by Al Belote | Jun 20, 2013 | design, user experience, web design
This is kind of random, but I was just writing an email about it so I figured I’d document it here: There are certain instances in which visited links changing color are useful, but often they are not and degrade the coherence of the page. We probably all know...
by Al Belote | Oct 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
I remember what it was like to be lonely and 21 in Boston. I remember, always in the fall. When autumn winds blow crackling leaves down an empty street at sunrise. When the smell of diesel or an old building mixes with cold unwelcome rain at dusk. When I think of...
by Al Belote | Oct 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
A few years ago I wrote a post about why I wasn’t blogging anymore — as in why I had not posted for a while. I think my thin excuse back then was that I was “too busy.” This time my excuse is no excuse at all — it’s a fact: I...
by Al Belote | May 26, 2010 | cars
That’s me up there, next to my mom. But more importantly, there’s a 1968 Dodge Dart behind us. This was the official beginning of my never-to-end appreciation of the Dodge Dart. It was as basic as you could get. There was no power-anything. Not even power...
by Al Belote | May 25, 2010 | design
Content is important (understatement)…every bit of it. Even something as seemingly ordinary as the subject line in an email. I had an unfortunate illustration of this yesterday. I had signed up to go to a meetup, ironically, on Content Strategy. I was especially...
by Al Belote | Apr 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
I put stickers all over my laptop. Why? Because I think it’s cool? It can’t be that simple. After much thought, my excuse is that it integrates the machine into the environment. When it’s sitting (closed) on a coffee table or a desk, it’s...
by Al Belote | Mar 10, 2010 | design
This is a cool old game I like to...
by Al Belote | Mar 6, 2010 | architecture, landscape
What is it about grain elevators? I can’t pass by one without taking a picture or wanting to take a picture. They’re always surrounded by the most wonderful conglomeration of random industrial stuff and railroad cars. Maybe it was all those drives across...
by Al Belote | Nov 21, 2009 | art
New cool site to check out, Odosketch, (thanks to Julie) that allows you to sketch online and then see the results played back. The tools aren’t as good as they could be, colors are muted and limited, and so far I’ve only done it with a trackpad. In spite...
by Al Belote | Nov 8, 2009 | design
I’m riding around with two sets of tires mounted on rims in my back seat. Why? Because they’re not just tires to be disposed of. They’re really table parts. But until they become part of an actual table I don’t really have another good place to...
