pseudoroom design

In web site design, after the overall look-and-feel is nailed down, I’ll work out specific UI elements (icons, controls, widgets). Maintaining clarity of purpose and consistency with the overarching interface are paramount concerns.

While not a post on design per se, I took some cursory notes on each of the 7 days I just spent with my wife in Beijing, China. Sadly, the Notes app was about the only use I could get out of my iPhone that week (re: major withdrawal).

Fact: the pseudoroom site contains an archive of my freelance design work (among other things). Fact number two: I haven’t been a full-time freelance designer for over 4 years now. As such, you posit: “Hey Chachi, you’re not a freelance designer; where’s your current creative work?”

Last time I wrote about the current positioning of design/tech portal sites, and where GUI Galaxy might fit into that mix. That is, where it might fit in if it wasn’t an abandoned concept in excess of 2 years, and if the expired guigalaxy.com domain name wasn’t nabbed by a domain hoarding company.

Many of the more popular design portal sites of old have been fazed out. A few have stuck to their roots and remained relatively unchanged, like K10k and Australian INfront. Others have transitioned into a blog-like presentation (and most likely Wordpress-driven) with highlighting design, tech trends, and pop culture, like Surfstation.