Anonymous Pro
I've been using Anonymous Pro for a week or so now and couldn't be happier. Writing code has never been more elegant. Did I mention that it's free?
June 30, 2009
June 16, 2009
A New Working Library
A Working Library redesigned. Check out that drop cap. (via Kristina Halvorson on Twitter)
June 10, 2009
Improve Your Interface with Microcopy
A great article from Bokardo Design on copy-writing for interface improvements.
June 8, 2009
Habari: What It Is
Chris J. Davis on what Habari is and what it isn't. Habari seems to be even more powerful than I thought previously, good to know! (via Will Wilkins on Twitter)
May 27, 2009
Beautiful Hand-painted Letters
A quick story of finding the man behind beautiful hand-painted signage in Amsterdam. (via Ministry of Type)
May 22, 2009
Must Read
Be a great communicator, a skilled practitioner, an effective thinker – a designer.
May 22, 2009
Excellent Portfolio
Daniel Mall's portfolio is a great example to study (and fantastic in general). For instance, notice how when one of the input fields in the contact form becomes active the form doesn't disappear when your mouse moves outside of it. (via Cameron Moll on Twitter)
May 1, 2009
Center CSS Menus Elegantly
Finally! A simple, elegant way to center CSS navigation (tabs, lists, menu links, etc.). I've been looking for a solution like this for years. (via Maxvoltar)
April 30, 2009
Design Paradox
Ten Graphic Design Paradoxes from Design Observer is a good read on how to be a better, more professional designer. (via Cameron Moll)
April 28, 2009
Sketch Thumbnails
Check out this two page spread of sketches by Rob Weychert. (Part of the Pretty Sketchy Flickr pool.)
April 27, 2009
Communicating Information
Some very clear, practical tips on info-graphics and communicating. I found number two and three to be particularly helpful. (via Andy Rutledge)
April 23, 2009
Disco Web
Brian Fling from Fling Media thinks about what's next on the web. This article is almost a year old but I still found it to be relevant. Most interesting to me was the comparison of Web 2.0 to Disco music.
"I sometimes wonder if the web of today is like disco or grunge music: it ...
April 16, 2009
Twitshirt
Twitshirt, a website that lets you put tweets on a shirt, launched today. Designed by Airbag Industries, the site is top notch. I'm especially fond of the navigation design. (via Simplebits on Twitter)
April 15, 2009
Criticism
I'm a bit late on this one, but Dear Designer, You Suck by Khoi Vinh is definitely worth a read.
Refresh Louisville
April 13, 2009
April 9, 2009
The Business of Creativity
Design Business Review looks very promising. Purchased. (via Andy Rutledge)
March 26, 2009
Twiggy Navigation
Check out the navigation on the site for Twiggy, a mobile widget designed and developed by Carsonified.
March 24, 2009
Large Drop-Down Menus
A good read on the usability of "mega" drop-down menus from Jakob Nielson. In short, regular drop down menus continue to cause usability problems, however larger and more detailed drop down menus perform very well. (via Playground Blues)
Improve Your Typography with PHP
March 19, 2009
March 17, 2009
A Site Worth Exploring
You may already follow Thomas Silkjær at The Undersigned, if so you've probably already seen his redesign that he did in January. However, if the site is new to you I would highly encourage you to go explore it.
Everything is masterfully accomplished, from the colors to the layout to the interaction (and even how ...
March 13, 2009
Information Overload?
John (from I Love Typography) instructs us to not drink the river.
March 5, 2009
New Site for nclud
nclud has redesigned their site. Very nice! Love the homepage layout, especially how they feature their work. (Via Aaron Boeving on Twitter, on a side note, Aaron has a really great site as well.)
New Work
February 13, 2009
February 9, 2009
Three Nice Sites
I came across three sites this morning via CSS Mania and Web Creme that I thought were worth sharing: Cynosura, LegiStyles and Letter Llama.
February 3, 2009
Social Book Worms
Readernaut, Nathan Borror's social network for people who love to read, is now open to everyone. Go experience one of the best interfaces on the web.
January 30, 2009
Web Visions
Eric on the future of the web. (Hint: It's small.)
Again, it's not unimaginable wealth we desire, but the freedom to do as we wish. So we don't need a VC, or funding, or an exit to be successful. We just have to build neat stuff that a few people use so that we can ...
January 22, 2009
Positioning User Interface
37signals has a good write-up on the minutiae of interface design. They make a great point towards the end about UI stability:
UI elements should feel like furniture. They should stay where they are and remain fixed and solid unless the user specifically picks them up and operates on them.
January 14, 2009
Distractions
Contrast on killing distractions. Related, over the past year I have found myself less willing to read longer blog and news articles, or even more complex writing in general. It's actually quite alarming. So remedying that is going to be an intentional effort this year; to take an excerpt from the linked article: