http://resistmedia.net/blog This is a blog about adventures in design, and sometimes other crap. My name is Beth Dean and I'm a web designer from Cleveland Ohio. I work for Progressive Insurance as a UX Developer. Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:28:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been slacking on mixes and never uploaded the last several months' worth. I have a few of them lying around and at some point I'll make them available. The tracks on this mix were all released in 2008. The theme is letting go of the old year and ... http://resistmedia.net/blog/2008/12/29/december-mix-goodbye-2008/ I saw this op-ed today titled Let Detroit Go Bankrupt by Mitt Romney, and in spite of how much I think he’s a crazy nutjob I actually agree with most of it. American car companies are failing, and a bailout won’t do anything but give them more money to lose. I ... http://resistmedia.net/blog/2008/11/20/yes-lets/ I saw this Tylenol ad the other day while flipping through the most recent issue of Real Simple magazine. I snapped it indoors with my iPhone so the quality is pretty poor, but they show the keyboard shortcut for enlarging browser text on PC and Mac. Granted not all people ... http://resistmedia.net/blog/2008/11/17/accessibility-in-pop-culture/ My mom died two years ago on Monday. I thought the week would be very difficult, but thinking about her has made me more happy than it has sad. I've undertaken the monumental task of scanning all the photos from my childhood, it will take forever, but here's one: Losing one ... http://resistmedia.net/blog/2008/09/26/karen/ Remind me never again to get drunk at the Beachland and stumble into Music Saves afterwards. Bears - Who Knows 7" Bound Stems - The Family Afloat 12" Neko Case - Blacklisted Patsy Cline - Country Greats 12" Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Concert 12" Dear Nora - Curt & Molly Split 7" Dear Nora - ... http://resistmedia.net/blog/2008/09/24/record-scores-for-september/ This article on Mozilla's Ubiquity has been making the rounds, but holy crap why aren't people thinking this way when designing mobile devices? Make everything more natural. http://resistmedia.net/blog/2008/08/29/726/ I just discovered Pasquale D'Silva, a talented illustrator and animator. You can read his musings and see tutorials on his own site, and he also has a great drawing tutorial on rhythm lines at Vectortuts. http://resistmedia.net/blog/2008/08/28/725/ Every week Typesites showcases a site with, you guessed it, great typography. I hope he'll get some sites on here that haven't been around the design showcase block a million times, but great idea. http://resistmedia.net/blog/2008/08/28/724/ The essence of this video: Watch what's happening and how it happens, don't make assumptions about what people are actually doing. Ask questions, you won't see everything. Then enhance the experience naturally. This is how every UX project should be approached. Help people do what they want them to do, don't ... http://resistmedia.net/blog/2008/08/28/ethnography-behind-intels-classmate-pc/ Future Media Standards & Guidelines from the BBC. I particularly appreciated this point: 1.1.2. If a user does not have the correct plug-in to access the enhanced content, or cannot easily access the content because they are using assistive technologies (such as screen readers) or Betsie to view the ... http://resistmedia.net/blog/2008/08/27/722/