Back in civilization again. (Granted, my parents have satellite TV, and there is internet access -- albeit slow access -- so it's not like I was really "roughing it" up there.)
Have gone and made Opera my default web browser, after using Internet Explorer for the last few years. Have quickly discovered:
- I had an awful lot of passwords stored as cookies in IE which I now have to try and wrack my brain to remember (or use those "forgot password?" forms)
- Blogger's interface is all screwy in Opera, so I've had to open IE again to make this post
There's an interesting article over on Boxes and Arrows:
The Designers? Outpost: Capturing and Interacting with Design HistoryI'm inclined to agree -- nothing beats pen and paper as the quickest way to get the ideas out of your brain and into the world.
"In a high-tech field like web design, we might expect to find computer-savvy practitioners accomplishing all their work with the click of the mouse and a stroke of the keyboard. However, in our studies of the early stages of web design, we found that good ol? pens, paper, walls, and tables were the primary creative tools."