February 2012
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The Apple Voice →
Zach Holman looks at how having a consistent (and accessible) voice in published content is an important part of how you present your product, company, or self.
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June 2010
1 post
Puddle Sharks - Hacked IRL- Culture Jamming... →
This is far too funny.
May 2010
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Me: "I'd like a chorizo burrito."
Server: "Chicken?"
Me: "No, chorizo please."
Server: "...chicken?"
Me: "No, *chorizo*"
(it was right in the end, but GEEZ!)
April 2010
6 posts
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Astonishing Paper Illustration by Yulia Brodskaya →
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Intridea Blog: The Future's Pretty Cool, or Why I... →
Couldn’t agree more.
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US Currency Redesign Concept by Michael Tyznik →
Gorgeous.
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CanvasMol →
Molecules, built using the canvas element.
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March 2010
1 post
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Pro Git - Git's Little Bundle of Joy →
Yet another reason Git is fantastic — bundles!
February 2010
3 posts
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Like, Python →
A Python interpreter to enable you to create fully-function Python code that looks like this:
yo just print like "hello world" bro
Too funny not to share.
I think this means it's finally time for a new...
via tweetiePermalink (from Scraps of Pan
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The Value of Design to Startups →
In light of some of my recent experiences, I am beginning to truly believe that any web-application startup should have a dedicated designer on staff, and from as early on in the development process as possible. They will shape the voice of the product, the experience that your users will have, and basically lay the ground-work for a successful product (if they do their job right, of course)....
January 2010
4 posts
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Keith's Advice →
Keith Robinson has started up his Project 52 writing with a strong start in this article. I agree with most of it, and think that it could even be expanded upon in some areas. Worth a read, for sure.
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Highlight search terms automagically with... →
Nice, real-life, example of how to use the mark tag.
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30+ Useful Free Icon Sets in PSD Format →
Normally I despise the “XX Free Icons” type list, but what caught me about this article was that these icons are being distributed with the PSD files. There are some nice icons in there, and having the raw files are always a great place to learn some new tricks when creating your own (also, why reinvent the wheel? Some of these are nicely built, after all).
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Mail’s Email Aliases, and Complexity Hidden -... →
December 2009
7 posts
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“I’ve been using the internet since before images were supported. I’ve been a...”
– Is Facebook unethical, clueless or unlucky? « The Jason Calacanis Weblog
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Coding Horror: Boyd's Law of Iteration →
Jeff Atwood compares dogfighting to the development process. Solid analogy.
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Bors Blog: I'll see Time and raise them. →
A way for freelancers to make up for the cost of doing business.
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Alex Payne — Criticism, Cheerleading, and... →
I’m always impressed with Alex’s insights on the topics he covers, and this is no exception – a good look at critical thinking, as opposed to negative thinking (or cheerleading).
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Underground Home Designs - Swiss Mountain House... →
I love the design of this house; the transitions from room to room and inside to outside are delightfully organic.
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“If I’m using a @for loop to generate styles I’m doing something very wrong. CSS...”
– Sass isn’t for me — Nathan Borror
November 2009
26 posts
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Internet Vices - Patrick Moberg →
Social networks described as various vices.
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Shinybinary - Art and designs of Nik Ainley →
Absolutely incredible work (the ornamentation is insane!) by Nik Ainley. (via @jontangerine)
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Optimizing asset bundling and serving with Rails -... →
Kyle Neath explains Github’s newly-improved CSS/JS asset bundling.
“$1,000 is very expensive, you know. We only want a simple website with our...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
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Running iPhone Apps in the Foreground →
A proposal for a bit of UX overhaul with regard to the SMS application for the iPhone (this is one of my personal pet peeves with the iPhone, too).
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Log in or sign up? - Leah Culver's Blog →
Clever solution for single-form sign-up/login on an app. (Via Daring Fireball).
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Designing In, Out of, and Around the Box | Unit... →
Really entertaining video clip about the “design process.”
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[mental_floss] The Late Movies: Dogs Welcoming... →
This is a little late to be topical, but I wanted to post it anyway (it’s particularly important to me, having grown up as part of an Army family, and with dogs).
I don’t think I’ve ever seen quite so pure an expression of joy as that of these dogs when reunited with their owners after a long deployment.
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Choose Your Own Adventure →
An absolutely fascinating analysis of the Choose Your Own Adventure genre of books (I had so many of these when I was younger!). And OH MY GOD THE INFOGRAPHICS! Worth reading for the diagrams alone, but the whole article is well worth reading.
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Coca-Cola's sticky new ad campaign →
Velcro posters? Awesome.
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Commerzbank Folds - Brand New →
A really thorough look at the Commerzbank/Dresdner Bank branding merger.
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Deploying to Heroku →
John Barnette covers his deployment cycle when using Heroku (which is pretty awesome in its own right).
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Guimarães JAZZ 2009 posters →
Some really incredible posters for this Jazz festival.
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Note & Point →
If you’re going to do Keynote/Powerpoint presentations, at least make them awesome. This is a site devoted to showcasing well-designed presentations.
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FontShop: 20 Years →
Nice interactive page with tons of info-porn and nicely set type. Not the most intuitive thing I’ve ever interacted with, but easy enough to figure out.
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Coding Horror: Preserving Our Digital Pre-History →
The history of the internet reaches further back than most people realize (well in to the ’80s). Jason Scott is trying to preserve some of that old history. Help him out if you can!
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Google Dashboard →
Google’s (finally) giving us the opportunity to see just how much data they have on us (and, ostensibly, some control over how much they keep track of).
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Why do we have an IMG element? →
The ones that win are the ones that ship.
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The Dodge Viper Symbol [PIC] →
Inverted, it looks like Daffy Duck!
Now that’s all I see when I look at it. Ha!
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Pfizer Moves Pforward - Brand New →
Siegel+Gale has done a brand overhaul for Pfizer, and they do a tremendous job of it. I really like the dotted type/illustrations that they’re looking at implementing (scroll to the bottom).
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How To Use An Apostrophe - The Oatmeal →
My new favorite site!
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Phil Coffman on iPhone Photography →
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Coding Horror: Revisiting "The Fold" →