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Writing Program

malakhi — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:57:33 +0000

Since its founding in 2001, the Writing Program has endeavored to help BU undergraduates acquire writing and communication skills and more general habits of mind essential both to their full participation in the intellectual life of the university and to their future personal, professional, and civic lives

Pretty Forms

Bob Holt — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:18:18 +0000

If you haven’t seen the signup form on Jeremy Keith’s Huffduffer, go there now. I’ll wait.

Pretty, isn’t it?

Not only does it look good, but evidence suggests that it is more effective than traditional box-filled forms.

Maybe it’s time to start thinking about other ways to present form fields. Not just text fields, but dropdowns, checkboxes, and radio buttons as well.

Happy Friday

malakhi — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:42:15 +0000

Infographic Coins

Bob Holt — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:05:45 +0000

Petitinvention has some designs for infographic coins (found via beginbeing). I would be very happy if this were the currency of the future:

International Programs

malakhi — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:03:12 +0000

BU International Programs offers an unmatched variety of academic and internship programs in more than 30 cities on six continents. Every year, students from Boston University and over 150 other colleges and universities nationwide enjoy the opportunity to study language, liberal arts, fine arts, science, business, engineering, or pursue an internship.

Helicopters in the office

malakhi — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:17:38 +0000

From Brookstone.

Humanities Foundation

malakhi — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:05:34 +0000

The Future of Designed Content

Bob Holt — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:17:13 +0000

Robin over at Snarkmarket has put together a nice post advocating the use of designed content and runs through the mental exercise of imagining if an online magazine like Gawker implemented this approach.

Needless to say, we like this idea.

Fun + Pretty

bhawkins — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:16:08 +0000

soytuaire.labuat.com

Take a Seat

bhawkins — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:43:54 +0000