Fruitful browsing

June 25, 2008 · Filed Under Techno-Bab, internet · 1 Comment 
  1. Are a graphics buff bitten by the pixel-bug? Then visit The Designers’ Lunchbox
  2. Spooky paintings and creepy navigation (not for weak hearts!)
  3. Can cellphones pop corn?
  4. Wanna bid adieu to Bill, the Great bull?
  5. In need of virtual water?

Design - simple vs complex!

September 26, 2007 · Filed Under Journal · 1 Comment 

Q-Drum One of the simplest and yet most elegant designs tackles a job that millions of women and girls spend many hours doing each year — fetching water. Balancing heavy jerry cans on the head may lead to elegant posture, but it is backbreaking work and sometimes causes crippling injuries. The Q-Drum, a circular jerry can, holds 20 gallons, and it rolls smoothly enough for a child to tow it on a rope!

complex-design Compare this to a (needlessly) complex design of a Japanese toilet with 17 buttons! Will you do the potty thing, or try to figure out which button does what!!

Not so elegant, but most read!

March 5, 2005 · Filed Under Techno-Bab · 2 Comments 

Slashes our eyes with dots!
Content is the King. Ok
But design is the Queen!

Usability, contrast, style, ease on the eye are also departments that add value to the content. But have a look at Slashdot, which is perhaps the most popular (geeky) website of all. So, content is everything!

Just read at Slashdot:-

What? SCO needs money?

Perhaps SCO can sue itself to raise cash.