March 31, 2006
March 30, 2006
Mapplecroft Maps | a highly visual web-based resource which contains detailed country information for over 200 states and maps key social, economic, environmental and political issues and their significance to business and society.
March 28, 2006
Designers must write | Not using language efficiently is negligent and wasteful. It’s something a professional designer should never willingly do; nevertheless, I find that many of us shy away from these tasks, as we don’t feel that they are pure design. It’s sort of that attitude of, “that’s not in my job description”, that seems to keep us from strengthening this capability.
March 27, 2006
March 26, 2006
Yahoo! Design Pattern Library | We are very happy to be sharing our library with the design and development community.
Burning TV | a web-based television channel covering the independent music scene in Sweden. You can view music-videos with new artists and buy their music.
Faithful, sometimes fanatical Apple customers continue to push the boundaries of loyalty | They tattoo Apple's logo on their arm. They help sell Apple products, even though they're not paid to. One couple met at the Macworld Expo conference, got engaged and were married there.
March 25, 2006
March 23, 2006
8 Web Design Warm Fuzzy Feelings | The web design / development world isn’t always fast cars, eating caviar by the kilogram and relaxing on a giant water bed with a harem of concubines. Sometimes you can sit frustrated in front of a computer trying to get things to align, trying to make your site just work properly, for hour upon hour. However, there are also times of sheer elation whereupon you can enjoy a warm, fuzzy feeling (hereon abbreviated to WFF) from the satisfaction of having done something perfectly, or to the highest standard that current technology (or your crippling schedule) will allow. These are 8 of those times, in no particular order…
Shadi Ghadirian | I am a woman and I live in Iran. I am a photographer and this is the only thing I know how to do.
Quiz: How stressed are you? | adapted from one by the Marlin Company and the American Institute of Stress.
20 Rules Of Smart And Successful Web-development | ideas and concepts, which might improve the quality and popularity of your web-sites and provide a good foundation for successful development in the future.
March 21, 2006
March 20, 2006
March 19, 2006
The Truth About DRM and Your MP3 Player’s Battery Life | DRM can cause up to 25% loss of battery life.
March 17, 2006
March 16, 2006
Japander.com | Japander:n.,& v.t. 1. a western star who uses his or her fame to make large sums of money in a short time by advertising products in Japan that they would probably never use. ~er (see synecure, prostitute) 2. to make an ass of oneself in Japanese media.
March 13, 2006
March 12, 2006
March 11, 2006
Interview with William Shatner from 1987 | He's talking about computergames and his problems with the computer.
Perception of Fonts: Perceived Personality Traits and Uses (Usability News, February 2006 Vol. 8 Issue 1) | This study sought to determine if certain personalities and uses are associated with various fonts.
The Visual Dictionary | a collection of words in the real world. Photographs of signage, graffiti, advertising, tattoos, you name it, we're trying to catalogue it.
Rammstein "Mein teil" (Dir. Zoran Bihac) | FYI, each of the members did their own part of the video alone without the others knowing and the concept of each bit was the idea of that member.
March 09, 2006
The Logos of Web 2.0 | There is no official standard for what makes something “Web 2.0”, but there certainly are a few tell-tale signs. Web 2.0 sites nearly always feel open and friendly and often use small chunks of large type. The colors are bright and cheery — lots of blue, orange, and what we jokingly call the Official Color of Web 2.0: lime green.
March 08, 2006
March 07, 2006
Tiny Tokyo Collection | An experiment using photoshop to create the effect of a "tilt shift" lens, a la the photos of Olivo Barbieri.
March 06, 2006
Beer fights heart disease: official | More good news for those of you who like a swift pint or two: beer doesn't just fight cancer and make you clever but also blocks "interferon-gamma-induced chemical processes".
Cruise ship of the sky? | It might look like something from a science fiction movie, but its inventors hope the Aeroscraft concept aircraft represents the future of travel.
The man who hated Pooh | The man whose drawings brought Winnie the Pooh to life spent the last years of his life hating the bear with very little brain.
March 05, 2006
Splash Back | get all of the globs off the screen by pumping certain ones up and taking the rest out.
March 03, 2006
Olive OPUS | a 400GB hard drive that stores up to 1,100 of your CDs in lossless quality, allowing you to conveniently access all your favorite music.
Alien cow abduction | It's a serious probelm. Countless bovines have disappeared from dairy farms everywhere. And the number of missing cows are on the rise.
March 01, 2006
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