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I think i’m in love

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:27:39 +1200

I think i’m in love

UI Design Palettes for Illustrator

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:29:32 +1200

If you prototype in Illustrator, consider downloading this framework. Includes GUI elements, interface icons, and buttons styles, all of which can be dropped into your artwork and customized as needed.

/via Zeldman

great find, files are imported in via the symbols panel, and contains a huge range of vectored UI elements. A lifesaver, to be sure.

aisle: bared incissors and visual asphyxiation

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:04:22 +1200

aisle:

bared incissors and visual asphyxiation

mochipark: Mobile: EpicWin app turns real-life to-do lists...

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:42:26 +1200

mochipark:

Mobile: EpicWin app turns real-life to-do lists into a game

How awesome is this! New iPhone game lets you role-play your way through your to-do list. Makes me want to dust off my 20 sided dice and do my laundry.

To-do lists. We all have them, but that doesn’t mean we have to like them. Getting through a pile of boring chores isn’t all that fun, but an upcoming iPhone app is looking to change that. Dubbed EpicWin, the app aims to merge your to-do list with an RPG, letting you gain experience points and find rare loot as you do the laundry and catch up on e-mail.

/via arstechnica.com

Related articles

Epic Win App Turns Your Chores Into a Role Playing Game [Apps] (gizmodo.com)

Turning a To-Do List Into a Game (bits.blogs.nytimes.com)

As a habitual to-do abandoner and chief procrastinator, I’m pretty ‘on’ for this one. Sound rationale, and looks like it’s going to be well executed!.

(via dvint1)

Maris Infera: All praise be - she smiles upon the flames. For...

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:30:41 +1200

Maris Infera:

All praise be - she smiles upon the flames. For in her hands she holds the blood of foxes, torn too early from her womb.

Pride and Prefixes

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:44:21 +1200

So the latest design wank that everyone is on lately is creating images using css3 only.
It’s like the introduction of rounded corners and gradients has burst a vein in everyone’s minds and they suddenly have to start spending their time creating images in css3 to try and land some pageviews. The Opera Logo was great, but everything else is just a rehashed party trick.

We get it. You can ‘do’ css3.

I’m not totally sure what it is about these little efforts of coding self-love that really tick me off. It’s like a family who has built their house from bottle caps or some shit. You know it took ages, and the end result is what? Resolution independent imagery? a reduction in HTTP requests? A confused screenreader?, A greasy handjob from a homeless guy in your Ferrari?

At the end of it all, this is a minor gripe compared to the major stink: Vendor Prefixes;
-webkit-vendor-prefixes; -moz-vendor-prefixes; -o-vendor-prefixes; -ms-vendor-prefixes; I’m sure we understand the risk of misguided innovation following IE6, but this is no reason to stick your name in front of any new property you think of adopting because you cant rely on another browser to implement a border-radius of 5px, as 5px. The end result is something that leaves a bad taste in my mouth: lines of code that have to be typed 3+ times, HTML5 ‘Demos’ from Apple that don’t work in firefox and websites that support only one browser rendering engine but still claim to be ‘the future of web design’. In short, an internet that is being built with no thought of future technologies or capabilities in mind.

It turns out I am not the only one with these sentiments, the obvious solution seeming to be to allow specific vendors to still be targeted via their prefixes, but the full set of browsers to be targeted by removing the prefix all together.

So there, i’ve weighed in.
Keep doing what you do.

Hello My Name Is...

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:33:01 +1200

I’ll be in wellington for the next few days for webstock mini and fullcodepress

if you see me, say hi.

I’m the guy that really needs a haircut.

Bernard Barry: F8 Conference Collateral (via Nicholas Feltron)

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:14:21 +1200

Bernard Barry: F8 Conference Collateral

(via Nicholas Feltron)

My blog just turned 2! parteh!

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:06:25 +1200

My blog just turned 2!

parteh!

iConvert

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:23:10 +1200

iConvert:

Excellent browser based utility that converts pngs to ico, icns, and png icons online for Browsers, Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux

"I want to design websites people use, not websites people look at."

Mon, 31 May 2010 23:57:24 +1200

“I want to design websites people use, not websites people look at.”

- Tim Van Damme (Maxvoltar) - The difference between a graphic designer & interface designer

Improve your jQuery - 25 excellent tips

Mon, 24 May 2010 21:05:40 +1200

Improve your jQuery - 25 excellent tips:

I have a love/hate relationship with tip lists, but this is a great resource for novice and expert jQuery users alike.

“The Device” by Raccoonnook (click for a larger image),...

Wed, 19 May 2010 17:33:34 +1200

“The Device” by Raccoonnook (click for a larger image), featured at Assembly Line Collective’s The Decade art show in San Francisco last month.

See also: More arcade artwork, photos, and videos

[Via Racoonnook, Gamefreaks]

(via shelbot)

Someone reblog Karp if he posts anything interesting.

Wed, 19 May 2010 13:25:48 +1200

Someone reblog Karp if he posts anything interesting.

I'm Buying...

Fri, 14 May 2010 17:43:27 +1200

…if the codeblacks don’t work tumblr into their project

But seriously, go team.

owengildersleeve: Andrio Abero has a new website! Well...

Mon, 10 May 2010 14:37:00 +1200

owengildersleeve:

Andrio Abero has a new website! Well actually it’s probably not that new now, but I haven’t checked out his work for a little while. Such a talented chap, with a stunning array of work, and some super cheap screenprints.

the typography and texture of these posters is superb, i’m particularly enamoured with Andrio’s Bjork Poster

matarua: via // cozar: niktoprojekt Ben Crick is a Visual...

Fri, 07 May 2010 15:37:24 +1200

matarua:

via // cozar: niktoprojekt

Ben Crick is a Visual Communications Student in his fourth and final year at the University of Technology Sydney. “I love all styles of design, and iv tried my hand at as many of them as I can. I think as a designer it is our job to be able to adapt styles and be as versatile as possible. I like to think of it as developing my bag of tricks.”

Dude i’m so glad you’ve started researching and writing up your posts!

How Much Do Music Artists Earn Online? Increasingly worrying...

Thu, 06 May 2010 18:08:56 +1200

How Much Do Music Artists Earn Online?
Increasingly worrying infographic showing just how many sales / plays a solo artist would require to earn the US minimum wage. I’d be interested to see how a direct sale from the apple iTunes store would situate on this chart. More than ever, what we are seeing here is necessity of touring and playing live shows.

"After HTML 4.01, the next revision to the language was called XHTML 1.0. The X stood for “eXtreme”..."

Thu, 06 May 2010 16:04:12 +1200

“

After HTML 4.01, the next revision to the language was called XHTML 1.0. The X stood for “eXtreme” and web developers were required to cross their arms in an X shape when speaking the letter.

No, not really. The X stood for “eXtensible” and arm crossing was entirely optional.

”

- A Brief History of Markup - chapter 1 HTML5 For Web Designers.

I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of HTML5 For Web Designers - A new book written by Jeremy Keith and published by the newly formed A Book Apart.
(via darren131) insta-purchase

davidkaneda: Loremify is a one-click tool to copy Lorem Ipsum....

Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:59:13 +1200

davidkaneda:

Loremify is a one-click tool to copy Lorem Ipsum. It lets you wrap in html, specify the amount of text, and copy it to your clipboard—all in one click. It runs as a Dashboard Widget in Mac OS X, and is a mere 400kb download. (via esquareda)

must have widget. Depending on where on the buttons you click will change the amount of words copied. Smooth