June 2011
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Curation, Community and the Future of News →
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University concludes:
People are clearly overwhelmed by the growing volume and weight of digital content and messaging that they feel compelled to process.
To deal with this, I’ve been very mindful of where I put my attention of late, especially when it comes to my Twitter and Tumblr follows.
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Managing UI Complexity →
Facebook, Capo, and Billings designer Brandon Walkin shares some solid principles of user interface design, with real world examples:
I’ve spent the past year redesigning a particularly complex application with my primary focus being on reducing complexity. In this article, I’ll go over some of the issues surrounding complexity and techniques that can be used to manage it.
“If art is about talking and expressing yourself, interface design is about...”
– Tim Van Damme waxes poetic on ui/ux design.
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“Is there a way to engage in this kind of behavior and not have it be like a rat...”
– Chris Muscarella on mobile phone notifications.
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“Most online experiences are made, like fast food, to be cheap, easy, and...”
– Jonathan Harris, World Building in a Crazy World
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“The realtime web has become a habit. It’s a twitch. I do it without thinking....”
– Dave Pell, Say Hello to My Little Friend
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“A mobile interface is an interface for a moment. The goal isn’t deep...”
– Rands, The Anatomy of a Notification
Serious question: is there a way to engage in this kind of behavior and not have it be like a rat pushing a button for a fix? Is there such a thing as calm ambient awareness that’s not overly tied up in your ego?
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“It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since...”
– Ernest Hemingway
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“The best attitude to have when trying to solve problems is that everything is...”
– Scott Berkun, Problem Solving & Kobayashi Maru
This is something I’ve always applied, naturally. I don’t think anyone taught I to me, it just works.
Cartoons & Forked Reality →
An intriguing back and forth between Frank Chimero and David Cole.
Cartoons & Forked Reality →
An intriguing back and forth between Frank Chimero and David Cole.
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All You Ever Wanted to Know About The Pilcrow: ¶ →
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“Design is a way of life, a point of view. It involves the whole complex of...”
– In 1998, Steven Heller and the School of Visual Arts published Paul Rand: A Designer’s Words, a fantastic collection of Rand quotes, printed by Rand’s favorite printer, Mossberg & Co., typeset by his favorite typesetters, PDR, and produced with his favorite paper, Mohawk Superfine. Only 500...
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CSS3 Text-Decoration →
Well, this was a new one on me. Part of the CSS3 Text spec includes text-underline-position:
With this property, you can control, for example, whether the underline should cross the text’s descenders or not: auto, before-edge, alphabetic and after-edge.
Currently you can use border-bottom to imitate underlined links; however this proposes a more sensible default.
JPEG Optimization: The Fireworks Advantage →
Apparently Adobe Fireworks exports JPEGs about 30%-50% smaller than Photoshop?
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“Invite a motorist for a bike ride through your city and you’ll be cycling with...”
– The Real Reason Why Bicycles are the Key to Better Cities
I can attest to the convincing power of the experiential bike ride. I’ve been biking about 15 miles a day commuting to work since February. Now, at least five more people at work have bought bikes.
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Listenr 1.2 available now! →
Listenr App:
Grab it. Tell your friends. Give me your feedback.
And if you think 1.2 is nice, just wait a week or two. Did somebody say last.fm scrobbling?
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Go grab Listenr app and start...
“The hardest part of software design is neither software, nor design—but culture.”
– Aza Raskin
“I am just doing my life and I don’t like to—fuck—write this. I don’t...”
– My French roommate, Nico, on why he refrains from using Twitter.
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How to Link to Stuff
A demo:
Check out this cool new thing here.
Check out this cool new thing.
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HTML Tidy →
This is the HTML Tidy tool I use. It is especially useful for finding and correcting errors in deeply nested HTML.
Which one do you use?
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Aha! Moments When Learning Git →
Fave: git checkout foo.txt (Undo local changes)
Often forget that you can just target individual files in this way.