Part of my job here at Microsoft is leading the visual design and branding efforts for the Windows Server division. That includes icon design and branding graphics such as autorun screens, boot screens, desktop wallpapers and more. I was recently asked by one of our UX Evangelists, Scott Barnes, to explain some thinking behind our icon [...]
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Icon Design @ Microsoft
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Web Stoner Website
I know I have been slacking pretty hard on posts lately, but I am just getting around to catching up on my feeds. I have to hand it to my buddy Jody, he finds some great stuff out there. Here’s another website you are gonna love.
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Assimilation by the Borg. My new adventure begins in 20 days…
One for which my fellow Apple peeps need to make sure they are sitting down for the answer. Before I continue, please make sure you are not holding any hot objects or consuming liquids of any sort while you read the following few paragraphs…. The dark side has been calling for about the last six months or so now and I have been making the rounds at the mother-ship…. Yes, the OTHER mother-ship also known as the Redmond Giant…. I have been sitting on this for a week now, but I can officially release the news that I have accepted an offer at Microsoft as a User Experience Designer with the Windows Server Management Experience (WSMX) Group. Before you all have a heart attack and start throwing daggers and the pigmy’s come running to hunt me down with axes, hear me out…. It was the best move for my family, and to be quite honest, one HELL of a career opportunity that anyone would be brain-dead not to accept…. Rather than re-hash what I have already gone into great detail about elsewhere, follow the link and read the first post on my other “new” blog on Windows Live Spaces (and I don’t wanna hear any wise cracks about using Spaces, remember where I work now) ::: UX Design by Frank: http://uxdesign.spaces.live.com I know this is a shocker to some of you, but you’ll understand that things aren’t always what they seem from the outside.
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Ms. Dewey has an Attitude
Ok folks…so keeping along with sites that kick ass and are most definitely out of the norm…you have got to check out Ms. Dewey’s Site. Try asking her something “inappropriate” a few times. Keep asking until she goes off!
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Treemo on my Treo?
To quote Treemo: “Treemo is a media-sharing community where you can upload anything — photos, videos, music, words, visual art — and retain complete control of your content…. You can even upload photos and video straight from your mobile phone. …We make it simple for Treemo members to donate unused gear to our non-profit partners, so those mobile phones and digital gadgets get recycled or find a new life in the hands of those who need an avenue for expression…. TechCrunch is reporting that Treemo will be offering a revenue-sharing model with it’s users that allows the user to decide whether they want to show advertising with their audio / video content or not, and share in the profits if they do. There’s no information about this on the website, but TechCrunch is reporting the the company’s founder, Brent Brookler (don’t ask me why, but that name just reminds me of Dirk Diggler), stated the the split will probably be 50/50…. This benefits not only the environment, but through Treemo’s partners, it enables youth of all ages to find new ways to explore their creativity…. Overall the site has been tastefully done, graphics and visuals are clean, the UI so far is pretty decent and they provide more storage and bandwidth than FlickR…. My only request for the Treemo team so far is to RSS enable a “News” section of their site so I can keep track of them via my news aggregator.
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Innovative Concepts in Web Design
So you’ve been surfing the web for what seems like decades and everything just kind of seems to look the same…. But have you been checking out what some of the hottest talent on the web is doing lately?… If you are a Dixie Chicks fan, then you are really going to love this site, if not – you are still going to love this site! For the best user experience, you’ll want to make sure you are viewing this site on a fairly spiffy machine. Breakin’ out that beige G3 won’t cut it for this one…. The Dixie Chicks Underground Make sure you surf through EVERYTHING. Don’t ignore the nav bar below the blog, don’t overlook the map tp the left, it’s a key part of the site. Make sure to look for the Dope Squirrel (hint: look in the tree), and don’t forget to take a ride on the jetski!
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Updates & Sony’s Ultra Portable Micro PC
I won’t bore you with excuses, just know I have been up to some interesting things around here lately. Hopefully I will be able to post about that soon and you will fully understand why life had come to a grinding halt for a while…. I have always been a hard-core Sony fan, although I may not always like the proprietary nature of some of their hardware. But Sony recently started shipping what I think is one of the absolutely most coolest devices on the planet, the UX-50…. The full power of Windows (no wise cracks, yeah – windows), in the palm of your hand, and I don’t mean a Windows mobile device either.What really intrigues me about this is that lately, I really haven’t been using my laptop for anything more than email, basic surfing the web, and reading my RSS feeds. For the heavy-duty design work, I stick to my Dual 2.5 G5 at home, which just cranks beyond any laptop out there at the moment. So my big beef right now is with portability and not having to lug around a huge laptop case when I go to the local Starbucks. Having this UX-50 would allow me to carry a simple messenger bag with things like the computer, a book and misc.
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Broadband Woes : HD Delight : Gearlive Posts
It’s been over 2 weeks and Bellsouth STILL doesn’t have a clue how to fix the problem with my DSL line…. Every time I call I get someone in India who is clearly having to call back to the states to actually get a real Bellsouth employee to tell them what to do…. By the time I get home tonight, I should have a brand spankin new 6Mbps connection through Adelphia. I originally thought Comcast serviced my area, errr – technically I guess they do since they bought Adelphia, but for now everything is branded Adelphia.I had the cable tv installed this weekend and got 2 Motorola HD / PVR receivers to boot. I can’t begin to express how absolutely AMAZING the HD picture is from regular cable or Satellite…. If you offered me the upgrade at no cost, you would have most likely kept me as a customer…. If the cable modem is anywhere near as fast as I am thinking it will be during those heavy peak hours, I will be one happy camper. Next step – order up Supra telecom and completely dump Bellsouth services and related affiliates.
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NEWS: Adobe Releases New Photography App!
Nice scoop from Scott Kelby! NEWS: Adobe Releases New Photography App!: Big, mondo big, crazy big news!!!! Adobe has just released “Adobe Lightroom,” a kick-butt new workflow tool for professional photographers, but here’s even bigger news: you can download the free public beta version, today (for Mac OS only at this point), right now–from this link. That’s right, you’ll be able to test this amazing new app, and give Adobe your feedback, suggestions and ideas, and actually have a voice in the best thing to happen to Photoshop users since Camera Raw (and by the way, it includes a new updated and expanded version of Camera Raw). Download it start working with it today (note: only the Mac version has been released so far–the Windows version will released later this year with any luck).
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Introducing Vitamin
[ via Signal vs. Noise ] Introducing Vitamin: Vitamin is a brand new website from Carson Systems, aimed specifically at web developers, designers and entrepreneurs. We’re going to be offering six different RSS feeds: Features Training (Podcast – We’ll offer sections of our Workshops for free) Reviews Interviews (Podcast) Events News You’ll be able to come to the site to view all the content, or subscribe in your favourite RSS reader. All the content will be absolutely free. We’re creating a Vitamin Advisory Board, comprised of 12 of the world’s most innovative and talented web professionals. The Vitamin Advisors will be writing Features on a monthly basis, which will be on a variety of topics, including CSS, Usability, Standards, PHP, Rails, AJAX, Accessibility, Business Tips, and much, much more. If you want to be notified when we launch, sign up at thinkvitamin.com.
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