March 2011
22 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-3-27) →
Eminem (54)
She & Him (52)
The Strokes (40)
Florence + the Machine (38)
The Raconteurs (28)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Toffee-nosed →
Ethan Marcotte:
“The moral here is that you should tailor the approach to the project, and put the polemic aside. Because nobody knows your project, your audience, better than you do. Anyone who suggests otherwise is committing a different kind of fallacy.”
Hear, hear.
Chartwell →
Chartwell uses OpenType features to draw infographics.
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Photoshop Tip: Organizing Layers →
Super handy tip for Photoshop junkies.
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“Cure for the Common Font” — A Web Designer’s... →
Audio and slides from the SXSWi panel that features Stephen Coles, Frank Chimero, Tiffany Wardle and Jason Santa Maria.
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Where Web Typography Goes to Next →
Slides, notes and audio from Richard Rutter’s talk at SXSWi.
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Why "Clean" Isn't Such a Dirty Word For Designers →
My take is that when discussing design you need to constantly ask why and how. “Clean” isn’t a dirty word, but it is also very broad. Take that broad stroke and dissect it to get the best feedback.
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That Squiggle of the Design Process →
Brilliant.
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Firefox 4 →
Out of beta. Go get your copy.
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A Brief History of Title Design →
Wonderful composition.
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Gangsta Lorem Ipsum →
Fo’ shiz.
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NYTimes: Netflix Is Said to Be Close to Acquiring... →
Those old media walls are crumbling.
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CSS Floats 101 on A List Apart →
Noah Stokes: “Using the float property can pad your layout technique toolbox in some very cool and responsive ways. Understanding how they work and the principles by which they behave will give you a solid foundation for using floats effectively.”
Floats are one of those things that are a difficult concept to grasp, especially for beginners. A solid understanding of how they work is...
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You are listening to Los Angeles →
The smooth sounds of the LAPD set over ambient music.
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HTML5 Input Tests →
Many of these you can start incorporating with an eye towards future adoption, but there are certainly many mines you can trip over. Caution would be advised.
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Method & Craft →
A new blog highlighting design tips and tricks from some very talented individuals like Dan Mall, Naz Hamid, Phil Coffman, Matthew Smith and Jesse Bennett-Chamberlain.
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Will to Survive →
Eye of the tiger.
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IE6 Countdown →
The fantastic thing about this countdown is that it’s actually done by Microsoft.
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Mozilla's Web O'(pen) Wonder →
Mozilla Firefox 4 demos. The lovely design and development is by Weightshift.
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Show me kittens →
Kittens, whenever you want.
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Laura Brunow Miner: Why We Work →
From the very first San Francisco Creative Mornings.
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Happy Cog Hosting →
Now available to the public.