Category Archives: Blog
This is responsive
I finally made this site responsive. It had been haunting me for a while, but I kept putting it off, since I expected it to be a time consuming project to go through. Well, I was wrong and I should … Continue reading
First year of Vintage Galleria
The story of starting up a vintage furniture store from my perspective.
NEDS – North European Design Symposium
I had the chance to spend one day at the NEDS symposium, which was organized for the first time this year. I was left with mixed feelings about the day.
Virtual toilet wall becomes mGraffiti
Futurice has picked my original Virtual toilet wall concept for the Nokia Ideas Project: http://www.ideasproject.com/ideas/9881 and they have made it into an app called mGraffiti, for both Windows Phone and Symbian.
Mobile websites vs. responsive design
Vierityspalkki organized this morning seminar for the second time on friday 16.6. The event was hosted by SC5.
Great success for team Crasman at High Tech Run
The first ever High Tech Run event was organized in Otaniemi by Tietoviikko. 53 teams participated in the 5 runner, 26 kilometer relay run. Our team performed splendidly, finishing in the 5th place with the total time 1:54:10.
No more Bolder
As the year comes to an end, so does our time together at Bolder. On monday 2.1.2012 I’ve started at my new job at N2.
Touchscreen project
We are building a rear projection touchscreen hardware/software setup for an art installation. Our group consists of three people: media artist Heidi Tikka, architect Jaakko Pesonen and myself. I will post updates on the stages of the project in this thread.
More about the Virtual Toilet Wall
Here’s the actual concept I mentioned previously, which I posted to the Nokia Ideas Project.
Facebook likes FQL Flash reader
Here’s a small example Flash file for getting the number of likes, shares and mentions of any Url from Facebook, using a FQL http query.
Free lens macro photography
I tried taking some free lens macro photos. I used a 52mm solid lens that I held backwards in front of my Nikon D7000.
Jakob Nielsen – Usability of iPad Apps and Websites
Jakob Nielsen and Raluca Budiu, recently published the 2nd edition of their report on the usability of iPad apps and websites. You can find it online here. The 129 page report uses a set of casestudies to illustrate the dos and … Continue reading
The Use of Storytelling in Music Artist Promotion
I just finished reading Pekka Hartikainen’s thesis: “The Use of Storytelling in Music Artist Promotion”. It’s a study that describes how contemporary musicians are becoming increasingly active and available for their fans, and using storytelling to build their character. Hartikainen … Continue reading
Working full time at Bolder
Starting this monday I’m working full time at Bolder.
Flash font embedding
Having trouble with dynamic font embedding and CSS styles in AS3/Flash CS5?
New website
So I finally redesigned my website. In the new site I wanted to reconsider the focus of the pages. I removed some unnecessary pages and combined others. I also wanted a proper blog section. Perhaps this way I’ll be more … Continue reading
Instant photo annotation
Within the time of two weeks, I’ve heard engineers and researchers in two different conferences (ACM & ICIDS) talking about the importance of annotation and ontologies. In the case of personal photography this would mean adding metadata to pictures about … Continue reading
The Holy Grail of hiding the mouse cursor in OS X
This is perhaps a bit off the topic I’ve set for this page, but… I recently ran into the most surprising problem, one which I couldn’t find a solution to anywhere on the internet. I needed to automatically hide the … Continue reading
Icon taxonomy in interface design
I found this article: A survey of icon taxonomy used in the interface design by Wang Hsiu-Feng, Hung Sheng-Hsiung and Liao Ching-Chih. Which is a good overview and comparison of the different systems that have been suggested for icon taxonomy.
Corporate logos and interface icons
Designing logos for companies has a lot in common with designing interface icons. Specially when it comes to pictorial logos, like those of Apple, Twitter or Lacoste. These logos are recognizable literal images that have been simplified and stylized (Wheeler, … Continue reading
Metaphors and the user interface
I just read this article by Katalin Szabó which “provides a glimpse into the world of metaphors and how they can be used in user interface design”.
