Looks like a great port of my favorite “pop over” javascript technique in my favorite javascript library jQuery. I’m sure I’ll be using this somewhere in the near future. Nice work Steve. Visit site
Sonics have left Seattle but at least the name stayed. It’s just too bad about the logo the “Thunder” ended up with. There’s just nothing in this logo that makes it memorable. I really enjoyed the old NFL logos during the throwback uniform games last season, and was sort of hoping the new Sonics, er Thunder, branding would head in that direction. Well, I guess it’s Oklahoma City’s problem now. Visit site
A bit awe inspiring seeing how much engineering happens every time I press the shutter on a camera similar to mine. Visit site
“HiddenRadio has either no user interface…or…is all user interface.” Radios and clever industrial design, two of my favorite things in one cool product. So. Awesome. Visit site
Looks like a great set of iPhone stencils for Omnigraffle. Visit site
A huge congratulations to everyone involved! For those curious few out there this site is Django powered, and although I haven’t been actively involved in the community or developing with it for all that long, I have to say it’s easily my favorite way to build websites. The freedom and control it provides to get my designs realized quickly hasn’t been possible with anything else I’ve used. With Django I’ve always felt I’ve been doing things “the right way” and to see it at 1.0 is just one more reason to check it out if you haven’t already. Visit site
“This is a pie chart on procrastination.” Visit site
The Ice Age and Pangea ones are my favorites. Visit site
One outlet, three plugs. Brilliant. Visit site
I don’t think I can get more excited for this camera than I already am. I love how a few of the shots are taken right by my place at Gasworks park here in Seattle too. That quality looks phenomenal. Visit site
“We’re all hypocrites, and we get what we pay for. The market is astonishingly quick at responding to what consumers do (and incredibly slow at reacting to what we say).” Yep. Well said. Visit site
The Seattle Weekly article all about the company China 8 Blue Flavor did work for a while back. One of the founders of the project, Paul Willms, has quite the business history. My favorite though is this gem: “Willms had sent out a letter to thousands of Mennonites in the U.S. and Canada, asking them to invest in a scheme to win back, and redevelop, roughly 500,000 acres of formerly Mennonite land, now within the borders of the Ukraine, that had been seized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution of 1917.” We still haven’t been paid. Visit site
These guys got to do some amazing advanced field testing of the new camera I want, the recently announced D90. His studio is in one of my co-workers condo complexes so I’m hoping I can work in some sort of introduction. Visit site
Freak. Still, the infographics are really revealing depicting some incredible feats in sports. I had no idea the DiMaggio hitting streak was the dominant. Visit site
“In its delicately ribbed frame are encapsulated pitchers of lemonade, the drone of bees, the smell of mown grass and the sun-baked mustiness of the garden sheds where shuttlecocks rest along with broken croquet mallets, dog-chewed Frisbees and trapped flies.” Inspirational and an absolutely gorgeously written bit about the shuttlecock. Visit site
I absolutely love this interactive graphic depicting the medal counts since the modern games inception in 1896. Big kudos for representing the different regions using color and a rough “map” via large circles. It’s great that you can quickly flip to just a straight numerical order too though. Visit site
Finally another Wii title I’m excited about. Visit site
“After embarrassing the United States on and off the court in Athens, this so-called Redeem Team lived up to its moniker with vigor. The players guarded as if their meals depended on it, shared the ball as if they were starring in “Hoosiers” and made not even a wisp of trouble off the court.” I’m not wild about the “Redeem Team” nick name but I’m happy to see American basketball representing both the country and themselves well. I’ve been disenchanted with NBA basketball for years. I started to drift back when Blazers championship runs ended and the country referred to them as the “Jail Blazers”. I hope NBA basketball finds a way to turn there image around, but I’m still skeptical. They’ve got a long ways to go before they’ll get me back watching on a regular basis. See quotes like this is a good start though. Visit site
The beautiful typeface used by Bryan Veloso in the design of the beautiful Addictionary, The typeface is designed by Dino dos Santos. Visit site
Jon Tan does a great job explaining explaining just what a fonts and a typeface are, very beautifully I might add. Visit site
“Cymbolism is a new website that attempts to quantify the association between colors and words, making it simple for designers to choose the best colors for the desired emotional effect.” It’s never clear cut, but the associations and some of their visualizations look really useful. I just wish the site encouraged browsing words and searching a bit better. Great idea though. Visit site
Incredible panorama of the Olympic Water Cube. Thomas Finchum does a great job describing incredible it is to be up on that platform. Visit site
A set of magnets with UI widgets on them that you can use to prototype various apps on either a metal whiteboard or, you know, your fridge. An absolutely fantastic idea. Visit site
Man, that Red camera really is incredible. Love the music too. Visit site
“Are you sad that Polaroid is getting out of the Polaroid business? Me too. So I made this series of prints to commemorate the evolution of polaroid cameras used by such famous folks as Ansel Adams and my mom.” Saved for when I’m flush with cash at some point in the future. Visit site
Eric Karjaluoto from smashLAB does a great job talking about, well a lot of things, but mainly about defining success for yourself. I know I could leave Blue Flavor and probably make more money, but I love my job, and to me, that’s a lot more important than a bigger paycheck. Sure, I’d like more money, I mean, who wouldn’t? But, I’m not willing to trade enjoying my job 90% of the time for a few more dollars. I’m always amazed at people who aren’t willing to push themselves to find out what makes them happy with work and their career. Sure, maybe you don’t have the education or experience to do just what you want to be doing now, but that’s no reason to stop trying. As Eric so nicely put it, “Maybe the problem with success is that we don’t take enough time to define it for ourselves.” Visit site
I can now officially stop bitching to Wilson about Everyblock not being in Seattle. Looks great and can’t wait to finally be able to use it. Visit site
“A beautiful “infographically” animated movie that illustrates a 1969 interview of John Lennon by a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan.” I can see why it almost won an academy award. I’m just constantly impressed with motion graphics and how much creativity is wrapped up into these short little films. Visit site
“Priced at less than $100, these limited edition Rolleiflex lookalikes [called Black Bird Fly] shoot square images on 35mm rather than 120 (medium format) film, making development costs (and cheap scanning at home) less of an issue.” Hopefully I can get my hands on one of these when they finally come out. Visit site
“Oh yes, it’s definitely been jumped on.” Visit site
“PhotoCalc offers handy calculations for professional or hobbyist photographers working in the studio or in the field. PhotoCalc provides exposure reciprocation, depth of field and hyper-focal distance calculations, and flash exposure calculations.” I’m still not quite “there yet” for this level of calculating but it looks really interesting. I’m saving this for future reference if/when I get hardcore enough to warrant it. Visit site
“Sometimes, you just can’t fight the urge to have your hair shaved into lightning bolts, hop a plane to San Francisco, and stand glaring in chaps on a stage in front of 1,500 drunken lunatics.” So awesome. He ended up getting 7th in the U.S. Air Guitar Championships, but had such a great time he’s already looking to it again next year. Windhammer, don’t let the dream die. Visit site
Grandma wins. Visit site
I nice little slideshow from the Guardian showing different pieces of Obama’s brand strategy. Visit site
“Oh! I’ve got a this problem with my email…” An absolutely perfect infographic depicting the problem our industry faces when we try and explain what we do. Visit site
Enthralling interactive graphic from the New York Times showing torch designs throughout the history of the modern games. Visit site
“LED lighting can eliminate the need to build 133 coal-fired power plants, thereby saving 258 million tons of greenhouse gases, which could equate to powering 12 million American homes a year.” Gorgeous and environmentally friendly. Visit site
I skimmed them quickly because I don’t want to ruin watching the opening ceremony tonight but these look like some fantastic photos from the Big Picture. Visit site
“Georgia’s president said Friday that his country is under attack by Russian tanks and warplanes, and he accused Russia of targeting civilians as tensions over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia appeared to boil over into full-blown conflict.” Wow. I hate that first thing that popped into my head was that Russsia might just be jealous of the spotlight being on China for the Olympics. Visit site
Very slick and I’ve always liked Waterfield designs stuff. I’m not usually a fan of any iPhone cases, but people who know me well know I’m all about the slim wallet and this might be a way to combine both the iPhone and wallet into one thing in the pocket. Tempting, very tempting. Visit site
“Personally I feel I no longer have anything to share with the so-called graphic design of today: not the concept, not the typefaces, not the layout—nothing. Therefore, I conclude that I am no longer a graphic designer, but an information architect, and from now on that is how I will describe the meaning of my work and the scope of my activity. For me, to be an information architect means to organize information in a way that is essentially retrievable, understandable, visually captivating, emotionally involving, and easily identifiable. Information should be semantically rooted, syntactically correct, pragmatically efficient. It doesn’t work otherwise.” - Massimo Vignelli Again, I’m not interested in the semantic debate about this but I like the sentiment. Visit site
“More interesting, you can architect a business model or a pricing structure to make it far more effective at generating the behavior you’re looking for. Most broken websites aren’t broken because they violate common laws of good design. They’re broken because their architecture is all wrong. There’s no strategy in place.” The semantics of Information Architect, Designer, Visual Designer, Interaction Designer, etc. don’t really interest me anymore, but I do agree with Jeff’s commentary about educating the public more about what’s happening behind the scenes “design” and in particular web design. It’d be fantastic if clients knew even just a little more about what goes into creating a great website. It would sure make my job a lot easier. Visit site
Excellent new music video and a karaoke version of Foux da fa fa by my friend and neighbor Wes. “Created for the third annual Karaoke Challenge hosted by Northwest Film Forum and Three Dollar Bill Cinema.” Visit site
Another thoughtful post from Matt Brown about design critiquing. I don’t really see bloggers changing their ways though. Strong voiced, controversial posts get traffic because people feel a need to comment on them. Visit site
Interesting new browser concept Adaptive Path did for Mozilla Labs. Lots of good, well thought out concepts but like a concept car this isn’t something we’ll be seeing anytime soon. Visit site
Hilarious, was going to mention it’s a bit graphic, but whatever, it’s text, deal. Visit site
“What we think vs. what they say we think — All the chatter on the Internet, all the traditional news media coverage, and all the pollsters — Perspctv brings it all together in a simple and elegant manner — and gives a unique “dashboard” picture of the elections at any one given moment in time, totally un-biased.” A set of infographics combining traditional news media information with what’s being said on Twitter and blogs. A good looking visualization and I love the “perspective” it gives you putting everything on one page, very nice. Visit site
I got to be heavily involved with Blue Flavor in the site/navigation structure for the new SXSW.com, and I’m really stoked with how it came out. Well done Shawn and Hugh with getting it all implemented so quickly. Looking forward to seeing more of our suggestions implemented. Visit site
Great diagram outlining how integral film works. Visit site
I’m not one to keep a calendar, but I love the concept with this one. It reminds me a bit of my old seasonal design I had for 110am. Visit site
I love the new redesign. It’s clean, straight forward, ad free and there’s finally a character counter to let me know how long my description can be instead of being randomly being cut off. I’ve almost switched to ma.gnolia three or four time, but was always turned off by the ads. With this redesign I don’t see any reason to switch now. Well done del.icio.us design team. Visit site
Just what I’ve been looking for. Since I’m still a Django noob whenever I step outside of creating templates, I’ve been needing some good testing environments to start to learn. I’ll be checking these out hopefully in the next few days. Visit site
“Designed by the Japanese illustrator Satoshi Hashimoto, it shows how to create a borough that’s green, clean, and well-connected - as envisioned by the urbanist Alejandro Gutierrez.” Want. Visit site
“Rock the Corporate Ladder” Visit site
It’s shocking, don’t be alarmed, but it’s a good looking PC. It’s even from Dell! Visit site
I’m more excited for this than I was for Helvetica and that’s saying something! Visit site
A nice follow up to the previous article about budgets and website pricing on the Blue Flavor blog. It’s never easy to explain to someone how much a site costs, but this gives you a good idea what Blue Flavor generally charges. Visit site
A nice discussion about why it can be better for everyone if the budget is discussed up front. You’ve got to build that trust up first! Visit site
“Home to 8,000 people, Kuzumaki is lucky enough to have a territory of 400 square kilometres (154.4 square miles), an area the size of Yokohama with its 3.6 million residents.” Ah… my old home in Japan. Visit site
“While the firefighters were reportedly saddened by the sight of 63 people burning to death, on the way back to the firehouse they agreed the club was probably just full of stuck-up bitches anyway.” Visit site
I’ll stop linking to The Big Picture… someday. Visit site
I love all the bundles in Textmate, except how difficult they are to install. GetBundle makes easy to quickly grab ‘em. Highly recommended. Visit site
Just a concept but I’d love to see Coke actually produce something like this. Visit site
I’d love to get my pile of corks turned into a few sample tiles. I plan on sending what I’ve got in this weekend. Visit site
“Leave it to the Japanese to come up with the best way to demo a building. No muss, no fuss. It’s just brilliant. And 20% faster than the old way, which is messy, indeed.” Visit site
I’ve wanted to get twatson [at] me.com since I realized this was coming out and have now acquired it. My username OCD is now complete. Visit site
@#$%&?!!! for swearing is apparently a grawlix, well not officially yet, but I’m going to start using the term. Visit site
Can’t wait for this. I’m a radio addict and can’t get enough NPR. I’ll definitely be taking a close look at this API when it gets released. Excited to see what “widgets” they’ll be releasing as well. Visit site
Numbers and frequency distribution geekery Visit site
“Are they the best a man can get? Fuck, no. Gillette is the best a man can get.” Visit site
I think these will elevate my pong game to a whole other level. Visit site
Nice heat map of the most walkable neighborhoods in Seattle. Wallingford coming in at a respectable #10. Visit site
Some more photos and information about Ercolini Park on the West Seattle Blog. There’s also this video on Blip.tv of the actual ribbon cutting too. Visit site
“A More Perfect Union spells out the preamble to the United States Constitution with forty friends in a high school gym in New York City.” Touching and well done. Visit site
Some gruesome and gorgeous shots from The Big Picture. Visit site
A great set of tips here and I particularly like this bit: “Yes, designers can make mistakes and take wrong directions. And yes, you need to give them direction. But you must tell them what you need, not how to achieve that goal.” Visit site
I’ve done it and it worked great. If you’re antsy and want to get it a few hours early this article from Wired seems to be the best one out there. Visit site
“Their latest mission involved filling a subway car with identical twins, creating a human mirror. Genius.” Genius indeed. Visit site
And people say Twitter isn’t good for anything. Visit site
Sara’s great new technique using CSS to put captions on top of photos. I got to help with it since my new homepage design was the guinea pig, and as a designer I have to say I totally love it. Flexible, clean, and sexy. Well done. Visit site
A little video project I did for Blue Flavor, and a bit more about why on the Blue Flavor blog as well. Visit site
The future is here. Still no word on my jet pack order though. I’m blaming UPS. Visit site
“How’d a nit wit like you get so tasteful.” Visit site
Some fantastic commentary from Matt Brown about shooting in a digital world. I know I’m a “chimper”. I’m hoping to try out some of these ideas to try and see how it affects my shooting. Visit site
Sucralose, high fructose corn syrup, all of it is disgusting. I’m don’t consider myself a health nut but I like to eat food, real food and the fact that this stuff keeps getting shoved into more and more products is sad. Visit site
Iron, Ampersand, yes please. Visit site
From the Big Picture. My new favorite blog. Visit site
“The chance of finding something you love doing? So much more achievable.” I love my job. I hope you do too. Visit site
“When I was a kid, the mythical fireworks destination was spoken only in hushed tones behind the shadowiest of schoolyard simulated tugboat play-structures: Blackjack Fireworks.” Cabel, I’m right there with you. Visit site
I’m not a comic book fan, but damn that looks cool. Visit site
So. Cute. I’m finding it hard to wipe the grin off my face. My great grandparents would be so proud. Visit site
“How do you like them apples?” Visit site
“Paying attention to productivity is a slippery slope. The system efficiency addiction associated with saving time can become so compelling that your process begins to control more of your time than your product.” Yup. Visit site
For those of you over in England and are interested in learning Django I can’t recommend this workshop more. Jeff has pretty much taught me everything I know about Django and is an excellent teacher. Visit site
.london and .nyc? Seriously? Ew. Visit site
My new camera once I figure out how to pay for it. Visit site
Charlotte and Philly. Still waiting on Seattle… sigh. Visit site
Jeff Croft heads back to Kansas. Over the past year Jeff was my co-worker, then friend, and then probably my best friend here in Seattle. Hope to have you back here soon buddy! Visit site
This is the application I was most excited to see happen and to have it come directly from Apple is even better than I thought it would be. Visit site
“Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values. It requires that their proposals be subject to argument, and amenable to reason.” Visit site
I love doing work outs like this at home and I like the personal competition and structure of this program. I did the test today and plan to start the regime next week. Visit site
Can I have my wedding photos look like this someday? Fantastic stuff. Congratulations Emily and Dan! Visit site
These are all awesome, but the Excitebike one is my favorite. Visit site
Inspiration abounds. Visit site
“and now we have 3!”. Douchebag neck, hilarious. Visit site
I’ve never been a big note taker when reading, but I’ve found myself having this same issue about wanting to go back to a few things I found interesting. I’ve always found the whole book a bit intimidating, so this should help. Visit site
I generally agree that location based services will be a big deal as the mobile web grows, but I noticed this too when using Brightkite and manual checked in places. I basically spend the majority of my time going to and from work. Visit site
“Barack Obama has the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE tattooed on his stomach. It’s upside-down, so he can read it while doing sit-ups.” Visit site
A great stencil resource from the Yahoo! Design Pattern Library. I plan on field testing these on my next project. Visit site
“Despite the stress fractures, he managed to win a U.S. Open that required five days of flinching, grimacing and a long list of spectacular shots that have defined his career.” Holy crap. Visit site
EveryBlock makes some small design tweaks that really help. Here’s to hoping it comes to Seattle soon! Visit site
Another fun way to visualize all my tags. Sure, it’s not all that practical but it looks pretty nifty. Visit site
Matt Brown finds yet another angle on the “skipping Photoshop” design debate. I definitely agree on his take regarding application design vs. “interactive print”. Well said. Visit site
Turn your iPod touch into a mini iMac. I wonder if it works with the iPhone. Visit site
Fantastic article about the benefits of prototyping. It’s not easy to decide on what type of interaction design deliverable you should use (wireframes, pdd’s, prototypes, etc.), but this article makes a great case for prototypes. Visit site
“2005: Derision (“If we go out tonight I’ll send you a fax.”)” Visit site
“In 2004 half of executives earned more than 104 times the average worker’s pay.” Visit site
The eloquent response. Visit site
Great looking new design poster from Blue Art Studio. Visit site
“I found an amazing sweater yesterday at Daffy’s and I think it looks very classy. With your permission, I’d like to call the tux place and cancel my order and then wear the sweater (forrest green with mauve cuffs and tulle) at the wedding.” Visit site
Happy Father’s day. Visit site
Damnit. I really enjoyed watching him on Meet the Press. Visit site
Shigeru Miyamoto really is a gaming god with Donkey Kong, Mario, and now the Wii. Visit site
Looks to be an incredible line-up of professors and I agree a big moment for Interaction Design. Congratulations Liz! Visit site
“It’s about being flexible… context over dogma.” Well said. Visit site
“The news is seemingly thrown away into the giant recycle bin in order to be updated at the next moment.” Made me realize how disposable all this news reading I do every day is. Visit site
Another well designed interactive infographic showing how different groups voted during the Obama/Clinton presidential primary race. Visit site
A very cool data visualization of every bus vehicle arrival at every stop in the Portland area transit system over from 4AM to 12-midnight on a weekday. Visit site
After being incredibly frustrated with the usability software available this looks like a breath of fresh air. Can’t wait to see this finally released! Visit site
Fantastic explanation on why Seattle, and any other city, should focus on rail lines instead of buses. Visit site
My good friend Adam DuVander has a great interview with Robert Hoekman, Jr. I’m interested in trying out his “Activity Grid” on a project that suits it in the future. I’ve also been meaning to pick up his new book, Designing the Moment, too. Visit site
Blue Flavor’s Tiffani Jones with some great tips for writing for the web. Visit site
Journey found their new lead singer on YouTube and he sounds just like their old one. It makes you wonder how many hours of karaoke it took for him to get there. Visit site
Downtown Kuz getting a little internet love. Visit site
£25.00 is a little too rich for my blood but I love the shirt. Visit site
The way they designed the unlock is fantastic and I like some of the stuff they did with the status bar at the top. None of the other features really wowed me, but it’s good stuff and I love seeing the innovation. Visit site
Some awesome 8”x8” prints for $15 from Frank Chimero that depict each state using everyday things. I can’t wait to see Oregon and Washington. Visit site
A friend of a friend, great artist, and all around nice guy Robert Hardgrave has one of his designs on a Timbuk2 bag. Don’t miss the Threadless shirts if the bag is out of your price range. Visit site
Hosted versions of jQuery, Prototype, Scriptaculous, MooTools, and Dojo javascript libraries. Let Google handle the caching and bandwidth issues for you. Visit site
Keegan’s iPhone raises from the dead. Visit site
“Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness; natives give it solidity and continuity; but the settlers give it passion.” For my sister who’s moving there in a week. Visit site
“As an intriguing collection of data, A_B_ Peace & Terror etc. reveals the quantitative contribution each of the 192 member states of the United Nations has made towards peace and terror in the world.” Visit site
The fantastic new “memetastic” Weezer video. Visit site
“A collection of Polaroids, one per day, from March 31, 1979 through October 25, 1997.” Visit site
It’s not officially open yet but people snuck in and had a great time! Visit site
Apparently Arizona’s got the cheap stuff. Visit site
Don’t be a douche. Visit site
Sure, it’s all just concepts and hand waving, but very impressive regardless. Visit site
Confirms that Seattle’s accent is boring. Visit site
Intriguing, cheap and well designed prefab homes. I’m curious how well they hold up though. Visit site
And my favorite. Go Oregon! Visit site
Park your car in your condo. A new condo plan in New York has an elevator that takes your car up to your condo to park right next to your apartment. Handy for grocery, sucks to be stuck in. Visit site
“It’s always darkest before… Daylight Savings Time” and other common proverbs finished by first graders. Visit site
Glad to see it’s back, complete with a nice redesign and some “new” features like tagging and comments. It seems quaint that it didn’t have them before. A cold-water-to-the-face reminder of simpler era of the web. Visit site
“Do you think they’ll notice?” Visit site
Great advice from Ryan Singer over at 37 Signals. Whenever I’m building out site structures I’m constantly thinking about user tasks or “paths” as well. Visit site
That’s one sexy houseboat. Visit site
The space needles is getting a much needed cleaning for the first time since it opened in 1962. Visit site
A fun new tool/game/thing from Cameran Adams. Every time I see one isometric pixel art I can’t help but think of one my all time favorite games, Transport Tycoon. Visit site
A comprehensive article from Keith outlining the first part of the Blue Flavor process. It’s all about our process, but I think it’s chalked full of good advice for any agency. Visit site
Now that’s my kind of grocery bag. Visit site
Tossed off the 30th floor in the financial district. Visit site
I couldn’t resist buying “incorporated”. Damn internet fads costing me money. Visit site
A fantastic article from George Oates, one of the designers at Flickr. There’s too many quotes in there to choose just one, but it got me thinking about community design in a slightly different way. Visit site
Saved, so I can buy one for my sister when she finally gives me that nephew I’ve always wanted. Visit site
I’ve already got a few ideas already on how I’d like to use these. Visit site
Love the suburban loft plan. I can’t believe they’re just giving away these house plans for free. Maybe in a few years I can take advantage. Visit site
I’m still holding out for GPS support either in camera or on a card, but this is a step in the right direction. I like the option of uploading to your home machine instead of immediately online too. Visit site
Get yourself a quick $50 if you can applescript your way to Autofill for the iPhone. My music is far to stale on my phone, so I’d love to see something like this available. Visit site
I’ve been following along now with the project from Rob Goodlatte and his buddies. It’s not something I’m particularly interested in, but the design and concept is top notch. If you’re on Twitter and need a quick poll look no further. Visit site
A jaw dropping animation made in Buenos Aires by a group called BLU. As you watch it you can’t help but wonder how long the damn thing took to make. Visit site
“Such a complex world needs a good explanation.” Visit site
“Now, of course, the question seems not whether Clinton will exit the race but when.” Sooner rather than later please. Visit site
Penguin’s new Ian Fleming’s James Bond covers. Visit site
A nice, and looks to be very complete wireframe stencil set from Graffletopia. Visit site
Nice new site from Paul Boag for his podcast. I finally met him briefly at SXSW this year and he was great to talk to. The inaugural interview for the new site is friend and fellow Blue Flavorite, Jeff Croft. Visit site
I’ve seen many, many people fall into this cycle, and occasionally I even have to pull my self out of it. Focus on the results, not the process is my rule of thumb. Visit site
Watch it and tell me you didn’t well up a little bit. Visit site
“the U.S. will have to rethink suburban sprawl, bringing an end to strip malls, big-box stores, and other trappings of the automotive era.” Yes please. Visit site
A new site redesign that I was involved in. The main props go to Jeff Croft, but I was the project manager, built out the templates and contributed a bit to the overall design. Visit site
Digging the new Portland Beavers branding. Growing up in Oregon I’ve learned to appreciate wimpy mascots. There’s no use trying to make them angry, it just looks corny. Visit site
“All of the streets in the lower 48 United States: an image of 26 million individual road segments.” Truly stunning infographic from Ben Fry. Visit site
I definitely want to try this tiltshifting technique out on a few photos of mine. Visit site
Excellent set of stencils for when you need to wireframe out that new iPhone application. Visit site
Insane. Visit site
As someone who gets 3/4 blisters every time he hikes I’m definitely hopefully. I’ll be picking this up the next time I’m at a drug store. Visit site
Garrett, still funny. Visit site
Be sure to read the through to the quote at the end. Visit site
What doesn’t it do? Visit site
“Over the course of 3 days I took over 3,000 photos of my life in and around Boston.” Well. Executed. Visit site
A great solution for remote file access. I still don’t know why this wasn’t been built directly into the OS years ago though. Visit site
Absolutely stunning design from Naz Hamid, but I really like the story behind the bike shop. Be sure to read the about page. Visit site
“36 lectures by people such as Bill Moggridge, Bill Buxton, Elizabeth Churchill, Paul Dourish and Donald Norman.” All up on iTunes U. Visit site
Great advertisement that uses black balloons to help visualize CO2 emissions. Visit site
The only way Jeff Croft is going to consistently beat me at ping pong is if he gets one of these things. Visit site
A free and handy way to upload your photos directly from Photoshop. Visit site
“This site will document the aftermath of this announcement and will serve as a home-base for the effort to convince another company to begin producing the cherished technology that Polaroid has so carelessly abandoned.” Visit site
“A walk-in camera obscura.” And now I can’t get Wilco out of my head. Visit site
Signed by Massimo Vignelli himself. Anyone have $299 lying around and feeling generous? Visit site
Yeah, I played it for a few minutes today. Does that make me sad? Visit site
I stunning inforgraphic depicting the subprime mortgage crisis across the U.S. Visit site
I offer quite a few feeds on this site but I’ve stuck with just one format. Giving the users the option of what they want to subscribe to is good, giving them unnecessary technical choices is bad. Visit site
“In addition to the lighter carbon footprint, Fat Tire can now travel to places where glass is not an option.” Bravo New Belgium, Bravo Visit site
Photoshop form elements for various browsers and operating systems. Visit site
“re:vision is the product of Craig Arnold’s unbridled passion for cameras, recycling and polishing.” Yeah, I totally want one even if I’d be declaring my camera geekiness on my wrist. Visit site
Nice write up from Rob Goodlatte about heading out into the “real world” after graduation. I couldn’t help but think of my sister since she’s graduating in a few short weeks as well. Visit site
Great idea. Damn, I wish they had this when I was in New York. Too bad there’s no Subway here in Seattle. Visit site
Like dodgeball, but a bit more and hasn’t been abandoned. A nice visual design and the interactions are solid. I’m not ready to predict big things from it yet, but it has potential. Visit site
A new resource for developers out there looking to maximize the Flickr API. Visit site
I love the all white Munny on my desk, but I’m starting to get the itch to take a shot at customizing him. Visit site
Glad to see some classics getting some covers worthy of their content. The cover for Animal Farm is appropriately sinister. Visit site
As you can tell from the design of T Inc. I’ve got a big love for newspaper designs, and this little automator script looks like a nice way for me to store up some inspiration archives. Visit site
A great little widget for those hard to remember special characters. Visit site
“This portion of moby.com, ‘film music’, is for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short.” Slick. Visit site
In and elevator for 41, yes, 41 hours. Visit site
