February 2009
20 posts
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Webby →
A lovely little Ruby publishing system for creating more-or-less static websites and publishing them to a server from your desktop. Textile support and much more. I like it.
Web Usability - Source Order, Skip links and... →
One does not
throw that sort of things at the very highly respected Tantek
Çelik...
– ENOUGH from Daniel Glazman on 2009-02-20 (www-style@w3.org from February 2009), in which Internet commoners get schooled on how to talk to their betters. Don’t mind that sound, it’s just me gagging on a spoon.
The Cost of Accessibility — All in the head →
A nice rant, encapsulating everything that has troubled me about 280 North’s Cappuccino framework since I first spotted it.
Gems of Unnoticed Problems | UI and us →
On the UI decisions behind the new OXO easy measuring cup. We’ve got one and it’s great. Via Daring Fireball.
30 Essential Controls →
Requested Reading Recommendations — School of... →
Cruise Elroy →
A blog about video game music. Via Waxy.
Daily Heller by Steven Heller - Orange You Sad . .... →
I’d never even heard of the Tropicana brand (US-only, natch) but this redesign is horrible.
Gnomonology →
Tutorials and textures for CG artists.
Hard Surface Texture Painting →
Nice texture mapping tutorial.
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Steampunk Keyboards →
Yeah, I love the retro-techno. So sue me. Oh wait, don’t.
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Mac OS help and tips: Adding GD library for Mac OS... →
Useful advice (and the lack of built-in GD on Leopard’s PHP is a head-scratcher).
DesignAday - Truism →
“Broken gets fixed. Shoddy lasts forever”
Too true.
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Coyle's InFormation: Google Book Search is NOT a... →
Collecting links to explore the Google Books problems.
Five Simple Steps →
It’s coming out today. I CAN NOT WAIT.
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Brand New's best and worst logo redesigns of 2008 →
Some doozies here! I love the best/worst use of a circle.
Theming Tumblr
matthewb:
Over the past couple of weeks I created a custom theme for Tumblr, which you can see here if you’re reading this post via the Tumblr Dashboard or RSS.
I’ll be theming the hell out of this Tumblr. Eventually.
The technical story of Muxtape
tlvx:
Muxtape is “a minimalist platform for bands to promote their music”. That minimalist approach encompasses more that just aesthetics. It also informs our technical decisions, architecture, and the tools we use. Minimalism isn’t about doing less as much as it is about doing as little as needed. The more specific your goals the easier it is to say yes and no at the right times. Our goal is...