February 2008
$1 Image Stabilizer For Any Camera - Lose The... →
“Wide is the new drop shadow”
– SimpleBits ~ Gridlasticness
January 2008
Watch (via TED | Talks | Bill Strickland: Rebuilding America, one slide show at a time (video))
“If you’re writing online, forget everything you were tortured by in high...”
– Seth’s Blog: Just say it
The Autumn of the Multitaskers →
Multitasking is dumbing us down and driving us crazy… Via John Gruber
“54 percent of those surveyed believed e-mail had a negative impact on their...”
– The productivity paradox | Perspectives | CNET News.com
“It’s really just a big thing falling on the ground that we want to make...”
– Large spy satellite could hit North America - Space- msnbc.com
“make the clever stuff invisible”
– Mark Boulton on the BBC Redesign
“To Clinton, the Presidency is more about achieving goals than about transforming...”
– The Political Scene: The Choice: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
“Your most intuitive, meaningful, and devastatingly clever design is worthless —...”
– A Brief Message: Gone in Sixty Seconds (or Less)
BBC NEWS: Turning the spotlight on Brazil’s hidden... →
“The US government says a spy satellite has lost power and propulsion and could...”
– Twitter / Breaking News Alerts:
Yahoo! Media Player →
The Yahoo! Media Player enhances your web site or blog by creating an embedded player for each audio link. All the links can be played with one click, turning the page into a playlist. This is done by adding our JavaScript to your page.
RECORDS 101 - a photoset on Flickr →
101 reasons to love staying indoors on cold, winter days. (See also: 101 reasons to hate life when you move!)
Tabulate · Inventive Labs Gadgets →
Tabulate brings the convenience of ‘open in new tab’ to Safari on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
“Approaching design solely as style and brand simply perpetuates the notion of...”
– Core77 - Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire: Life lessons from consulting to academia, then back again
hulu: Invites via Tech Crunch →
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Pagination 101 - KuraFire Network →
the basic principles of good pagination
ui/ux - a photoset on Flickr →
Another wonderful online collection of User Interface treatments for your reference. This one is by Sockyung ‘Sox’ Hong.
“A vote for the Clintons is giving up on our greatness.”
– $100 to Obama (Scripting News)
EveryBlock: A news feed for your block. →
Overcoming blankcanvasphobia →
5. Begin in grayscale. […] Beginning a design monochromatically forces one to focus on three things: hierarchy, typography and the content these two design principles represent. Pierre Bonnard, French painter in the early 20th century, describes it better than I: Color does not add a pleasant quality to design, it reinforces it.
Last.fm – the Blog · Free the Music →
As of today, you can play full-length tracks and entire albums for free on the Last.fm website.
“If you’re a designer, […] it is simply not enough to be highly competent...”
– Design View / Andy Rutledge - Falling Down
Study: Bush, aides made 935 false statements in... →
The study says Bush made 232 false statements about Iraq and former leader Saddam Hussein’s possessing weapons of mass destruction, and 28 false statements about Iraq’s links to al Qaeda. Honestly, was this not pretty obvious from the get go? I’m glad people are running studies and coming out with these book, we need these books for history. But my question is, did people honestly buy...
What to do if you’re laid off in 2008 recession «... →
“What he did may affect you every once in awhile, but it’s daily the...”
– You Better Have the Day Off
Dallas suburb bans rentals by illegal immigrants →
America, F**k yeah!! We knew we can always count on Texas to be on the cutting edge of oppression and bigotry. Go make us proud now, ya’ hear!
“let’s be clear — Bill Clinton is spreading demonstrably false...”
– Political Punch
“when you dumb stuff down, you know what you get? Dumb customers.
And (I’m...”
– Seth’s Blog: Dumbing down
“We live in a layered world now. Those that plan and plan and then launch are...”
– Seth’s Blog: Layering
Slusho! - You Can't Drink Just Six. →
