November 2009
Not sure I can blame it on Portland, but I just bought another piece of art
Not sure I can blame it on Portland, but I just bought another piece of art
October 2009
Simple Desktops →
Tom Watson collects desktops backgrounds for the minimalist
Visualizing cell size →
Effectively simple, powers of ten style diagram of the scale microscopic objects
Interactive sketching notation →
How to sketch out event-based user actions
Twitter lists for your following interest… http://twitter.com/sailalinks/status/5277004880 (via @sailalinks)
RT @gladstonehotel: Please Join us this evening [at 9 pm] in memory of our Gladstone Cowboy: Hank Young http://bit.ly/3L7NGj
Social networks and news before Twitter →
The Velvet Revolution in 1989 was fueled by social media, but not the kind we know now
"Hey Jude" flowchart →
The Beatles song if planned by a systems engineer
Allowed rel values →
HTML 5 limits the values for the rel attributes to certain values
National Post risks closure →
Conrad Black’s dream reduced to being a pawn in bankruptcy negotiations
Concerned that the Global Security Operations Center’s 2009 Halloween Guidelines made no mention of zombies
Concerned that the Global Security Operations Center’s 2009 Halloween Guidelines made no mention of zombies
Online publishers and premium ads →
Scaling a premium experience could bring much value for online publishers
That was close…
That was close…
Mapping bike routes →
Ride the City maps the best or safest route from point A to B
CBC's The National redesigns →
New site appears in the hours before the revamped newscast
Paris snapshots →
As seen through the filter of Google Street View
1984 Macintosh review →
“Any files that you have created are also graphically depicted on your electronic ‘desk top.’”
What really brought down the Eastern Bloc →
Hint - it wasn’t Reagan or “people power”
Big Lebowski Lego Art →
Big Lebowski Lego Art comes with the lego statues of The Dude, The Jesus, Jackie Treehorn, and Walter Sobchak
Toronto's Ossington experiment →
The bar and restaurant restrictions could be extended city-wide
Irony is when your company’s internal announcement about the launch of its flagship product is flagged as spam
Irony is when your company’s internal announcement about the launch of its flagship product is flagged as spam
New CNN.com design →
The look follows the trend of featuring more inline media
If you need to label a tag cloud “Tag Cloud,” it’s probably best to think about why you’re using a tag cloud in the first place
Hulu to charge in 2010 →
Fox’s newest board member to Hulu suggests a subscription model may be coming to the online video service within the next year
CBC revamps news again →
Features a build-your-own online version of The National and a familiar abbreviation
Impressive CSS typography controls →
Mozilla is exploring some new rules to expose type-specific features in CSS
After the seventh official work hour, there always seems to be a definitive, and consistent buzz though out the space
After the seventh official work hour, there always seems to be a definitive, and consistent buzz though out the space
Canada abandons net neutrality →
Canadian ISPs allowed to shape traffic if they tell customers about it
Apple to patent CSS animation effects →
Not cool at all.
H1N1 Avoidance Tip #2: Resist all temptations to touch any part of face (unless you want to eat, bathe or slap) http://tr.im/CsHK
Pleasanton Weekly - Town Square Topic →
Pleasanton News is the online version of the print edition by the same name.
Typotheque Web Font Service →
Type foundry unveils a well-rounded collection of Web fonts for use with @font-face
Pixar Intro: Twisted Extended Version →
What happens after that adorable lamp crushes the letter “I”?
Nominations are the new invitations
Protovis →
Create impressive data visualizations with this open-source JavaScript library
Wow - with the waffle
cone, that pumpkin clove ice cream from @mollymoon tastes like pumpkin pie!
Wow - with the waffle
cone, that pumpkin clove ice cream from @mollymoon tastes like pumpkin pie!
Starting to be convinced that Canadian indie music was irrecoverably influenced by the fact @juliedoiron played violin in Eric’s Trip
Heading out in the torrential downpour to see the Great Lake Swimmers play the infamous Crocodile
Grouping mobile apps →
An intelligent way to start classifying mobile (read: iPhone) apps
Transit app building workshop →
Seattle’s agency wants to make it easier to develop apps using its transit data, unlike other transit agency (TTC, for example)
This Page is Under Construction - The Story Behind... →
MetaFilter user twoleftfeet - who created the very first “under construction” icon - explains the origin of those annoying and overused remnants from internets past.
Design thinking is not about automatically adding ellipses to headlines in case they exceed a certain character count
Design thinking is not about automatically adding ellipses to headlines in case they exceed a certain character count
Good HTML 5 and CSS 3 tutorial →
A helpful, step-by-step walk through on creating the Webkit Sticky Notes demo
