August 2010
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The Wilderness Downtown →
Google and B-Real teamed up with the Arcade Fire to make this HTML5 interactive music video for their song We Used To Wait. It uses a combination of video, audio and canvas to produce a pretty rad little interactive experience… And only using open technology. You can read more about it here.
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HTML5 Detail
The details and the summary elements are new. And they’re awesome. I’m jotting this down so I can remember (and also you can help me with the jQuery, cos it’s buggy.) I’ve written a bit of HTML/CSS and jQuery which allows for show/hide behaviour the the above mentioned elements. The details element has one attribute: open. Consider the following HTML and...
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“Quote your attribute values unless you’re a rockstar. Always declare a charset,...”
– HTML5 Peeks, Pokes and Pointers
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“If you can’t draw as well as someone, or use the software as well, or if you do...”
– Frank Chimero gives advice to graphic design students.
Even if you’re not—you should should read this.
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“Put The Suburbs on repeat and days could pass before the urge to change the...”
– BBC - Music - Review of Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
I’d have to agree with this sentiment. The Suburbs has been a bit of a slow-burner for me. It didn’t jump up and smack me in the face like Funeral/Neon Bible did, but it has totally grown on me. The entire album sits perfectly as a...
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“We are Pro-Love. We are Pro-Equality. We will not tolerate discrimination. We...”
– Derek Powazek - I’m Not Pro-Gay Marriage, I’m Pro-Equality
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“In fact, I’d go so far as to say Tumblr’s central innovation is its design. The...”
– Subtraction.com: The New Who Thing.
This article is more about identity than it is about design—but I’d have to agree with Khoi Vinh with the above assessment. Tumblr is a total joy to use. Works good, looks good and makes me feel good!
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July 2010
16 posts
