Monthly Archives: April 2003

Autobiography: The College Years

Posted on April 25, 2003 by Jim

Friends of ours have a son who’s going through a rough time at college right now.  I had a rough time in my first years of college, so I sent him my story of that time.  Writing it brought back a … Continue reading →

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Playing With Navigation Bar

Posted on April 24, 2003 by Jim

The navigation bar to the right has been update to be easier for me to change.  I’m playing with reorganizing the content on the site.  Stay tuned to this home page for regular updates, but it may take me a … Continue reading →

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Comparing Popular Screen Fonts

Posted on April 22, 2003 by Jim

I stumbled across this article today.  It compares common screen fonts across a number of different statistics. ‘A Comparison of Popular Online Fonts: Which Size and Type is Best?’, Usability News volume 4.1, 2002 Conclusion?  Times New Roman is disliked, … Continue reading →

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Speaking of Typography: Screen Italics

Posted on April 22, 2003 by Jim

Speaking of typography, when I looked at my last post - with all the book references in italics, and bold and blue because of the style sheet for links - I was disappointed. In most cases, screen resolutions are too low and … Continue reading →

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Visual Design and Typograhy

Posted on April 21, 2003 by Jim

I’m in the midst of one of my sojourns into visual design and typography.  A group at work is reading through (and trying to apply) ideas in Robin Williams‘s The Non-Designers Design Book.  Half the book is dedicated to layout, the … Continue reading →

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Usability Testing: How Many is Enough?

Posted on April 17, 2003 by Jim

There’s been a fascinating discussion surrounding User Interface Engineering’s recent articles and panel discussions around how many user tests are enough for modern (primarily web-based) software systems.  In reading the discussions, which provide a rich body of emerging research clarifying … Continue reading →

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Daily Comics and Design Style

Posted on April 17, 2003 by Jim

I’ve read daily comics all my life, and the Sunday Comics section of the paper is one of the only sections I read front to back.  In the last few years, many of these comics have become available on the … Continue reading →

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Six Degrees of Separation…

Posted on April 16, 2003 by Jim

Bishop Desmond Tutu is speaking in Nashville today.  That’s where his daughter, Naomi, is living and working.  Naomi is good friends with Rose Bator, friend and business partner of my wife, Teresa McCoy. It freaks me out that I’m only a … Continue reading →

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Stephen Somewhere In Baghdad

Posted on April 10, 2003 by Jim

Stephen’s girlfriend Amanda called us the other day and said that Stephen is in Baghdad.  I guess he was there for all the fun this week.  Stay away from exploding stuff, Stephen.  And call when you get a chance.

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Spectacular Red Box and Miserable Ice

Posted on April 7, 2003 by Jim

Spent the weekend in Ontario with Virginia, Walt, and Davee.  We helped support the Garden Through the Red Box at the Ontario Garden Show, and dug ourselves out of ice pits a number of times.  The Red Box was fabulous … Continue reading →

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