by Al Belote | Jan 28, 2008 | design
Christian Science on the web just got a whole lot more accessible, usable, colorful and moving (in the sense of video). The new site features videos of Christian Scientists telling what Christian Science means to them and examples of how it has brought healing. There...
by Al Belote | Nov 13, 2007 | Uncategorized
Just a little time out to reflect on what a cool world we live in (in a techno-social-culture kind of way at least), especially with things like the MAC. Here I am at the Apple store at the CambridgeSide Galleria. Took a photo with photobooth, uploaded it to FLICKr...
by Al Belote | Sep 12, 2007 | design
Branding is always a hot topic anytime you have strategic and creative people together thinking about how to provide a product or service. This presentation makes some good points including the fact that your customers, not you, often decide what your brand is. See...
by Al Belote | Aug 27, 2007 | design
I was in Washington, D.C. for a User Experience conference, so it’s fitting that, while out with some fellow UXers there was a run-in with bad user experience. And as you might expect, we ruthlessly picked apart our victim, a Metro farecard vending machine. The...
by Al Belote | Mar 16, 2007 | Uncategorized
I was all ready to present this as the well-written counterpoint to the wordy fire exit sign (see adjacent blog entry), but then realized that, though it does get the point across in as few words as possible, it lacks punctuation that would make it truly stellar....
by Al Belote | Mar 16, 2007 | Uncategorized
Every day I walk by two fire doors on the way to work. I can’t help but notice the extreme wordiness in contrast to the clear and efficient use of words in the sign on the other fire door a few feet away (see the adjacent blog entry). One has to wonder how this...
by Al Belote | Jan 31, 2007 | photography, Uncategorized
I have film cameras, I have digital cameras, but the camera I find myself using most often and spontaneously is the one in my cell phone. The quality is finally good enough for snapshots. (See the image of the RR sign). Just a few years ago, the only option if you...
by Al Belote | Nov 28, 2006 | art
I did this painting a few years ago. It’s acrylic on canvas. I can’t remember any of the details of painting it at this point, but I expect it went through a few changes in its development. I don’t even remember what time of year I did it or if the...
by Al Belote | Nov 28, 2006 | landscape, photography
I snapped this photo of a bridge over the Mississippi River in August 2006, going east on I-70. I like the way the shapes all work together although, at the time, I did not consciously think about it. It was just an intuitive thing. To me it is the perfect road trip...
by Al Belote | Aug 26, 2006 | art
This past weekend was the Annual Open Studios at Western Avenue Studios in Lowell, Massachusetts, where I have a studio. This is something I wrote to go on the wall of my studio as an answer the question, “What are your paintings about?” You can see...
