A couple of months ago I received a message from a visitor to Pixel Munch, asking about the terminology we’ve used to describe our services. This is the message: The terminology you use to describe your services is a little specialized, and I always wondered if that was intentional to target a certain type of [...]
This is the first in a series of tinyDesign posts about the tiny, often overlooked, details that make a great difference in design. This post deals with the alignment of the uppercase ‘T’ when it is in the first line of a paragraph.
And Now The Shameless Self-Plug I’m happy to announce the official launch of Pixel Munch, the user experience consultancy that I’ve started with my friend, and now colleague, Menelik Young. We’ve been operating as a team under the Pixel Munch name for some time, and have launched 3aish Jobs and Zen Cute. The Importance of [...]
What is design? That’s the million-dollar question in design circles, and I felt it was time I put my 2 cents in.
Narrative is part of, and oftentimes, a byproduct or after-thought, to gameplay. In the early days of game development games were created as interactive toys rather than a medium of storytelling such as with Pong. Over time game design evolved to creating games that serve as an interactive vehicle for narrative, which is the result [...]
Yet Another ReDesign After noticing many glaring usability issues with the previous design, I’ve decided to redesign my website while keeping these issues in mind. Usability Issues The previous design used a large image on the homepage of the latest work from my portfolio. This caused confusion; much of my work is web design, so [...]
inspired, sans-serif badassery. via Timothy McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: I’m Comic Sans, Asshole.. Interesting take on an overused font. I can’t say I’ve ever thought of it this way. Maybe the world does need fonts such as Comic Sans, if for no other purpose than to provide balance. Not everyone is a typographer, and I guess [...]
I finally got around to updating the website. I did a complete revamp; re-envisioned the visual design, and integrated WordPress which is something I’ve been meaning to do for a long time. This website will be more regularly updated, and I’ll also be posting notes, tutorials and maybe even a rant or two. The new design [...]
