology researchers to explore the possibilities of new and innovative approaches to design and technology. Join us and see how creative forces are crossing lines to bring inspiration to the Triad and celebrate the talent and opportunities of the region.”

“Don’t Make Me Think”, by author and usability consultant Steve Krug, is an enjoyable book about web site usability centering around design and basic markup development.

At first I thought I wasn’t going to enjoy the book and prepared myself for a bash-fest by a “usability consultant” who thinks he just knows everything. Well, I was […]

Welcome to the new layout! And with the new layout comes new types of posts - Graphic Diction will be about the language of design and development. So not only will you receive your usual blend of book reviews, but now they will be mixed in with general postings as well. I did this for […]

“The Design of Everyday Things”, by Donald A. Norman, is an entertaining and easy-to-read overview of product design that comes highly recommended from me. You will receive 217 pages full of humorous explorations into the world of product design. Donald A. Norman is co-founder of the Nielsen Norman Group, “an executive consulting firm that helps […]

“10 Years of Photoshop”, by Jeff Schewe, was an article written for PEI magazine(web site longer up) back in February of 2000. It’s a lovely history lesson full of fun facts about the Adobe Systems company and it’s comprising software and engineering feats. Definitely worth a read if you use Adobe software or have heard […]

Interaction Design - Beyond Human-Computer Interaction (1st Ed), by Yvonne Rogers, Helen Sharp and Jenny Preece, is an interaction design textbook usually aimed at graduate level or professional study. The book is titled after the profession of interaction design itself, defined in text as “designing interactive products to support people in their everyday working lives”. […]