Author Archives: Thea Kinyon

They were fallible

By Thea Kinyon | Published: April 30, 2010
“What were they?” They were fallible. They were emotional. They were self-centered and self-absorbed and judged every other thing through the lens of their own lives. They hated themselves, each other, me, you – though they never met you. They loved. They killed. They were billions of individuals, and never saw themselves as anything more. [...]
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The imagination mechanism

By Thea Kinyon | Published: March 31, 2010
In which Thea makes sweeping assumptions about religion and human history. Again.
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Why engagement is a sucky goal for a landing page

By Thea Kinyon | Published: March 30, 2010
Problems arise when the "why" of a design differs from the "why" of the project as a whole.
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Better, free way to write content directly on top of any design: FOUND

By Thea Kinyon | Published: March 25, 2010
Thea's personal vendetta against using spreadsheets to write content continues.
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How to use Preview to develop content

By Thea Kinyon | Published: March 18, 2010
Please for the love of god stop using spreadsheets for content development.
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DNA, designer

By Thea Kinyon | Published: March 17, 2010
Whatever project you're working on now has one basic goal in common with DNA.
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A brief metaphorical interlude

By Thea Kinyon | Published: March 17, 2010
The work of Michael Johansson as a metaphor for UXD and interaction design.
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