Interfaces are Made of Words

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Interfaces are made of words Carl Collins

Carl is likely to curse.He apologizes inadvance if you areoffended by his lackof decorum.

Prelude.

Carl Collins @carlrcAt a big digital agency.

“ Great stories happen to those who can tell them.”- Ira Glass

Interfaces areMade of Words

WordsDesign

Words CodeDesign

IllustrationsHabitsLettersTiming

illustrationsBreathless.

“ I’m sorry this letter is so long, I didn’t have time to write a short one.”- Anton Chekov

“ Short bursts of text are highly addictive, like wordcrack.”- Erika Hall

illustrationsTonalities.

From Hugh MacLeod at gapingvoid.

The key to good writing is not that magical glass ofBordeaux, the right kind of tobacco or that groovybackground music. The key is focus. What you need towrite well is a spartan setting that allows you to fullyconcentrate on your text and nothing but your text.Many professional writers use SimpleText or Texteditbecause these are the only writing programs that aretotally distraction free. But text editors are not perfect.That’s why we made Writer.

illustrationsStringing Usalong.

howbigreally.com

illustrationsFormalities.

illustrationsEtc.

“ You get the skills you use.”~ Spencer Thursfield

HabitsKeep the CarRunning.

From Hugh MacLeod at gapingvoid.

HabitsWho is doingthe talking?

Hello HeadCopywriter,let’s be Friends.

Hey, MarketingDirector, Um,I’m a little lost.Can you Help Me?

WordsDesign

LettersWords aremade of Letters.

“ Web Design is 95% typography”- Oliver Reichenstein

6 diﬀerent pe treatments.

LettersReadability.

“ Iterating on optimal reading solutions.”- Craig Mod

“ Typography is a beautiful group of letters, not a group of beautiful letters.”- Matthew Carter

Dear Designer,How would youDo this?

IllustrationsHabitsLettersTIMING

Words Code

TIMINGGRoundHog Day.

TimINGget OveraWkward.

Engineer,Engineer,What canwe do?

RemAINDERS.

WordsDesign

Words CodeDesign

“ All of us who do creative work...we get into it because we have good taste.”- Ira Glass

CONTAINS ATLEAST ONEACTIVITY.

http://bit.ly/hoQ24h

Alright.That’s Enoughout Of Me.

Thanks.

You’re THe Best.

postscriptPoints ofReference.

Punctationby Brendan Dawes

cadence & Slang by Nick Disabato

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http://200.75.54.11:8081	2
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Interfaces are Made of Words

by Carl Collins on Apr 02, 2011

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