April 2009
Portsmouth at Night →
Claire Sambrook from the http://www.flickr.com/groups/portsmouth_creative_movement/ sent me a link to a Flickr group called Portsmouth at Night, and let me say this, their photos are amazing….
QuarkXPress Wildcard →
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That ones news to me!
When performing a Find/Change in QuarkXPress, and you aren’t sure of the exact spelling of a word you’re searching for, use a wildcard character for any…
Use FontShaker to Explore Fonts →
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nice
It’s difficult to describe the FontShaker feature at www.typedna.com/shaker.html – you just have to see it in action. First, it discovers all the fonts currently active…
RSS to Twitter →
RSS to Twitter is a tool to enable you the ability to send RSS Feeds to your Twitter Account. For instance you might want the RSS feed from CNN to your Twitter.
Pingvine.com | RSS Atom XML feed to Twitter.com,... →
PingVine is a free service that takes an Atom or RSS feed from your blog, lifestream or favorite website and posts it to Twitter, Ping.fm or Identi.ca.
‘Let It Shine’ →
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So THATS where all the cars have gone :/
Must-see Honda Insight advertisement on Vimeo. Wow.
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Swine Flu →
Look at This Fucking Hipster →
Aptly-named web site of the day.
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Codemasters reveal next generation of official F1... →
A new generation of Formula One video games featuring all the drivers, teams and circuits from the 2009 FIA Formula One World Championship was announced on Friday by Codemasters, the developer and…
qw-cheatsheet-print-zoom.jpg 660×720 pixels →
Time machine notes
Case Study: Wiltshire Farm Foods : Boagworld web... →
One of the biggest challenges of running a successful website is balancing the needs of users with those of the business. This is especially true when an existing business model conflicts with user…
Using bit.ly (trackable URL shortener) with... →
I wrote in this article about using Twitter Tools with tweetburner (the twurl.nl URL shortener). I was pretty happy with this solution as it allowed me to measure (to a degree) the traffic interest…
Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : “Taking Your Talent to... →
I wrote this book in 2001 for print designers whose clients want websites, print art directors who’d like to move into full–time web and interaction design, homepage creators who are ready to turn…
Southsea Postcards →
I’ve no idea if these are genuine postcards or a bit of fun, but you have to admit they’re classics.
Edit: Strong Island reader Zygomatic posted the link where you can buy these postcards and…
Parkour on a bicycle →
Street rider Danny MacAskill starts off by riding his bike across a narrow fence about four feet in the air…and the video only gets better from there. Stunning. I want to see…
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Fluid Images — Unstoppable Robot Ninja →
I’ve always hated publishing. I don’t mean the industry, but the act. Hitting “print,” sending an email, pressing that “Publish” button on the CMS: at some point, you relinquish your ability to…
Glyphish — Icons and resources for iPhone... →
How do these work?
iPhone toolbar icons are 24-bit PNGs with an alpha channel and dimensions of about 30 × 30 pixels. The icon’s mask (the parts of the image which aren’t fully transparent) is styled…
Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band →
Yes! Easy Star’s Lonely Hearts Dub Band -
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Following the widespread critical and commercial success of 2003’s Dub Side of the Moon and 2006’s Radiodread, Easy Star Records announces…
IE6 Update →
Help kill
Internet Explorer 6
IE6 is like an illness that just won’t go away, but we have the medicine. IE6 Update looks like IE’s Information Bar, but instead of offering your visitors an ActiveX…
Tweetie for Mac Reviewed on Macworld →
Tweetie for Mac Reviewed on Macworld
Why wait until Monday when you can read Dave Chartier’s first look now? (Via @Fusion.)
25 Imaginative Illustrations Inspired By Film →
For the most part, being both a film geek and design geek are two completely separate interests of mine that rarely coexist. Occasionally I’ll be enticed by a great poster design, or appreciate…
Creative Marketing: BMW vs. Audi →
Creative Marketing: BMW vs. Audi
Of Espresso and Broken Updaters →
Hello everyone. Since the release of Espresso 1.0, we’ve been hard at work to make it into the great editor you all want it to be. Some of that work goes into bug fixes, some of it is preparing for…
Laptop Hunters: Homeless Frank →
With $1,000 to spend, homeless Frank finds his perfect laptop. Featuring Jim Santangeli. Written by the Landline. Filmed at Mike’s Tech Shop (www.http://www.mikestechshop.com). Author:
CS Stickers by leiigghh
They were designed for... →
CS Stickers by leiigghh They were designed for CS3, but they work for CS4 as well, and fit nicely with the previously posted Sticker System. (Download links are in the bottom-right of the…
Guest Strip by Ryan and Lar →
Big thanks to Ryan Sohmer and Lar Desouza for today’s guest comic. You can see more of their work at Least I Could Do and Looking For Group.
It's Easter: Eat Jesus In a Kit Kat [Wrongmodo] →
Easter it is, and Heyzuss—the Bible character—has resurrected. In a Kit Kat bar. Indeed, chocolate and Easter go together like pancakes and maple syrup. Can you see it too? [Nu.nl—Thanks…
Coffee Lid Caddy Proves Even Humble Coffee Lids... →
Until today I assumed, wrongly, that plastic coffee lids were not a source of inspiration for anyone. I neglected plastic coffee lid designers like Josh Harris. His Coffee Lid Caddy is…