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Age of Slang, Idea and Design

By Clay Parker Jones | January 29, 2010

A couple years ago, my friend Don and I had an idea while spending way too long debating the origin of a piece of slang.
The idea:
A crowd-sourced slang dictionary that would let you browse your way back through the history of language’s oddities, define terms, and otherwise waste away a workday. Think Urban Dictionary, but for […]

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The Interwebs Presentation

By Clay Parker Jones | December 9, 2008

The Interwebs
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I’m giving this presentation today at a lunch-and-learn at Hoffman York’s Chicago office. I do a lot of talking about the internet, usually in a really unstructured way (which suits me), and I’m looking forward to seeing how I do with some guidelines. Also, my […]

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Design Features I Like: Large Search Boxes

By Clay Parker Jones | November 4, 2008

I’ve noticed some web design features that I’m digging. Primary among these is the emergence of enormous search and data entry fields on some major sites. Sure, big fonts are a sure-fire Web 2.0 design tactic, but extending larger fonts and larger spaces to data entry fields and buttons just makes sense, and people are […]

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3 reasons why I dig the new Flickr

By Clay Parker Jones | September 22, 2008

I scrolled to the bottom of my Flickr page on my new big monitor, and saw a link.
Psssst! Want a sneak peak at your new homepage?
Um, of course I do.
And this screen came up. It a midi-tastic version of Girl from Ipanema and rained down little Flickr logos with a little message about the redesign. And then the […]

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