Or should I?
Good to Great is an excellent book, and the principles seem to work well for companies. Why can’t they work for individuals too?
Actually disagreeing with somebody isn’t easy. Pointing at somebody and calling their opinion stupid is easy. Being stubborn is easy. But disagreement takes effort.
If you have ever used a smart phone, you have used what is called “Natural Scrolling.” It is also known as the reverse scrolling that is default on iOS computers, where scrolling up on the scroll wheel moves the screen up and scrolling down on the scroll wheel scrolls down.
You can make your Windows mouse behave the same way, but it takes a little work.
The contrast between red and blue make our eyes weary, causing shadows and borders to appear where there are none.
Since I finished Dave Ramsey’s EntreLeadership, I have been processing the themes introduced. The general philosophies seem so simple and straightforward that it borders on brashness. Which is not a bad thing. I feel the harsh truth is more valuable than a harsh lie. In multiple ways, it reminds me of Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince.
For this project, I researched, designed, and printed a large poster that explains the process behind digital signal processing.
A blue expanse. A man at sea. Walking alone down a long hallway to a destination he doesn't want to be. It is necessary. Sandy soil and grit between the toes. Harsh catalysts. Green grass grows.
The Mercer Engineering Research Center website came about when me and my comrade were approached to redesign several marketing items for our company. Designing the website was a pretty exciting opportunity.
A collection of print advertisements concepts that I created for Mercer Engineering Research Center.
The stop button has all but disappeared from interfaces. What do we have against stopping?
My kickstarted Pebble got in today. I’m excited, but my experience has been luke-warm so far.
Back in early 2012, I was researching Kickstarter to help teach a class on proposal writing. One of the first things I did as a newly-anointed crowd-sponsor was to put in for the most popular project at the time: Pebble. I was lucky enough to get in early, so I got the early-bird sponsor price, which was really cool. Little did I know that the project would go on to raise over $10 million in funding …
I ponder over life and the old adage “no man is an island.” Maybe we are multiple islands.
One of the core philosophies of scrum is to release small pieces of products often. The purpose is to always deliver value at each iteration, even if the deliverable is a small piece of the whole.
Working with lots of different people is a good way to experience different forms of criticism. Some people are a joy to work with and give constructive criticism that leads to a wonderful working relationship. This post is not about those kind of people. This is about working with the polar opposite, the photo negative, the person that can only say “no.”
I think that we should be thinking about the users, then design products (and the processes for making those products) to fit around the user.
Introduction movie for Mercer Engineering Research Center Capabilities iBook. Every iBook needs an epic intro, so I incorporated the new branding to create a dark, yet sophisticated, emotion.
Design fools our senses in delightful ways. I wanted to see if I could use a simple illusion to emulate a sticker peeling.
After conducting a needs analysis, I set the Clemson Blues Festival up with their own self-hosted WordPress site. I could then build custom widgets, tweak the theme, and whip us graphics, icons, and logos using Photoshop and Illustrator whenever needed.
I set up a wiki for the purposes of demoing a requirements wiki for use inside my department at Mercer Engineering Research Center. I developed the logo and created a wiki with it’s own identity and a theme to match.
Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight. Parallax websites are pretty cool. I made a parallax site for my own portfolio page. At the time, it seemed like a rite of passage of sorts. It was a good experiment.
The central idea behind Symphonacci was creating music using math formulas. It was the result of one brainstorming session I had with a colleague. The goal was to create a site that allowed for creating and sharing; to creating a user interface that made it easy to mix music tracks. Since we were using Fibonacci series for generating notes, I dubbed it Symphonacci. It was catchy enough to stick. (more...)
Happiness is a quality that we value, but also one we are losing. How are we going to use technology to make ourselves happier?
Design is useless if it serves no purpose. I always ask 6 questions, so I can clearly define the purpose of a proposal or project.
I wanted a Siri-like program for my home automation system. When i couldn’t find one, I made one.
I got the concept for this calendar while studying for the GRE, and I used this throughout the year. It was shocking to see all the bubbles filled in near the end of the year, and it made me think back on what I had done earlier. The times were I "messed up" the bubbles are the moments that skick out in my mind the most. (more...)
My first concept for the redesigned Macon Kennel Club website was also my first attempt at pagination in a website. The goal of the design was to help increase club membership my showcasing the main benefits members enjoy: fun and free training.
There were two reasons why I jumped on the opportunity to make a website for Sterling Waite and the Cotton Avenue Hustlers. The first reason was that I am friends with the band and I always enjoy helping friends out. (more...)
Moving to Wordpress empowered the Macon Kennel Club to finally manage their own web content. With me managing the transition and theme optimization, we ended up saving money and modernizing their site at the same time.
This was a business card design I made for my friend, Jon Smith. At the time, he was going between jobs and was trying to find the career path that suited him best. I decided to work with his name and make the card seem very clean and ubiquitous.
With this calendar, I wanted to show the passage of time by the changing of the leaves. The black earth provides a anchor to the composition, allowing the months to orbit the sphere. I added a slight glow to the earth that mimics the orange of sunrise and the blues of a late evening. Made in GIMP. (more...)
Lorem ipsum is ubiquitous as a placeholder, but that doesn’t mean that it is good. It’s actually quite bad. Fortunately, there are lots of good alternatives.
When developing this theme, I found out that making a side scrolling site is not as simple as it may seem.
I always sketch out layouts before coding. It helps figure out where there could be problems. Here are some sketches for this site.
A sketch can be anything that isn't necessary for a project or dedicated purpose. Sketching allows me to get ideas out of my head and on paper, where they can be reflected upon and criticized. This is where my sketches go. (more...)
From time to time, I want to share some fruits of my web exploration. This time, I take a look as landing pages.
I created a rectangle grid, then stretched it out as much as possible while maintaining continuous lines. Finished it up with a triadic hue harmony. Made in Inkscape. (more...)
This was an exercise in creating images using increasingly less information. The raster grid, colors, and transparency was limited. I chose to get inspiration from a black and white photo of my dog to start. That way I didn't have to worry so much about losing color details. (more...)
Lorem ipsum shouldn’t be used as placeholder text because it does not afford to be read. What’s the point?
Our screens are wider than they are tall. Our vision has evolved to scan horizons and focus less on the vertical axis. So why are browsers still scrolling up and down?
The mere risk of failure is enough to keep people from trying to succeed. What can I do to overcome this?
About Me. Hi, I am Kevin Glover, user interface designer, front-end developer, instructional designer. And I’m superserious about technology. More specifically, the technology we use to communicate with each other: front-end software. My passion is making interactions between humans and technology better by applying the principles of usability, user experience, and design. Tinkering with layouts, source codes, and prototypes is what makes me jump out of bed every morning. It takes dedication and a lot of hard work, but being…