Locke in Black by drMikey
(via fuckyeahlost)
Jay Robinson
cares deeply about the web in which we work. Please enjoy.
“Steve Jobs” by Susan Kare.
The Big Lebowski Alignment Chart
So, this[1] has been making the rounds over the past few days.
It’s not wrong[2], but there are a few corrections I’d make:
Walter is Lawful Good. He’s far too rule-bound to be Chaotic.
The Dude is Chaotic Good. While being basically Good, he’s pretty much the definition of Chaotic, bouncing from situation to situation, without any real plan.
The Stranger is True Neutral, as evidenced by the quote chosen. He has no real skin in the entire game.
Update: From off-site, I get a response, “But I’d leave The Dude in the center. He really ties the chart together.” Well, The Dude abides.
“Doing it with ‘Mac’… –or– “I ♥ Susan Kare”
In this television piece on the original Apple Macintosh computer, designer Susan Kare spells out user interface concepts that we take for granted now, e.g. pull down menus described as operating like “window shades”. She also explains how and why the Mac uses rich graphics to communicate with the user “so that there’s no need to translate.” Apple has been light years ahead of the competition ever since. Beautiful footage demoing the Mac OS starts in at about eighteen minutes.
By comparison, note that PC users had to wait until Windows 95 to do something as simple as naming their files with more than eight characters. Why it took the Mac so long to catch on is completely beyond me.
If you’re going to use advanced CSS3 properties, it only makes sense to use them correctly: write them alphabetically and write as if they’ll be adopted.
This virtual party flier, an invitation for an event at SXSW 2010, should keep your Firebug finger busy for a while. The word-art effect, the buildings, the trees, are done entirely in CSS. The only images are avatars and sponsor logos at the bottom. @Font-face fonts provided by Typekit.
David Desandro, designer extraordinaire, has recreated the Opera logo in pure CSS. Beautiful use of CSS3 border-radius and gradients. Works in the big three browsers: Firefox 3.6, Safari 4, or Chrome 5.
