Studying the intersection of journalism, interactive communications and public discourse
Before you can fill a house with furniture, install rugs or paint walls, a house first needs rooms. It needs defined areas with floors and doorways and ceilings. The structure of the house must be in place before its interior can be filled with stuff, and style. The basic principle is the same when designing …
A bit I wrote for ctnow.com’s “5 Places For…” gallery: …It figures. Less than 24 hours after returning from a long weekend in southern California, I was welcomed back to Connecticut by a winter nor’easter. Five inches of snow mixed with freezing rain, followed by a nasty jolt of bitter cold temps. I’m not a …
Here are three websites that do not follow conventional web standards. The sites incorporate Flash-heavy designs with unusual navigation and layout to grab and hold users attention. The unconventional structure of these sites may contribute to confusion among some visitors, but may also enthrall others. paramountvantage.com/babel – Official web site for the movie “Babel” The …
Most people use the World Wide Web as a tool, a device to find, retrieve and exchange information so they can carry out the business and leisure of daily life. The Internet’s most useful/popular web sites tend to be those that don’t force people to solve a navigational puzzle. Rather, these websites incorporate standard design …
The Good: http://www.imdb.com What qualities make up a good website? Pages that load fast. A reliable site search engine that returns relevant results. Page layouts that are easy to navigate. Unobtrusive advertising. A good website should know its audience and cater to that particular audience. And it should fulfill users’ expectations with the least amount …
There aren’t many places around Hartford to find authentic Filipino food (unless you have a special invitation into the home of my Aunt Luz, Aunt Tessie, Aunt Purie or Aunt Cathy.) One Filipino restaurant on Silas Deane Highway in Wethersfield closed after about a year. The service wasn’t so great. However, another Filipino restaurant recently …
It never fails. The weekend I pick to visit my cousin in Vermont is, of course, the first weekend this winter when it actually snows in New England. Never mind that it’s mid-January and nary a flake has fallen. Now, I’m not afraid of driving in the snow. I’m not really afraid of driving fast …
A bit I wrote for ctnow.com’s “5 Places For…” gallery: There’s an easy way to tell if a dessert is a success. After just one bite, the flavor and texture of a truly extraordinary confection will stun a person speechless. The Chocolate Chip Bread Pudding at Burton’s Grill in South Windsor had this effect on …
How did our idea of beauty become so distorted? Check out this cool “evolution” film by Dove, revealing the devious wonders of Photoshop…
It’s a new year. It’s a good time for me to take a moment and recognize my dearest friends – people who have saved me, more than once, from despair. Their friendship ranks among my life’s greatest gifts: Jennifer Rancourt, Nicole Taney, Helen Ubinas, Theresa McGee, Maureen Shanahan, Don Chareunsy, Emily Schur, Michelle Harper, Jeanne …