January 2012
7 posts
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TypeKit Lists →
TypeKit has curated a number of lists of fonts according to particular characteristics such as, “alternatives to Helvetica” and “Condensed headline fonts.” This is a fantastic resource.
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The Ampersand Collection →
This is definitely Designy Ampersand porn. But hey, when they look this good you won’t find me complaining.
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HTML5 Please →
A comprehensive look at HTML 5 support: when to use and how to make sure you have adequate fall backs in place if necessary.
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Behind the Scenes: The Website Design Process →
Newfangled, a web shop in North Carolina, chronicled the process of building a website for a client diary style.
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Emigre Web Fonts →
You are free to do a celebratory dance at your discretion.
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The Ui Toolkit →
A collection of useful photoshop styles, glyphs, background patterns, ui symbols and more for $8.
December 2011
2 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
She & Him (42)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (19)
M83 (18)
Daft Punk (10)
Cansei de Ser Sexy (5)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Amy Winehouse (44)
Johnny Cash (14)
Eminem (13)
She & Him (11)
The Raveonettes (9)
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November 2011
7 posts
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Little Printer →
I love analog devices that get their guts from the web and Little Printer is a great example.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-27) →
Johnny Cash (38)
The Raveonettes (36)
She & Him (13)
LIGHTS (12)
Zaz (11)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20) →
M83 (31)
The Heavy (27)
The Raveonettes (27)
Buddy Holly (26)
Eminem (18)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13) →
The Raveonettes (42)
Johnny Cash (40)
The Black Keys (27)
Lights (24)
The (International) Noise Conspiracy (18)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-6) →
The Beach Boys (143)
Eminem (55)
Dick Dale (48)
The Black Keys (44)
Johnny Cash (38)
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Georgia Pro & Verdana Pro →
Georgia and Verdana have been impressively extended and are available for use with the Fonts.com Web Fonts service.
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Clutter →
Jared Spool: “Over the years, we’ve learned that users have a different meaning of ‘clutter’ than the designers do. It’s not the visual design the users are reacting to. It’s the actual content.”
October 2011
9 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-23) →
Lights (110)
M83 (81)
Bob Dylan (62)
Buddy Holly (50)
Johnny Cash (32)
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Method & Craft: Pixel Hinting Vectors in Photoshop →
Phil Coffman shows how to pixel hint vector artwork in photoshop.
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Making Faces →
“This fascinating design documentary captures the personality and work process of the late Canadian graphic artist Jim Rimmer (1931-2010).”
Looks like a worthy purchase for any self-respecting type geek.
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How to bring good design to a platform →
Spot on.
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Flint →
Flint is a chat client for Campfire. I’ve used Propane for some time. However, Flint looks delightful enough to give a shot.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-10-9) →
Feist (43)
Wilco (29)
MUTEMATH (29)
Eminem (28)
Owl City (26)
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WaSP InterAct Curriculum →
Web education is a tough task with the fast pace of technology. Great to see WaSP taking the problem head on.
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CSS shaders →
John Nack:
Adobe has collaborated with Apple & Opera and has now submitted the spec to the W3C. The code is checked into WebKit, with this demo recorded using a build of Chromium. In addition Microsoft has added support in the IE10 platform preview.
Welcome to the party, Adobe.
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A Strange Sort of Prison, a Strange Sort of... →
The “Apple strips its users of freedom” argument is so plainly false it’s ridiculous that this even has to be rebuffed. Those who make this argument disrespect our actual freedoms and severely disrespect real threats to and very real infringements of our freedoms.
September 2011
10 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-25) →
Eminem (66)
NEEDTOBREATHE (21)
Future of Forestry (18)
The Blood Brothers (17)
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah (12)
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Guilder, A Limited Edition Condensed Font from... →
Love the font, love the price and love the concept of a “Limited Edition” font. Get yours before it’s gone.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-18) →
Johnny Cash (72)
Eminem (46)
Miles Davis (38)
The Black Keys (17)
Girls (14)
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Feather Icons →
A lovely, beautifully executed, icon set with a retro twist.
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Funktion →
A charming hand drawn typeface from Kyle Steed. Only $29.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-11) →
Buddy Holly (82)
Eminem (56)
Imogen Heap (47)
Johnny Cash (45)
The Rapture (30)
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The Boston Globe →
The new responsive Boston Globe design is a landmark web design. It’s also beautiful enough to bring any self respecting web designer to tears.
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Geomicons →
A fantastic looking icon set.
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Testing on mobile devices without the hardware →
Testing in mobile is difficult.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-9-4) →
Eminem (150)
Buddy Holly (114)
Imogen Heap (31)
The Black Keys (28)
Bob Dylan (18)
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August 2011
8 posts
2 tags
LayerVault →
A simple versioning system for designers. This problem is long over-due for a solution and this looks very promising.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-28) →
Eminem (127)
Buddy Holly (80)
The Civil Wars (37)
Amy Winehouse (22)
Yellow Ostrich (13)
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Target Redesign →
There is a lot to love here.
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Fontdeck: Hyphenation arrives in Firefox and... →
It’s easy to implement, too.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-14) →
Th’ Legendary Shack*Shakers (16)
Thursday (13)
She & Him (13)
Rob Zombie (13)
Amy Winehouse (11)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-7) →
Murder By Death (55)
Buddy Holly (50)
She & Him (39)
B.B. King (23)
Eminem (20)
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The future of CSS layouts →
Great article on how CSS3 addresses page layout.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-31) →
Amy Winehouse (168)
She & Him (32)
Owl City (28)
KT Tunstall (22)
Johnny Cash (19)
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July 2011
11 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-24) →
Murder By Death (99)
Beastie Boys (59)
Eleanor Friedberger (29)
Amy Winehouse (20)
Kate Nash (19)
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Web Typography for the Lonely →
Worth checking out even if you’re not all that lonely.
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The Rise and Fall of the Independent Developer →
Craig Hockenberry on the threat that litigation presents to the independent development community.
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Beast and the Hare →
Restaurants have always been the but of many web designer jokes, the symbol of what happens when users needs are not well considered if at all. This design for Beast and the Hare Restaurant in San Francisco, however, is exactly how it should be done.
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Content Choreography →
Trent Walton on responsive design and workflow.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-10) →
Owl City (87)
Thievery Corporation (25)
Lily Allen (25)
The Black Keys (21)
The Fiery Furnaces (20)
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Noah Stokes: On Tools and Clients →
Noah: “All of these tools are awesome. They make my job infinitely easier. I can’t imagine not having them available but at the end of the day, my clients don’t care what tools I use to get the job done, as long as I get the job done.”