You have a web application that you have maintained for a few years, relatively bug free, and stable. Your business is growing and you’re adding new features so you go out and find a new software engineer – a millennial engineer – just out of school. The new engineer is eager and excited, quickly sets up […]
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Type Ramps
If you’ve read my article 3 Rules for Making Dashboards you’ll know I’m a big fan of physical metaphors. It amazes me how as soon as we move something to the web, everyone thinks the rules we use to cultivate physical media go right out the window. The biggest example of this is the type ramp. Newspapers, […]
3 Rules for Making Dashboards
So recently I’ve run into this trend where I start an application and on my task list the word “Dashboard” appears. This word brings excitement and dread at the same time. Below are what I consider the 3 major rules when making a good dashboard. What is a Dashboard? Dictionary.com describes a dashboard for computers […]