Category: The Ride
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Recently in one of our DesignExchange sessions at Voyager, I was one of the judges in the workshop about Color Theory. There were four criteria that makes up a hundred percent and there were three groups competing. It was a rather fun and friendly competition among designers. I had difficulty in scoring the groups and…
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The realisation that we have lost something is not necessarily nostalgic. It can be tragic.Wim Wenders
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On Drawing a Fake Corn
It was like the first time my mother brought home an eight-color Crayola from the public market – I was 3 or 4. I excitedly drew a life-sized yellow corn on a typewriting paper and waited for my older brother to come home from school. When he asked mom where his corn was, I laughed…
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Philosophy 101
Sitting at the farthermost row, I tilted my head up, trying to contain the brimming tears. — Laureen Velasco was our professor in Philisophy 101 at De La Salle University. Currently at the crossroads in my religion’s faith, I was in a class wherein Ms. Velasco would share her own journey in Zen Buddhism –…
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Don’t Make Me Think! by Steve Krug
Just read this book – Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug – in two nights straight and even if the 2nd edition was in 2005, the wisdom that I got from it is still relevant. And in the footnotes I came to discover “new” reads: http://ickn.org/elements/hyper/hyper.htm http://redish.net/blog/
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A Collection of Information Sources
http://www.adobe.com/au/events/symposium_online.html http://apac.thinkwithgoogle.com/intl/en/ https://www.developereconomics.com/reports
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The Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett
I am re-reading the book The Elements of User Experience by Jesse James Garrett to update and realign myself with the basics of my design work. My primary goal is to establish a system that could aid in producing visual designs that are anchored to an abstract entity such as an Information Architecture document. Could…
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MetroAide
The Metro A symbol of development and prosperity – where people flock to work, play, and live. The Aide The very least, a sweeper – someone who belongs to the streets to keep it clean – a person who encounters and faces the very least of the dirt that otherwise would hinder us from living…