Macromedia Flash MX 2004 H%u2022O%u2022T Sample Chapter
Working with text chapter.
This has some great material, reading list and summaries of issues.
AIMIA finalist sites could be good source of sites to show students.
/\^/\ Open Source Web Design - // Home \\
From the site "Open Source Web Design is a community of designers and site owners freely sharing designs as well as design information. "
Includes links to some interviews with designers.
creativepro.com - Business Resources
Starting a Business: Advice from the Trenches: A List Apart
Design business start-up stuff
Macromedia - Web Site Production Management Techniques
From the site "New technologies and applications, along with ever-more-sophisticated compression techniques and broadband services, have accelerated the growth of the web and the number of its users over the last two or three years – and given rise to a great variety of innovations and experimentations. The first of its kind, this book matches the critical issues and discourses of the new media with cutting-edge web design in six introductory essays and over 130 website reviews."
Links to some really nice sites.
Jack Tools - a Jack implementation for Mac OS X
From the site"Jack (the Jack Audio Connection Kit) is a low-latency audio server, written originally for the GNU/Linux operating system, and now with Mac OS X support. It can connect any number of different applications to a single hardware audio device; it also allows applications to send and receive audio to and from each other.
Jack is different from other audio server efforts in that it has been designed from the ground up to be suitable for professional audio work. This means that it focuses on two key areas: synchronous execution of all clients, and low latency operation."
From the site " NewForms: a student production company
The aim of the project is to create a learning environment where students can develop entrepreneurial and technical skills in a creative and professional context. Through the setting up of a production 'company' students will be asked to take on formal creative and technical roles working as a team to produce a range of new media projects for various clients. The project is based at WAC Performing Arts and Media College."
Could be great model for ITT Graphic Design web design business.
From the site "iCritique is a web application (developed by Steve O'Hear) that allows for the creation of an online community of viewers. Put simply, it’s an online tool that streamlines the process of publishing and viewing Digital Video work on the Internet, and that easily enables online discussions of the work published"
Cascading Style Sheets: CSS1, CSS2 Tutorials, Resources, Help
From the site "The House of Style is our comprehensive collection of resources for web developers who want to work with Cascading Style Sheets and other web standards such as HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0. Whether you are a beginner with no CSS experience, who wants to learn how, or even an expert who wants to deepen your knowledge, you'll find resources here to help you."
LucasArts Entertainment Company | Demo Reel
WHAT DO WE WANT TO SEE IN A DEMO REEL?
Enoshop: Brian Eno Recordings and Products Online
From the site "In 1975, Peter Schmidt and Brian Eno created the original pack of Oblique Strategies cards, through thinking about approaches to their own work as artist and musician.
The Oblique Strategies constitute a set of over 100 cards, each of which is a suggestion of a course of action or thinking to assist in creative situations.
These famous cards have been used by many artists and creative people all over the world since their initial publication in 1975."
Young Digital Creators: UNESCO Culture Sector
Amazon.com: Books: Rules of Play : Game Design Fundamentals
From the site "Editorial Reviews
Book Info
Text offers an introduction to game design. Offers a unified model for looking at all kinds of games, from board games and sports to computer and video games. Includes concepts, strategies, and methodologies for creating and understanding games. For game scholars, game developers, and interactive designers. DLC: Computer games--Design.
Book Description
As pop culture, games are as important as film or television--but game design has yet to develop a theoretical framework or critical vocabulary. In Rules of Play Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman present a much-needed primer for this emerging field. They offer a unified model for looking at all kinds of games, from board games and sports to computer and video games. As active participants in game culture, the authors have written Rules of Play as a catalyst for innovation, filled with new concepts, strategies, and methodologies for creating and understanding games.. Building an aesthetics of interactive systems, Salen and Zimmerman define core concepts like "play," "design," and "interactivity." They look at games through a series of eighteen "game design schemas," or conceptual frameworks, including games as systems of emergence and information, as contexts for social play, as a storytelling medium, and as sites of cultural resistance. Written for game scholars, game developers, and interactive designers, Rules of Play is a textbook, reference book, and theoretical guide. It is the first comprehensive attempt to establish a solid theoretical framework for the emerging discipline of game design. "
Free newsletter - HFI's UI Design Update
Key Research Findings Related to User-Centered Design (2002-2003)
Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003 (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
Top Ten Web Design Mistakes of 2003
From the site "
Sites are getting better at using minimalist design, maintaining archives, and offering comprehensive services. However, these advances entail their own usability problems, as several prominent mistakes from 2003 show. "
CSS Vault - Unlocking creativity
I needed a place where I could look at a list of sites that would inspire my creativity with CSS. I needed a site that linked to all the great CSS resources out there on the web. I couldn't find a site that combined those two elements, so I created one myself. This site is useful for me as a designer and I hope that it is useful for you whether you are a designer, developer, programmer, manager, or just a CSS advocate. Instead of showing off great sites to everyone, let's show off great sites that use CSS so we can inspire others to use the technology.
includes RSS feeds.
NOIE - Environment for Information Economy Firms - Cluster Study