Author Archives: JR Patten

Small Change, Big Difference
written June 29, 2010

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On Surprising Users
written August 11, 2009

The Principle of Least Surprise is a common axiom in user interface design, and any sort of interface design (be it an object, a screen, or an API), and it’s a useful one. I (and everyone else) enjoy using an … Continue reading →

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My Report on The Canyons is Live
written December 26, 2008

You can check it out on the front page of DCSki (at time of writing) or, at its permanent home. Thanks for reading! Now I’ve got to write one on Vail.

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Things I Hate: Video That Auto-plays
written December 24, 2008

[EDIT: unless you're a video site, just don't do it b/c it sucks infinitely. we all know this by now.]

Posted in Things I Hate | 46 Comments

Working with 960.gs
written May 6, 2008

There’s been a lot of talk in the intarwebnets recently about the benefits of CSS frameworks. I insist on hand-coding, but I really don’t like working with CSS (particularly haggling with a certain 6th edition browser that starts with Internet … Continue reading →

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