May 2010
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May 30th
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The tiniest of Photoshop tips
mrgan: I can’t imagine working on pixel-precise graphics in Photoshop without taking advantage of multiple views of the same document, but I find that many designers don’t use this; turns out some just aren’t aware of it. Here, then, is my setup when working on UI bits and such: View the file at 100%, with extras hidden (View > Extras). This is my preview window. Open a new view of the same...
May 29th
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May 27th
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Dear Paul, →
In early 2000, I arrived at a small space well above High Street for a part time reception/administration position at McGovern & Associates (later known as McGovern Online). I spent most of the following hour trying desperately to follow along with the Scotsman speaking excitedly…
May 24th
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May 21st
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May 20th
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Anonymous asked: who is dontcom.com
May 20th
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“Launched last year, Foursquare is unique in that it not only allows users to...”
– New Social Networking Site Changing The Way Oh, Christ, Forget It | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source Aah — The Onion — how I love you!
May 20th
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this is my kinda skate video (via Kottke)
May 18th
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May 18th
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“Two hundred years of american technology has unwittingly created a massive cement playground of unlimited potential. But it was the minds of 11 year olds what could see that potential.” Craig Stecyk, 1975 Craig Stecyk is an artist, photographer and journalist. Back in the 70’s while painting surfboards and running the infamous Jeff Ho Surfboards and Zephyr Productions,...
May 17th
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May 16th
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“Some people are all up in video’s grill though because there’s this one code,...”
– Read this awesome article about HTML5. Read it now.
May 11th
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May 11th
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“There should be celebrating in the streets, dancing on the ceiling, Ewoks, and...”
– Greg Storey writes an excellent little piece about HTML5. We should, indeed, be dancing in the streets. HTML5 has some seriously major backers. Let’s move the web forward, people! It’s time to ditch those antiquated browsers and development techniques. The future is HTML5 - so FUCKING...
May 7th
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May 6th
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Put it online
mandamonium: There was a movement and a change when the the band used to play the slow song.  The one you’d all been waiting for, desperately hoping it hasn’t been missed off the playlist while knowing it couldn’t have been.  The lights might dim a little further; the sound of the flints adding an unexpected percussive element.   The music swelled and in that moment the audience was united....
May 6th
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A video about biking. Stunning to watch! Shot with a 7D and a 5D. Full details on the video page. PUSH PULL (via Coudal)
May 5th
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May 5th
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“After HTML 4.01, the next revision to the language was called XHTML 1.0. The X...”
– 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.
May 4th
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“Everything about web architecture; HTTP, HTML, CSS, is designed to serve and...”
– Ben Ward totally understands The Web. Do yourself a favour and read this blog post.
May 2nd