December 2009
41 posts
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President Obama, It's Time To Fire the TSA -... →
We’re just one bad burrito away from the TSA forcing passengers to choke back an Imodium and a Xanax before being hogtied to our seats.
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The Speculative Prehistory of the... →
Interesting read. Pretty much nobody predicted the iPhone correctly. I’m hoping whatever tablet Apple creates will similarly blow everybody away.
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jQuery Roundabout →
Pretty slick jQuery plugin.
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Internet Explorer 9 to support CSS3 →
I certainly hope this is true…
Anti Tables is a unique website development website that teaches you about everything website development but also teaches you about a very…
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Lifehacker - The Road to Happiness in Your Work... →
indeed.
via http://lifehacker.com/5280491/the-road-to-happiness-in-your-work-lies-in-the-hooray-zone
Cool Stuff: Adrian Pavic’s What’s Under Your Mask?... →
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Make Your Mockup in Markup →
We aren’t designing copies of web pages, we’re designing web pages.
Andy Clarke, via Quotes on Design
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Scott Teplin’s Alphabet City →
Artist Scott Teplin has created this superb series of 26 letterpress dream-houses, each designed from the letters of the alphabet: Alphabet City. The prints are $80 each, and the entire…
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Learn To Fucking Spell | I Am Paddy →
Paddy Donnelly, an Irishman in Belgium who really lives on the Internet. A web designer, illustrator and blogger who co-created The Big Word Project.
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I Park Like An Idiot - You suck at parking! Let... →
Haha, what a great idea.
Let everyone know that you know you park like an idiot.
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Why I think Mongo is to Databases what Rails was... →
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Get Uncommon: custom iPhone cases. →
Cool stuff from Plural and a handful of other great designers.
Starting today, you can get a custom design from getuncommon.com for you iPhone/iPod/Blackberry. You can upload your own designs, or you can choose from over 150 designs Plural made (more to come!), as well as great pieces from artists everywhere including Jill Bliss, Phunk Studios, David Ellis, Christopher Lee, and tons more.
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★ PastryKit →
This is a great move by Apple. Really hoping this takes off!
One of the recent themes here has been the topic of iPhone OS web apps — apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch that are…
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Design with Intent - design mind on GOOD - GOOD →
How designers can influence behavior—and why they should.
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The Organic-Shelf Office - Workspaces - Lifehacker →
Do Want.
You’d have a tough time finding a workspace with a more seamless integration of greenery than today’s featured workspace.
Droplr • Hello →
Droplr is the best way to share files from your Mac on the internet. Period.
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Color of the Year →
Pantone has just announced that PANTONE® 15-5519 Turquoise is the Color of the Year for 2010. I gather that they are predicting its heavy saturation throughout the fashion and interior…
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swissmiss | TeuxDeux: A simple, designy, to-do... →
Yes, ANOTHER to-do app. Nicely designed though.
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PHOTO: Meetings: The practical alternative to... →
mmmmmm….Donuts…
Meetings: The practical alternative to work. (via Ariel)
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Forms inspiration from a tank of water, paint, and... →
Oil and water don’t mix and, it turns out, neither does paint; which is lucky for us, as we then get to see the wickedly beautiful forms captured by Sydney-based photographer Mark Mawson.
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The First Snow, Canon 7D →
Wow, the 7D shoots some damn fine video.
I looked out the window late this afternoon to see the rain turned to snow—-so I grabbed the 7D and fired away. Shot with the…
Step one is admitting you have a problem -... →
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How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell - The... →
Hilarious.
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Continuity: A Flash Puzzle Platformer →
Wow. this is really fun.
Continuity is a sliding-tile puzzle platformer developed as a student project.
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Workspace: Parliament Design, Portland →
Damn, that’s a beautiful workspace!
I just got back from Portland tonight, I had a great time up there, thanks to…
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15 Things Worth Knowing About Coffee - The Oatmeal →
Highly entertaining illustrated history of my favorite bean.
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New Yorker: Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood on the... →
From several months ago but still worth a read. The magazine’s music critic Sasha Frere-Jones interviews Greenwood on the quality limitations of today’s dominant music delivery format.
Why Introverts Can Make The Best Leaders -... →
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Relogik →
I really enjoy how Relogix rethinks the things that become so common. Sometimes it’s not about reinventing the wheel, rather it’s always been about making the wheel better.
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Highcharts - Interactive JavaScript charts for... →
This looks very cool. Too bad I don’t have a use for charts at the moment.
Giles Bowkett: Blogs Are Godless Communist... →
Wow, what a rant! Nice.
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How I Hire Programmers →
I agree with all of this.
There are three questions you have when you’re hiring a programmer (or anyone, for that matter): Are they smart? Can they get stuff done? Can you work…
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Seth's Blog: Is it too late to catch up? →
Don’t have any meetings about your web strategy. Just do stuff. First you have to fail, then you can improve.
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mezzoblue § Chalkwork Information Management... →
I had no idea Dave Shea had created such nice icon sets.
mezzoblue: a weblog by dave shea, a web designer in vancouver, b.c., canada.
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The iPhone on T-Mobile: Why not? →
I would sign up with T-Mobile in a heartbeat. Sounds like I’d need a new iPhone though…
When AT&T’s exclusive hold on the iPhone ends, maybe it will be T-Mobile and not Verizon…
Stop building lame business application - Brad's... →
Sound advice.
Like Google Wave for Developers: Real-Time,... →
Collaborative code editing FTW! This could be really really useful…
Our startup-minded readers may remember Mike Trotzke, our good friend who, with a little help from his good…
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Google Dumps Gears for HTML5 →
This is a huge win for HTML5. Nice!
It’s official: Google is ditching its homegrown Gears offline web app API in favor of backing HTML5 for the win. Now that the Chrome browser is…
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What does browser testing mean today? | Stuff and... →
Reinforcing the need for webkit to become the default rendering engine everywhere…
It is not a web designer/developer’s job to fix or improve a browser. That is a browser developer’s job, plain and simple. Not only is it impractical and uneconomical to attempt to make a site look visually identical across browsers, it also discourages browser makers from improving or to implement...
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How to get an unbelievable, thrilling deal on new... →
Buy them online. I just bought a pair online for $100 with high index lenses compared to nearly $500 at a local shop. If this works out, I’ll be a happy man.