Bill Buxton is so cool. He’s Canadian, a massively talented designer, and arguably the world authority on interaction and usability design. What’s not to like? Oh, Buxton does work at Microsoft as their Principal Researcher, [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Tuesday, May 5th, 2009
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Friend of the studio and occasional collaborator Jer Thorp is putting on some Processing Workshops in Vancouver. I’ve had an intro into Processing from Jer while I was in school and enjoyed it, though sadly haven’t spent much [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Monday, April 6th, 2009
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Choosing the right partner to expand your design business can be just the thing you need to survive and grow, especially in these uncertain economic times. Recently we published a short article about partnerships which was well receive [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, February 12th, 2009
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[/caption] The follow review by Mark Busse was originally published on TAXI Design Network: David B. Berman has been demonstrating inspired design leadership for nearly three decades and this book is no exception. After decades of volun [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, January 1st, 2009
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The BC Chapter of GDC has been selected among a select few organizations to receive the 2008 Capilano University President’s Service Awards as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations. GDC/BC was honoured for its continued support [...]
Posted by: Alex Leynes on Thursday, November 20th, 2008
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My day started today by finding out that I had accidentally saved a crop of a website design yesterday. In the perfect storm of backup redundancies not working (including the most important one – my brain) I was left with one of two op [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
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October 14th may be the most discussed election date in recent memory; individuals’ voices—and votes—have never mattered more. Perfectthewayweare.ca, an online resource website and video, was created by a group of young Canadians wh [...]
Posted by: Steph Co on Monday, October 6th, 2008
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During the research and planning phase of an upcoming GDC event—Practivism: Practical methods for radical sustainability in design—I came across Alyssa Walker’s article Conventional Wisdom: Eight Ways to Save Design Conferences. [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, September 26th, 2008
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Work on the web? Then you’re (hopefully) familiar with A List Apart. (if not, shame on you!) Last year they ran their first survey for Web Professionals (results located here) and it’s back this year. Go take a whopping 10-15 [...]
Posted by: Steve Mynett on Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
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Today I am in San Francisco at the PSFK Conference, billed as a day of trends, inspiration and creativity. So far I am enjoying the content and discussions so much that I am going to avoid trying to frantically keep up with notes, Twitter [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, July 17th, 2008
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