Design

Meditation on the hyperlink

By Greg Kihlstrom - July 1st, 2010

A hyperlink is such a simple thing. I take it completely for granted. But what would the world be like without hyperlinks?

Although the term hyperlink was coined in 1965 by Theodor Nelson, an information architecture pioneer, it was not truly adopted by popular culture until the popularization of the Web. There simply was not an infrastructure or interface in place to allow hyperlinks to exist in daily life until the Web.

Greg Kihlström Selected as AGA Communication Awards Judge

By Carousel30 - June 29th, 2010

Every year, the American Gaming Association (AGA) recognizes outstanding marketing, advertising and communications efforts through the annual AGA Communications Awards. These prestigious awards recognize those who have made an impact on the industry as well as their customers. This year, Carousel30 Chief Creative Officer Greg Kihlström is joining the distinguished panel of judges.

3D Figure, 12 Hour Timeline!

By Andrew Jarvis - June 17th, 2010

This Saturday I decided to do a quick figure project to try out all the different things I've learned since my first Maya class that ended last month. Here's the whole process timeline from initial sketch to final renders!

Accessibility in Drupal

By Michael Guild - May 18th, 2010

What is User Accessibility? The basic idea is that it's something everyone can access. In developing websites, we are strive for uniformity in all browsers, but rarely consider uniformity for all users. The truth is that 1:5 users has a disability and, in most cases, two or more types of disabilities.

If these disabilities are not addressed during development, websites have the potential to lose 20% of potential users.

The fundamentals of web accessibility standards are set by, but are not limited to, The W3C.

The real-time Web is ready

By Greg Kihlstrom - March 28th, 2010

Most people who use Google to search for things have been impressed with the way that it was able to find both relevant and timely information, but with the advent of Twitter, the notion of 'up-to-date' has taken on an even more immediate definition. With between 25-40,000 tweets per minute on average, things can get out of date pretty quickly.

So what makes the real-time Web so different than the regular old Web we've been used to over the years? First of all, the content is instantaneous, tagged to other related topics, and it's (many times) location-aware. Google and other search engines have had to make adjustments to their search results, incorporating the latest Tweets into their results now, and comparing the regular Google results to these 'real-time' results during some recent events illustrate just how a lag time of a few hours for the former makes a huge difference when trying to find out something like the status of rescue efforts in Haiti.

Make a Better Registration Process

By Greg Kihlstrom - March 1st, 2010

Improving the registration process on a Web site has many obvious benefits. If you require people to register, there must be some benefits to both the user and to you as the site owner, so increasing the number of completed registrations is most likely a primary goal of the site.

Almost any Web site that has a user registration/signup process can benefit from a few simple changes that are not that difficult to implement, yet surprisingly few sites are using them consistently. Obviously, there are many more aspects to creating a great registration process, but here's 3 things that will automatically improve your signup experience.

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