Let’s start today’s blog with a famous Aristotle comment: “The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.” – Aristotle There is so much wisdom in that saying when it comes to web design and usability. Being a designer, I frequently look for that special button / graphic / tool [...]
Archive | April, 2012
Lent, Easter and Fasting – A lesson in simple web design
Easter Sunday is on April 8, 2012. Easter is the last part end of Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. Fasting is practiced by almost every global religion in one form or another. The concept of stripping one’s self of physical pleasures to find deeper meaning and simplicity is key to a healthy lifestyle both physically and spiritually. Modern research [...]
Passover Lessons for Web Design
This week marks the beginning of Passover for the Jewish people. A holiday that commemorates the Jewish exodus from bondage and requires the eating of “Matzah” – or unleavened bread. The holiday also requires the removal of any leavened bread called “chometz”. So what lessons can learn for web design from this holiday. At the [...]
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