If there is a well thought-out design standard, it should be followed. In practice, great design comes from great designers. That is empirically the case. If a great designer did a first-rate standard, that model should be followed. Great design is not democratic; it comes from great designers. If the standard is lousy, then develop another standard.

Audience boredom is usually a content failure, not a decoration failure.

We've drifted into this presentation mode without realizing the cost to the content and the audience in the process.

The goal is to provide analytical tools that will last students a lifetime

My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director.

Clutter is not an attribute of information, clutter is a failure of design...fix the design rather than stripping all the detail out of the map.

The idea is that the content is the interface, the information is the interface, not computer-administrative debris.