Category: Design (Web & Graphic)

Cheap, Working Google Checkout SSl Certificate

Posted Aug. 29, 2008 by Gabriel Hurley

First, the solution: $9.99 Comodo SSL Certificate from NameCheap.com

(Leave me a comment if this helps you! Thanks!)

http://www.namecheap.com/learn/other-services/cheap-comodo-ssl-certificates.asp

Second, the explanation:

I'm a big fan of Google, and their Google Checkout system is a pretty great service as far as online payment systems/merchant accounts go... but their documentation ...

Information graphic design and the limits of what we have now

Posted Aug. 8, 2008 by Gabriel Hurley

In an ironic twist, while writing up my entry about User Interface Design, one of my business partners was watching a video promo by Jeff Howe for his book Crowdsourcing (view the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0-UtNg3ots ). What struck me as he's talking about the internet enabling "the crowd" to do all the tasks that ...

User Interface and Information Graphic Design

Posted Aug. 8, 2008 by Gabriel Hurley

I just wrapped up reading a fantastic paper (nearly 50 pages) on the problems of User Interface Design, particularly the problems inherent in conveying information graphically. Magic Ink: Information Software and the Graphical Interface, the entire piece is available here: http://worrydream.com/MagicInk/

I decided, for my own benefit in remembering, to write out a summary of what I ...