http://www.metafilter.com/tags/DouglasBowman Posts tagged with 'DouglasBowman' at MetaFilter. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:35:45 -0800 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:35:45 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/80168/Bowman%2Dquits%2DGoogle <blockquote>I’m thankful for the opportunity I had to work at Google. I learned more than I thought I would.... But I won’t miss a design philosophy that lives or dies strictly by the sword of data.</blockquote> And with that <a href="http://stopdesign.com/">Douglas Bowman</a>, the great <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/En/An_Interview_With_Douglas_Bowman_of_Wired_News">web designer</a> and <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/slidingdoors/">CSS guru</a> whose hiring was <a href="http://www.37signals.com/svn/archives2/googles_best_acquisition_to_date_doug_bowman.php">considered a big coup</a> three years ago, <a href="http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/03/20/goodbye-google.html">quits Google</a> for <a href="http://gawker.com/5169099/twitter-claims-valley-crown-by-poaching-googles-top-designer">Twitter</a>. (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/user/250">MeFi's own</a>) Joe Clark <a href="http://blog.fawny.org/2009/03/19/google-antidesign/">approves</a>. Bowman also confirms the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/business/01marissa.html">"41 shades of blue"</a> story is true -- Google can't decide on one shade of blue to use on the site, so they're experimenting with 41. <small><a href="http://www.zeldman.com/2009/03/20/41-shades-of-blue/">(via Zeldman)</a></small> tag:metafilter.com,2009:site.80168 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:35:45 -0800 css depature douglasbowman goodbyetoallthat google resignation twitter webdesign dw http://www.metafilter.com/27921/Applecom%2Dto%2Dbe%2Dredesigned%2Dby%2DZeldman%2DBowman <a href="http://www.macminute.com/2003/08/27/apple">Apple.com to be redesigned by Zeldman, Bowman</a> Apple has contracted Jeffrey Zeldman of Happy Cog Studios and Douglas Bowman of Stopdesign to collaborate on a redesign of the company's Web site. Congratulations! tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.27921 Wed, 27 Aug 2003 19:55:50 -0800 Apple Bowman DouglasBowman JeffreyZeldman redesign website Zeldman dilokiam