Frank Chimero: The Web's Grain

I think I’m a little too young to understand the nostalgia toward that noise. I don’t remember it.



wonder diminishes with experience



Make something big—like the internet—digestible



meditation to revitalize after burn-out



profundity does not come from complexity



metaphors are not needed, listen to the subject



consistencies are good; shows successful design patterns



David Hockney’s photo collages are very beautiful and their use as an example of responsive design is interesting



edgelessness leads to collaboration and interconnectedness



This is the paragraph where it all clicked for me: “Remember the Hockney photos? The size of what we’re making is unknown until we know what we’re putting there. So, it’s better to come up with an arrangement of elements and assign them to a size, rather than the other way around. We need to start drawing, then put the box around it.”



constellation of technology



the design of the website (the long scroll, divided paragraphs, and alternating appearance) made it very easy to follow the text and stay focused.