Omar L. Gallaga writes about technology culture for the Austin American-Statesman. He's worked for more than nine years at the Austin American-Statesman and edited Technopolis, the newspaper's personal tech section, and ¡ahora sí!, Austin's Spanish-language newspaper. He's been a writer and performer with Austin's award-winning Latino Comedy Project and is a contributing writer for Television Without Pity, MSNBC.com's books section and The Almost Late Show with Bobby Bones. He writes a comic strip, "Space Monkeys!" with his brother, Pablo, and lives in New Braunfels with his wife and three technologically savvy cats.
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By Omar Gallaga
| Friday, March 7, 2008, 03:28 PM
Facing off against the hordes, one of the first readings of the Interactive festival was Jason Beaird, presenting ideas from his book, “The Principles of Beautiful Web Design.”
It was a short presentation and the author seemed a little nervous, speeding through the principles of building an entire Web site in less than a half hour. But Beaird knows his stuff — he quickly sped through the creation of a travel site and highlighted the things a good Web designer must think about: color palettes, texture, supporting graphics, the rule of thirds.
The resulting site was lovely, and if the turnout was any indication — the cafe-style seating of the Day Room was full to capacity, creating a standing-room-only situation in the back — the festival is off to a robust start.
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