21 month ago
Greg Storey : Mark Boulton, one of the smartest web designers around, has written a book. - Available for twelve Monopoly dollars sometime next February.
jonhicks : Five Simple Steps | Books - This looks like a MUST HAVE.
Cameron Moll : Designing for the Web by Mark Boulton available Feb 2009 - Mark Boulton has announced his self-published Designing for the Web will be available February 2, 2009. I recall Mark and I chatting in London a couple years ago about self-publishing, as both of us were kicking around the idea at the time. Good to see hi
Douglas Bowman : Boulton’s Designing for the Web now available - The practical, down-to-earth, and beautifully-designed book, A Practical Guide to Designing for the Web, written and self-published by Mark Boulton, is available for purchase and download (as PDF) as of today. -archive link-
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Cameron Moll : Helvetireader, a minimal interface theme for Google Reader - If you use Google Reader for RSS feeds, have a look at Helvetireader by Jon Hicks. "I was going for minimal, inspired partly by Times, a newspaper style RSS reader, and the postcards that came with the (Deluxe!) Helvetica Film DVD." More about it on Jon's
Rod Begbie : Helvetireader - Rather gorgeous minimalistic skin for Google Reader, by Jon Hicks. Had to tweak it to get my all-important "Mark All as Read" button, but apart from that, perfet. [via] #
Andy Baio : Helvetireader, minimal Google Reader redesign with Greasemonkey - very sexy, though maybe a bit too minimal
veen : Helvetireader - A minimal interface theme for Google Reader.
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wearehugh : typeface.js -- Rendering text with Javascript, <canvas>, and VML
Andy Baio : Typeface.js, rendering Truetype fonts with Javascript, Canvas, and VML - awesome hack lets you deliver custom fonts on the web without Flash; works on the iPhone, too [via]
Rod Begbie : typeface.js -- Rendering text with Javascript, <canvas>, and VML - Amazingly clever piece of hackery. Embed fonts seamlessly in your pages in a manner that works with all released major browsers (including iPhone), but degrades gracefully. Need to do some playing with this… [via] #
Simon Willison : typeface.js - typeface.js. Outstanding hack—renders custom fonts using VML in IE and canvas in everything else, using fonts that are defined as a set of vector paths stored using JSON.
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jonhicks : Telescopic Text - simple but hypnotic!
Cameron Moll : Telescopic Text - I made tea.
Andy Baio : Telescopic Text - like Blueful, another playful experiment with storytelling on the web [via]
deusx : Telescopic Text © Joe Davis 2008 - "I made tea."
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26 month ago
Cameron Moll : Handwritten Typographers - "The handwriting of typographers intrigues me because it raises so many questions, big and small: Do typographers exert some extraordinary control of the pen that laypersons don't? ... So, to satisfy my own curiosity I asked a number of prominent typograp
veen : Handwritten Typographers - "So, to satisfy my own curiosity I asked a number of prominent typographers to send me a scan of their handwriting. This is the result."
Andy Baio : Handwritten Typographers - comparing type designers' handwriting to the typefaces they created
Milo Vermeulen : Handwritten Typographers [via]
Eric Meyer : Handwritten Typographers - Very interesting. Especially for someone like me, whose handwriting isn't very attractive.
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27 month ago
joshua : The Paper Version of the Web -- early sketches of website designs - too bad there's none of these for delicious. i sketch in code.
mmb : The Paper Version of the Web at Deeplinking - The Paper Version of the Web at Deeplinking via joshua’s favorites on del.icio.us [via]
Andy Baio : The Paper Version of the Web - early paper prototypes for Flickr, Twitter, Vimeo, and others [via]
veen : The Paper Version of the Web at Deeplinking - "We don’t usually get to see this handmade stage of the web, but some folks have been thoughtful/narcissistic enough to upload photos of their UI sketches, and I find them fascinating."
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27 month ago
Simon Willison : Reputation patterns in the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library - Reputation patterns in the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library. Pragmatic advice from Yahoo! on encouraging community participation. [via]
joshua : Reputation Design Patterns
43folders : Reputation Parent - Yahoo! Design Pattern Library - via Waxy
Andy Baio : Design Patterns for Reputation - nicely summarized research on feedback and incentives in online communities [via]
veen : Reputation - Yahoo! Design Pattern Library - "A person participating in a social structure expects to develop a reputation and hopes for insight into the reputations of others, but each designed model of participation and reputation embodies its own set of biases and incentive structures. Balan
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28 month ago
nelson : Processing.js - A heroic project, the design Java framework ported to run in Javascript
Andy Baio : John Resig ported Processing to Javascript, using the Canvas element - one of the most amazing hacks I've ever seen; don't miss the demos further down the page
Rod Begbie : Processing.js - John Resig has ported the Processing visualization language to JavaScript, using the tag. John is officially one of the most scary-smart people I know. [via] #
Simon Willison : Processing.js - Processing.js. John Resig’s outstanding port of the Processing visualisation language to JavaScript and Canvas. Runs amazingly well in Firefox 3. One hell of a hack.
jcgregorio : John Resig - Processing.js - "I've ported the Processing visualization language to JavaScript, using the Canvas element." Whoa.
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29 month ago
plasticbag : Dan Hill's written his thoughts on the design process and success of the Monocle website - In the end, I think I'm most fascinated by this piece because of all the things I wouldn't have done and the decisions I don't really understand. Gripping combination of mental exfoliant and moisturiser.
Greg Storey : "I thought I'd pause to reflect on some of the design and strategy choices I made with Monocle" - Must read for anyone in the online magazine business.
Khoi Vinh : Dan Hill: Designing Monocle
philgyford : Cityofsound: Monocle: design notes - Dan Hill's fantastic description of the design decisions that went into the Monocle website. Lovely to see a site that manages to be distinctive but still classy.
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29 month ago
jonhicks : New Royal Mint Designs - Gaze upon our lovely new coins!
Rod Begbie : The Royal Mint: The New Designs Revealed - The new UK coinage is wicked cool -- the individual coins are part of a larger picture. [via] #
Cameron Moll : New UK coins unveiled - New UK coins unveiled, designed by 26-year-old Matthew Dent. These not only look really sharp but also function as one design when pieced together. "The Shield of the Royal Arms has been given a contemporary treatment and its whole has been cleverly split [via]
Simon Willison : The Royal Mint: The New Designs Revealed - The Royal Mint: The New Designs Revealed. Matthew Dent’s design for the new UK coinage is inspired—absolutely beautiful. Can’t wait to get my hands on some of these.
Richard Rutter : New British coinage designs - They’re very European, slightly conservative, but I likes em.
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30 month ago
Andy Baio : Typographica's Favorite Typefaces of 2007 - as always, some great picks; Restraint is interesting [via]
Greg Storey : Our favorite typefaces of 2007. - Feijoa looks lovely.
veen : Our Favorite Typefaces of 2007 | Typographica - "Typographica’s fourth annual review showcases the best in new typeface design."
Cameron Moll : Typographica: Our Favorite Typefaces of 2007 - Typographica: Our Favorite Typefaces of 2007. Undeniably worth the wait. Each typeface includes detailed commentary by the person who selected it.
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32 month ago
Rod Begbie : Design Police | Bring bad design to justice. - "Please do not use Word Artâ„¢" Should make a set of these for code reviews. "Use spaces, not tabs" [via] #
Andy Baio : Design Police - downloadable sticker kits for self-righteous designers
Greg Storey : Design Police. - Bring bad design to justice.
factoryjoe : Design Police | Bring bad design to justice. - Design Police - Bring bad design to justice. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: design, stickers, typography
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33 month ago
factoryjoe : DryIcons | Free Icon Sets - All icon sets at DryIcons.com are carefully designed and developed by our team of professional web and graphic designers. We designed the DryIcons website to bring your applications the best professional appearance. Saved By: Chris Me
Cameron Moll : DryIcons - DryIcons, free icons available as PNG in sizes 16x16 through 48x48, including 128x128 PSD source files.
Greg Storey : Dry icons. - Saved for later.
jonhicks : DryIcons - This looks like a great source of free icons
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36 month ago
Greg Storey : SEED Conference. - It's going to be one day of amazingness.
factoryjoe : Seed Conference | Chicago | 29 October 2007 - A One-Day Conference on Design, Entrepreneurship & Inspiration, by 37signals, Segura Inc. & Coudal Partners Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: seed, conference, 37signals, coudal partners, jason fried
Khoi Vinh : Beautiful Typography for SEED Conference Site - Exquisite handiwork from Coudal.
jonhicks : Seed Conference | Chicago | 6 June 2008 - A truly inspirational site, showing how Times New Roman can look great in the hands of someone that knows what they're doing
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37 month ago
Simon Willison : Thoughts on (and pics of) the original Macintosh User Manual - Thoughts on (and pics of) the original Macintosh User Manual. “[I] was struck by how it had to explain a total paradigm shift in interacting with computers�.
Ethan Marcotte : Pictures of the original Macintosh User Manual - "[I] was struck by how it had to explain a total paradigm shift in interacting with computers." #.
Rod Begbie : peterme.com :: Thoughts on (and pics of) the original Macintosh User Manual - How to explain a paradigm shift... [via] #
Khoi Vinh : Peter Merholz: Looking at the Original Macintosh User Manual
Cameron Moll : 1984 Macintosh User Manual - Pics of an original 1984 Macintosh User Manual.
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37 month ago
Simon Willison : OpenID: Great idea, bewildering consumer experience - OpenID: Great idea, bewildering consumer experience. Realistic, detailed look at the many usability problems that currently surround OpenID—and a good list of suggested fixes at the end. This is why I’ve been advocating OpenID as a tool for early ad
Jeremy Zawodny : OpenID: Great idea, bewildering consumer experience - OpenID: Great idea, bewildering consumer experience: OpenID is a usability nightmare... shock! Shocking, I tell you. Heh.
factoryjoe : flow|state: OpenID: Great idea, bewildering consumer experience - Some good feedback on challnges with the OpenID user experience. Saved By: Chris Messina | View Details | Give Thanks Tags: openid, usability, design, user experience
Linkorama : OpenID Usability - OpenID: Great idea, bewildering consumer experience
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40 month ago
jonhicks : Particletree » Rediscovering the Button Element
deusx : Particletree » Rediscovering the Button Element - "Creating a consistent interface for your users is a constant struggle for every application designer. Building consistency on the web is especially tough because the visual rendering differences across browsers and operating systems are wildly diffe
philgyford : Particletree » Rediscovering the Button Element - Very handy alternative to Submit buttons, and I feel I should have already known this, but it appears to have problems in IE. Like most things. (via Kottke)
bmilleare : Particletree » Rediscovering the Button Element
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41 month ago
Eric Meyer : The Web Design Survey, 2007 - Go! Answer! Please! (If you're in the web design/development field, I mean.)
jimray : ALA's web design survey, 2007 - Let the demographics compile-on begin!
Simon Willison : The Web Design Survey, 2007 - The Web Design Survey, 2007. A List Apart is trying to learn more about our community.
Richard Rutter : A List Apart web design survey - If you’re a designer you should take this survey.
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41 month ago
Andy Baio : Upcoming drops the ".org" with new redesign - biggest changes ever; full geo database, visual redesign, switch to Yahoo IDs, and more
jimray : The New Upcoming - Yahoo integration, better places management, purtier. Nice work, Waxy!
Simon Willison : The New Upcoming - The New Upcoming. No more metros! Upcoming is now hooked in to Yahoo!’s WhereOnEarth data, meaning plenty of geocoded brilliance.
nelson : Upcoming changes - Andy's baby gets integrated into yahoo. Congratulations!
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41 month ago
jonhicks : Collection: Design Patterns
Simon Willison : factoryjoe: Design Patterns - factoryjoe: Design Patterns. Chris Messina’s collection of user interface design pattern screenshots, collated on Flickr.
fastclemmy : Classeur : Design Patterns - Classeur : Design Patterns by fastclemmy & 5 other(s) Reuse, recycle, but don’t reinvent the wheel unless necessary. design patterns webdesign screenshots hotlinks Copy | React (0)
joshua : Collection: Design Patterns - nice
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43 month ago
plasticbag : The d.Construct 2007 User Experience Design Conference has a pretty nice holding page - Good odds I'm going to be talking at d.Construct this year. Not certain by any means, but good odds.
Khoi Vinh : d.Construct 2007 - Web conference from the bright kids at Clearleft. Cleverest ‘coming soon’ page I’ve seen in a long time.
Richard Rutter : d.Construct 2007 teaser - The organisation is well and truly underway.
Cameron Moll : d.Construct 2007 - d.Construct 2007. Fun site design (don't miss the pink nav/switcher at top). But more importantly, will we see you there?
jonhicks : d.Construct 2007: User Experience Design Conference - Love the new site - have a play around with the different design stages.
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43 month ago
Cameron Moll : Introducing swfIR, swf Image Replacement - Dan Mall unleashes swfIR, swf image replacement technique that affords "an assortment of visual effects to any or all images on your website" using JavaScript and Flash. Examples: elastic header, rotated image, rounded corners. A backstage look at the dev
Rod Begbie : swfIR: swf Image Replacement - Cunning use of Flash and Javascript to enable "special effects" (borders, rotation and shadows) on images in web pages cleanly. [via] #
jimray : swfIR: swf Image Replacement - Like sifr but for images. Pretty cool, allows for cool inline image effects with graceful degrading.
Simon Willison : swf Image Replacement - swf Image Replacement. Really neat idea: unobtrusively replace an inline image with a SWF, then apply effects like rotation, rounded corners and drop-shadowns. Shame it suffers from Flash-Of-Unstyled-Content.
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44 month ago
jimray : 53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without - Learn all of these, and you'll truly be a CSS Jedi
philgyford : 53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without | Smashing Magazine - Handy to have so many in one place. (via Daring Fireball)
plasticbag : 53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without - A really good summary of a huge amount of stuff you should probably know about if you're designing and building websites using CSS...
François Nonnenmacher : 53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without - 53 CSS-based techniques you should always have ready to hand if you develop web-sites
Nelson Minar : 53 CSS Techniques - Lots of random things you can do with web page design
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44 month ago
joshua : A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
gleuschk : A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods - nicely done
Richard Rutter : A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods - Astonishing. ‘Argument slide’ anyone?.
WillPate : A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
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47 month ago
jimray : strange maps - A blog about maps of fictional places
joshua : strange maps - interesting explorations of all sorts of maps
Matthew M. Boedicker : strange maps - (via new del.icio.us popular sites) [via]
Milo Vermeulen : strange maps [via]
Khoi Vinh : Strange Maps - Via Very Short List. [via]
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