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Trend Alert? The Navigation/Promotion Hybrid
Lately I’ve noticed some sites cropping up that display promotional elements in their navigation. Bona fide trend? Clever innovation or crime against UI? The jury’s still out…
[Read More]99% Perspiration
Last week I had the good fortune of attending the 99%Conference, hosted by Behance and Cool Hunting. The name comes from Thomas Edison’s saying, “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration” – very appropriate for a conference focused on execution rather than ideas.
Lunch, Tierra-style
MONDAY
Todd:
</lunch>
Jamie:
Todd – you forgot to put your open lunch tag…so the chat looks busted to me
Mike:
That explains why all I see are sandwiches
TUESDAY
Gerard:
<lunch>
</lunch>
Jonah:
<lunch time=”20″ hunger=”3″>
Todd:
that could have all been done with css
Mike:
don’t care what they say, lunch is easier using tables. sammiches fall right through a div.
WEDNESDAY
Todd:
<style type=”text/css”>
lunch { font-weight: bold; color: #000; }
</style>
<lunch>Going to eat</lunch>
Mike:
Can’t wait to see how he closes the block when he gets back …
For the love of ligatures
Wouldn’t the internet be a fancier place if ligatures were a more common sight? Now that I spend most of my waking days looking at a screen, when I actually come across a ligature, it’s downright sexy.
Book Review: “Designing Audiences”
What happens to the way we design when audiences become co-creators? Designing Audiences tackles these questions in the form of a lively round table discussion, making for an enjoyable (and quick) read. How enjoyable? My stars after the jump.
Hey Good Lookin’
Chanel’s iPhone app is so beautiful it must make the angels cry. Amazing fashion photography + video that is cropped & edited to fit to perfection = iPhone bliss.
[Read More]An Historic Night in Infographics
Last night’s election capped off a landmark period in U. S. politics…and visual representations of information. Over the past eighteen months we’ve seen more floating pie charts and interactive maps than you can shake a stick at. My news sources of choice, the New York Times (online) and CNN (broadcast) have outdone themselves at serving [...]
[Read More]An Event Apart Boston via tag cloud
An Event Apart Boston was a good time for designers and developers alike. According to my notes, there was much talk of users and search…
[Read More]How do you stay sharp?
Crosswords? Book club? Reading road signs backwards? Absolutely nothing ’cause you’re naturally brilliant? Do tell.
[Read More]Then & Now
Andy Whitlock’s blog Now in Colour posed a fun, collaborative project for designers – post some images of your work as a student and compare & contrast with your current professional work. I couldn’t resist, so here goes.
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