Author: Daniel Pradilla

I'm an Engineer and my main objective is to help people solve real world problems using readily available technologies. I've been doing it since I was a kid.

Stop punishing your users and learn some design fundamentals

One thing that never ceases to amaze me is how bad in-house enterprise applications look and behave: clashing color combinations, buttons that don’t respond to clicks, messy forms, elements that look like links but aren’t, inconsistent non-standard controls, no user feedback whatsoever, ugly reports, you know the drill. It’s even more incredible how the poor… Continue reading Stop punishing your users and learn some design fundamentals

The Master Presenter at work

Don Melton about watching Steve Jobs rehearse before the launch of Safari: Most of the time during those rehearsals, Ken and I had nothing to do except sit in the then empty audience and watch The Master Presenter at work – crafting his keynote. What a privilege to be a spectator during that process. At… Continue reading The Master Presenter at work

Dibujando el mundo a mano

En el Gletschergarten de Lucerna, entre antiguos mapas, maquetas y relieves de los Alpes suizos, encontramos una exposición de Ueli Läuppi, un cartógrafo local que se ha dedicado a dibujar y colorear mapas a mano, usando una proyección particular que destaca una meticulosa representación de las montañas. No contento con eso, Läuppi ha trasladado su… Continue reading Dibujando el mundo a mano