Tag Archives: Design

The Web and Building

On Build­ing As many of the stu­dents in Human­i­ties 340 have come to under­stand, one of the key issues in DH revolves around a con­tin­u­ing effort to define what the dig­i­tal human­i­ties is or are. One aspect of this almost per­pet­ual debate that seems to crop up con­sis­tently is the issue of build­ing. Some stu­dents have […]

POSH Lan­guage

Here is a selec­tion of notable links from the design and web devel­op­ment front. For those work­ing with type on the web, I highly rec­om­mend the fol­low­ing 24 Ways arti­cle writ­ten by Richard Rut­ter: “Com­pose to a Ver­ti­cal Rhythm.” I also rec­om­mend Mea­gan Fisher’s 24 Ways arti­cle“Make Your Mockup in Markup.” Are you explor­ing pro­gres­sive enhance­ment in your designs […]

Kit­Bash­ing

In the modeling/​hobby realm Kit­Bash­ing “is a prac­tice whereby a new scale model is cre­ated by tak­ing pieces out of com­mer­cial kits.” I would imag­ine that in the dig­i­tal human­i­ties, the process of Kit­Bash­ing is equiv­a­lent to hack­ing, remix­ing, and the Mashup. I am work­ing on a hand-​rolled cus­tom theme, but that is sev­eral long weeks away as I do have […]