Scott Rutherford » design http://blog.thatsuseful.com Life on and off the Rails Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:35:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 The Joy of Moo http://blog.thatsuseful.com/2006/10/25/the-joy-of-moo/ http://blog.thatsuseful.com/2006/10/25/the-joy-of-moo/#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:55:36 +0000 Scott http://blog.caronsoftware.com/2007/11/25/the-joy-of-moo I got my first batch of cards from Moo today and they are great. I can’t recommend the site enough. The product is neat – any image you like form your Flickr account on the back of a business (ish) card, the user experience is brilliant, and the result is pretty high quality – all for $25 for 100. Brilliant…..

You can also do Skype cards, get ten for free using the ‘freebie’ code.

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The course contained 6 hours of material from Cameron based around the following 6 areas:

  1. History of Computing UI
  2. Choosing an Approach
  3. Interface Essentials
  4. Managing Complexity
  5. CSS Proficiency
  6. Finessing Your Skills

All contained a few gems and a great many examples – either from the web or in actual code form. We also recieved a pretty comprehensive CD with all of the slides, code examples, and a few Photoshop brushes and thangs. It would be wrong of me to let more out than that (in fact the presentations on the CD ask us not to reveal anything, including on our blogs).

I gained most from the day I think in terms of the insight into the process of website design and creation. How to think a little like a designer and how to spot potential problems in a sites layout and experience – all valuable stuff.

So all in all a good day, Cameron was interesting to chat to in the breaks (as was Ryan Carson) and I think I learnt a lot I couldn’t have got anywhere else. It was well organized and the food was good. Was it worth the cash, well I guess what price do you put on knowledge?

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Niklas Richardson also gave a speed introduction to Flex 2, which despite my general opinion of Flash I have to admit was very impressive.

In following up on these people I then came across the Brit Pack page which has some very interesting people / sites / info. Check it out.

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