UI Redesign Continued: Requirements Oct 23, 2008

OK, I'm going to do something I ought to have done in the very first post on this topic: requirements.  Since some of us seem to be talking at cross-purposes, we should at least have a discussion about what we want out of this kind of display in the...

Mockups, round 3 Oct 23, 2008

Thanks for the feedback, everyone!  Please keep it coming.

Changes this time around:

• Because Laurion couldn't tell what the velvet rope was, I've altered its appearance - hopefully it's a bit more realistic now, and there's a hint of forced perspective...

Another UI mockup (updated) Oct 22, 2008

Based on Laurion's suggestions in the last post, here's another mockup:

(Plaese pardon my poor cut-and-paste job on the room numbers…)

UPDATE: And, based on my coworker Keith's suggestions, another one:

UI Experts and Pseudo-Experts: Help! Oct 22, 2008

I've started work on the next iteration of ProCon, the online event registration system used by Festival of the LARPs.  One of the areas we improved dramatically for last year was the schedules page.  It's not too shabby looking right now:

However...

Frugality Tip: Save over 50% on AquaJuice! Oct 19, 2008

Here's a helpful tip: are you buying Welch's AquaJuice?  I know, I know - we all hate drinking regular juice, because it is just too sweet.  And AquaJuice does provide a healthy and delicious alternative.

Well, here's the secret recipe that Welch...

A music meme, stolen from Travis Oct 15, 2008

Set your music thingy to shuffle, and take down the first 40 songs (artist + title).  (Note: I skipped untagged tracks, and ones that are not music.)

1. Rebekah - Cardboard Boxes
2. Beatles - Helter Skelter
3. Liquid Tension Experiment - Freedom of Speech...

What Connecticut is for Oct 10, 2008

In honor of the Connecticut Supreme Court's excellent decision to allow same-sex marriage, I present my favorite song about Connecticut.  (WARNING NSFW - but it's only the audio, so you can get away with watching this if you have headphones.)

YouTube...

Minutes from NEIL Con Com meeting, Oct 5, 2008 Oct 6, 2008

Game signup opening schedule, Intercon I t-shirts, Chad's honeymoon, and more… all behind the cut!

Concom Minutes
5 October 2008

• First Things First
  • Game signup opening schedule - 11/5, 11/12, 11/19
    • Barry will open signups at 7:00, Nat...

Why the hate? Sep 16, 2008

I've noticed a lot of my Facebook friends joining groups with names like "1,000,000 AGAINST THE NEW FACEBOOK LAYOUT LOL OMG!!!1!".

I, for one, welcome our New Facebook overlords.

Seriously, what's wrong with the new layout?  It cleans up a lot of...

The best of Jim's Big Ego Sep 11, 2008

After my last post reviewing the new Jim's Big Ego album, "free*", I got to thinking that the band has now produced enough material that they might be able to make a good compilation album out of it.  So I decided to take a stab at that.

In compiling...