Monthly Archives: March 2012

When you make something better and people just don’t get it, sometimes you need to be blunt. I know the feeling.

Often, when pressured to finish something quickly, with the client looking over my shoulder, I am tempted to use my first incarnation of a design. There it is. It works. I already have it. It is done. Changing it means more work, more time, and a second review process. It often takes me a weekend… Read the rest »

Is there such a thing as the uncanny valley for all things? What is it called? When a design or idea approaches a point where it is almost perfect, or almost where it needs to be, the problems that once were hidden by ineptitude now seem to be glaring and acute. Previously, there was no… Read the rest »