Brian Dys

Category: Updates

  • Metro Manila Roadway Tablet – Launched

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    After weeks of design planning and working late nights, Metro Manila Roadway Tablet has launched during the Metro Manila Traffic Management Summit on February 14, 2014. Our website’s purpose is to inform the general public (especially those living in Metro Manila) of each project’s status and important information.

  • Week-links 1: Feb 17 – 21, 2014

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    Trello https://trello.com/ Trello is the fastest, easiest way to organize anything, from your day-to-day work, to a favorite side project, to your greatest life plans. I’m trying this out for short-range project management – to-do lists and assignments – Trello answers all that. Scout http://mhs.github.io/scout-app/ Scout is a cross-platform app that delivers the power of…

  • International Red & MMDA

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    International Red Design Studio has partnered with MMDA to provide you with the latest information on current and upcoming Metro Manila roadway constructions. We’re talking about interconnected infrastructures that will be worth the hurly burly traffic jam the constructions will cause. So to all passengers out there – whether you’re a commuter or a backseat…

  • Mini-FFC #16 – Thoughts

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    1st Topic: Dealing with Clients Speaker: Rina Malonzo Listen to client needs – identify the real problem Charge with eyes open – learn the product life cycle and the work involved Set expections – be realistic, under promise and over deliver Build trust – tell the truth, don’t disappear, failure isn’t an option Tell clients…

  • 2014 Resolute Resolution #2

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    In meetings, only involve persons who can say a thing or two about your agenda.

  • 2014 Resolute Resolution #1

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    Keep meetings under 1 hour.

  • The Two Pizza Rule by Jeff Bezos

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    If a team couldn’t be fed with two pizzas, it was too big.

  • Designing thru the display

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    In my experience as a designer (both for print and web), I’ve come to differentiate my approach to each medium in terms of spatial measurements. For print, all I needed to measure are the margins, in inches–and it’s all “what looks good” from there. For web, everything must be pixel-calculated–the margin, padding, distance from each…

  • Center-align lists

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    It’s easy to center-align a bunch of text: [code lang=”html” title=”HTML”] <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</p> [/code] [code lang=”css” title=”CSS”] p {text-align:center;} [/code] But how do you center-align a list such as a ul or an ol with children set as inline (or side by side)? Simply set the parent (ul) to…

  • Design principle #1: set defaults

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    Avoid making the user choose from too many options. Do: set default options for users to choose from–ideally the most common and provide a way for them to choose what is not initially presented. Avoid: presenting a wide array of options that the interface gets cluttered and the users confused on which to choose. Choose…