Designvelopment is a term I use to describe how I'm switching constantly between a sketchbook, code, and pixels, blurring the line between creative and logical thinking. This site is meant to be an outlet for my thoughts as an interactive designer and developer, as well as a resource for others in this field.
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Microsoft has released their Windows Live Local preview. You can drag the car around the map and see a first-person view of the street. Although the technology is cool, this is a very bizarre takeoff of Google Earth. The user has the option of choosing between a race car, a sports car, and walking. And what’s with the Xbox controller resting on the sports car’s dash?
Yahoo! Mail is offering a beta test of their new email system and it is awesome. This is by far the best free online email management I’ve seen. The new AJAX interface looks and feels like a real application, the design is clean, and the controls are very clear. This may be the deciding factor in choosing which free email account to use when considering Hotmail, Yahoo!, and Google.
Take a look at Google Maps. Want to know how they did that? Through a combination of Dynamic HTML and XML, developers now have a new technique to develop sophisticated web applications. Find out more at AJAX Matters.
