Archive for the ‘Software Design’ Category

WPF for LOB

Excellent visit this week with Jaime Rodriguez and Karl Shifflett and their “WPF for LOB” training at Microsoft in Redmond.

Posted on 30-April-2010 at 20:16 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Software Design

Don’t Let it End

… Breakpoint 2010, world’s biggest pure demoscene event. For the 8th time, up to 1000 creative participants from more than 30 nations are expected to gather one final time in the beautiful town of Bingen am Rhein, Germany, from the 2nd to the 5th of April 2010 (Easter weekend), enjoying 4 days of round-the-clock activities [...]

Posted on 4-April-2010 at 09:36 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Creativity, DataViz, Software Design, Travel

The Spectrum of User Experience

Another Venn Diagram on UX. This one from Nishant Kothary. The identity crisis persists… These days, user experience professionals look down on the word “designer” because it implies that their primary role is to paint pretty pixels. UX is more than that, they clarify. Much more! Just how much? Well, here’s a diagram (that uses [...]

Posted on 6-March-2010 at 16:11 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: DataViz, Software Design, UX

User Experience Designer

An excellent Venn diagram from Robby Ingebretsen

Posted on 19-January-2010 at 08:40 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Software Design

Let his dataset change your mindset.

Hans Rosling — our modern-day hero of data visualization — has done it again.

Posted on 30-August-2009 at 19:13 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Science, Software Design, Technology

…And all through the house not a creature was stirring…

Posted on 9-July-2009 at 20:55 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Software Design, Technology

XAMLfest Online All Week

This is the good stuff. The ground is rumbling. SW design will never be the same.

Posted on 1-June-2009 at 15:42 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Software Design

XAML, WPF, Silverlight and GIS Visualization

With the recent posting of PDC 2008 videos, there’s a new wealth of information and downloads availble relating to map visualization with .NET and XAML. Drawing from my popular Map Visualization with WPF post, I am creating two new pages here on foolscap:  XAML: all things XAML/WPF/Silverlight GIS VIS: Mapping/Geodata Visualization APIs and Tools 

Posted on 16-November-2008 at 11:35 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Software Design, Technology, Tools

CCI User’s Group 2008: Alexandria Virginia

Heading out early tomorrow to Alexandria Virginia for the 2008 CCI User’s Group.

Posted on 11-October-2008 at 20:11 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Software Design, Travel

One Year at CCI

Today–unbelievably–marks the beginning of my second year at CCI. Coincidentally, today the company externally launched their new brand and logo which I play a hand in designing. Next week, in Reno, we’ll be delivering a big splash: All new marketing collateral, new business cards, new booth graphics and all new demo software. When the new [...]

Posted on 3-September-2008 at 18:28 by Douglas · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Software Design