May 2010
38 posts
Clients From Hell, the Book!
clientsfromhell:
In December of 2009, Clients From Hell exploded as a cult phenomena of the design industry. Compiled in book form for the first time, this collection brings together the original and hilarious posts that made the blog a hit. On sale this summer. More details to come.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-23) →
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse (15)
Infected Mushroom (14)
Eels (14)
The Raymond Scott Quintette (13)
opiuo (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Using CSS3 Transitions, Transforms and Animation →
WatchProjection on Buildings (by NuFormer Projection)
Steep.it - the simplest internet tea timer EVER →
Introducing the Google Font API & Google Font... →
Today we are excited to announce a collection of high quality open source web fonts in the Google Font Directory, and the Google Font API to make them available to everybody on the web. For a long time, the web has lagged print and even other electronic media in typographic sophistication. To enjoy the visual richness of diverse fonts, webmasters have resorted to workarounds such as baking text...
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Adding CSS3 properties to CSSEdit's...
Today, MacRabbit pushed out the first update for CSSEdit since early 2008, which had me hopeful that they’d updated the automatic syntax completion to match that of Espresso. Alas, I was unsurprised to find that they hadn’t.
After searching Twitter to find out what the actual changes were in 2.6.1, I stumbled upon a link to an article by Andy Ford of Aloe Studios from back in August...
Getting More Out of CSSEdit Part 2: Editing the... →
Namebench: DNS speed benchmark tool →
Namebench hunts down the fastest DNS servers available for your computer to use. namebench runs a fair and thorough benchmark using your web browser history, tcpdump output, or standardized datasets in order to provide an individualized recommendation. namebench is completely free and does not modify your system in any way. This project began as a 20% project at Google.
namebench runs on Mac OS...
CSS3 Effect Generator →
Fantastic tool for generating code for CSS3 gradients, shadows, transforms, text-shadows and text strokes. Definitely one to bookmark.
The Small Print: Writing UI Instructions →
The eyeballing game →
Test your eye for detail!
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-16) →
John Lennon (10)
God Is an Astronaut (9)
The National (8)
Hi-Fi Companions (7)
Vibrasphere (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Triskweline: A new fixed-width font for... →
Triskweline is a fixed-width font especially suited for text editors and programming environments. It was designed for maximum legibility and tidiness and supports all important symbols and Latin-1 characters.
If you’re like me and sick of staring at Courier all day long you will love Triskweline.
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-9) →
Jupiter One (25)
Mono (11)
Joe Hisaishi (11)
Age Of The Fifth Sun (10)
Bluetech (8)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Bluelounge - StudioDesk →
Do we need more domains? (by @baekdal) #opinion →
A Book Apart – HTML5 for Web Designers by Jeremy... →
The HTML5 spec is 900 pages and hard to read. HTML5 for Web Designers is 85 pages and fun to read. Easy choice.
HTML5 is the longest HTML specification ever written. It is also the most powerful, and in some ways, the most confusing. What do accessible, content-focused standards-based web designers and front-end developers need to know? And how can we harness the power of HTML5 in today’s...
Behance Outfitter - Dot Grid Journal →
Just bought a few of these. Shipping is a bit steep to Australia, but they look excellent for sketching and mocks.
Apple Wins Strategic Multitouch Gesturing Patent →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-2) →
65daysofstatic (22)
Joe Hisaishi (21)
Mooncake (20)
RJD2 (18)
Weezer (12)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The Elements of Typographic Style Applied to the... →