I can’t quite say why, but I love the design of the box for Late July Crackers. I thought enough of the design that I actually took the empty box over to a friend’s apartment to show him, and he looked at me like I was crazy. For the record, I’m not crazy. I just [...]
Google Images, a service from the lovely people of Google, allows you to search for images in much the same way you use ‘regular’ Google Search to find text. It’s a simple idea, but it’s implementation doesn’t work well. How It Does Work With any of Google’s technologies, we’re left to making easy assumptions and [...]
I have noticed on occasion some sites choosing their palette by finding a base color and deriving two or more additional colors from it that are roughly the same color in a lighter or darker shade. I often find these sites pleasant to look at but difficult to use over time. Sure, all the colors [...]
I don’t want RSS to be used to strip a site’s design away from it’s content, in effect homogenizing every site’s mark on the world. I don’t want RSS to be used to consolidate every site I read into one insanely long scrolling page. All I want from RSS is notification. I already have a [...]
I have a simple request: stop using the WordPress calendar on your site. (Other blog software is included here.) At first glance, it looks like a worthwhile piece to keep around, but in truth it’s worth is extremely limited. Let’s take a look at what it does do and then decide for yourself whether you [...]
Welcome friends, strangers, whomever to my relaunched personal site. To get it off on the right foot, here’s what you can expect from this site. 5 Things You Will See on Obvious Diversion Projects that I’m working on Code samples for Developers Ruminations on Infomation Design Resources for Artists and Designers Occasional photographs from New [...]
Obvious Diversion is the online home of Christian Gloddy, an Internet Developer and Information Architect. 5 Things You Will See on Obvious Diversion Projects that I’m working on Code samples for Developers Ruminations on Infomation Design Resources for Artists and Designers Occasional photographs from New York City & Seattle 5 Things You Will NEVER See [...]
Obvious Diversion is Section 508 approved and complies with all of the U.S. Federal Government Section 508 Guidelines. What does this mean? Section 508 is a Federal guideline for making online material accessible to people with disabilities. For a specific example, there are 1.1 million blind people in the United States alone. (AFB Sept./Oct. JVIB [...]
I wanted to write a little something about my goals with this site’s design and the process that I employed to get there. This page deals with the design of the site in both the aesthetic and user-experience realms, but not with the technical side of things. You can find a technical summary of how [...]
