Sarah Allen's WeblogSarah Allen's reflections on internet software and other topicsadventures in technicolor- July 6, 2008 In 1938, Technicolor founder Herbert Kalmus spoke about the history of color in film: Technicolor Adventures in Cinemaland (via Sound and Color). It was intriguing, although unsurprising, to read of the many technical hurdles to introducing color in film; however, I had never realized that were objections by some to the aesthetic value of color. When Douglas Fairbanks sought to film The Black Pirate in color, he spoke about the resistance in the industry to this new technology: "This...http://www.ultrasaurus.com/sarahblog/archives/000462.html application personality- July 4, 2008 Martijn van Welie has a good perspective on emotional design: the behavior of an application causes us to project a personality onto it. Some examples from his post: Applications that throw windows promptly in my face are rough where as windows that fade onto the screen are far more graceful. An application that keeps on telling me about things I don't understand such as error codes, format errors, compatibility issues is obviously more busy with itself rather than assisting me. A bit selfish...http://www.ultrasaurus.com/sarahblog/archives/000461.html |