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How To Use Spaces On Your Mac
I’ve been working with windowing systems on computers, graphical user interfaces, for over twenty-five years. My first taste was the MIT X Window System back when Apple was selling the Lisa and Microsoft was trying to get people interested in something called Windows 3.1. One of the very best features of the X Window Systems (or [...]
Advice for Beginners
Good to see an article directed towards beginners, offering the best advice as they get started from people who have already been in that position and succeeded. Here are a pick of what I thik is crucial advice for everyone as well as beginners: Never stop learning I can’t stress this enough. I’m actually in [...]
Another Inspiring Miniature Video
Recently I posted a Miniature Faking Effect video using time-lapse tilt shift photography technique here. Today I found another video and I though I want to share with you. Here?s an amazing video by Daniel Fiantok of the 2010 Budapest Critical Mass Earth Day ride, shot using a technique know as ?Tilt-Shift?. The Budapest ride is [...]
harryroberts.co.uk (v2)
New version of Harry Robert’s site. Harry’s style is always clean and minimal. I really like this more simplified version of the site. Doing a minimal design isn’t as easy as it looks since you need to make sure the elements you’ve actually left on the page are top notch. Harry you should consider [...]
Create a Realistic Picture Frame With Photoshop ? Psd Premium Tutorial
Today, we have another Psd Premium tutorial exclusively available to Premium members. If you want to take your design skills to the next level, then we have an awesome tutorial for you. Learn more after the jump! This Premium Tutorial is Filled with Creative Tips Today, we will demonstrate how to create a realistic picture [...]
jQuery Reel Slideshow
A jQuery slideshow that displays images in a reel like fashion, one image at a time and in an continual manner.
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Ryan Holmes' exhibition American Laundry will be on display Aug. 21 through Oct.
25 Amazing CSS3 Experimentations and Demos
CSS3 is opening up a lot of possibilities for designers and developers. Things that used to require images, JavaScript or Flash can now be done with the power of CSS. Unfortunately, in most cases these developments are more useful for experimentation and learning at this point since they are not supported by all of the major browsers. However, if you're interested in learning more about the capabilities of CSS3 it can be a valuable use of your time to see what is being done. In this post we'll feature 25 experimentations and demos from various designers/developers using CSS3. Some have more practical real-world uses than others, but all of them demonstrate what can be done with CSS3 and some creativity. Look Ma, No Flash! 
29 Awesome Food Industry Business Card Inspirations
Everybody knows that, basically, business cards are pieces of paper bearing information about a company or an individual. It is also known that this ?business accessory? ties the first knot in a relationship with a client, so it is sufficient to say that it is vital element for making a good [...]
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?Buddycons? ? Vector Social Media Icons
Today we’re giving away a wonderful set of social media icons designed exclusively for WDD by Orman Clark, a web designer from the UK. The icon set is called “Buddycons” and includes 126 vector social media icons. Included in the set are PNG versions of all 126 icons in both circular and rounded variations as well [...]
Night Thief
Night Thief is a Blogger template related to bloggers who blog about happenings at night, creatures, etc. It has a nice and simple layout with a large RSS chicklet, link lists and a night styled header. DownloadView DemoEssential Tips
International Bluegrass Music Awards announces International Bluegrass Music Awards nominees
IBMA is proud to announce the nominees for the 21st annual International Bluegrass Music Awards , scheduled for Thursday, September 30, 2010, at Nashville, Tennessee's historic Ryman Auditorium.
Amazing Examples of Paper Art
When most people think of art involving paper, they think of drawing, sketching, or maybe painting. However, there are very talented people out there that create art from paper in more unusual ways. I’m talking about paper art that involves creative forms of cutting, folding, and carving. Materials for this type of art can vary, [...]
CSS Design: Agile Style
An interesting take on the grid-based portfolio.
I like the hover effects and the scattered client quotes. Those really help to provide comfort for potential clients who might be wary about hiring a designer they are not familiar with.
This design was featured on the 19th August 2010 . It falls under the category of Portfolio, and has a layout style of Grid.
If you'd like, you can visit this site, or view all our other featured designs.
Stylize Radio Button & Checkbox with ezMark jQuery Plugin
ezMark is a jQuery Plugin that allows you to stylize Radio button and Checkbox easily. Its very small (minified version is ~1.5kb) compared to other similar scripts. It has been tested and works on all major browsers (IE 6/7/8, Firefox, Safari, Chrome) and it gracefully degrades. To customize the default checkbox/radiobutton image, simply change the background [...]
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- BBC News - Cult of less: Living out of a hard drive
Many have begun trading in CD, DVD, and book collections for digital music, movies, and e-books. But this trend in digital technology is now influencing some to get rid of nearly all of their physical possessions - from photographs to furniture to homes altogether.
How to Create a Slider to Zoom Photos: New Premium Tutorial
If you?ve ever used a piece of software, like Picasa or iPhoto before, you?ll be aware of the fact that there is a slider at the bottom, which allows you to specify how large each photo should be. Move the slider up a few ticks, and all the photos will zoom in a bit. Thanks [...]
Music fans and graphic designers: create a poster for Moogfest
With performances from Devo, Thievery Corporation, the Disco Biscuits, MGMT, Massive Attack, Jonsi, Big Boi, Caribou and dozens more, Moogfest is set to become a major new East Coast music festival, with attendees from all over the country.
Around the Web: Quora & MySQL, The Graph Grows, Joy of PSing
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Hey there! It’s Wednesday, so this mid-week roundup is devoted to all things business and development. Some links are newsworthy, some retweeted across Twitter, and others just meet our ?awesomeness? requirement, and regardless we hope you?ll enjoy them. Without further delay: Real-time junkies! Justin Ireland (@justin_ireland) posts on “Real-Time Embedded User Interfaces, Using HTML/CSS/JS & [...]
Drawing the Line
There is a rush of anticipation one feels upon cracking open a fresh sketchbook. The blank page is a small area yet also an expansive laboratory for the creative process. Over time and around the world, artists have developed many ingenious techniques to advance their creative reach. Despite this, one of the most powerful means we have [...]
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iPad Gripe Session
After a few months of owing it, I keep finding more and more uses for my iPad, many of them not possible on my Mac or my iPhone, and my affection for it keeps ratcheting up accordingly. At the same time, there are at least a handful of irritating shortcomings on the platform that I’m impatiently waiting for Apple to address. I know it’s been less than a full year since the iPad debuted, and perhaps there’s a significant upgrade due soon, but for now, I find that using the iPad is more frustrating than it needs to be.
In large part this is owing to the fact that iOS 4 is so good, making its current unavailability for the iPad feel particularly vexing. In the few short months since I’ve owned my iPhone 4, I’ve become thoroughly reliant on the iOS 4 unified inbox within Mail, for instance — I’m amazed that I ever lived without it on my iPhone and annoyed that I have to live without it still on my iPad. Also, the major efficiency gains that iOS 4’s multitasking makes possible have become second nature to me on the iPhone. Meanwhile, switching between apps on the iPad and having to wait for each app to load from scratch every time I access it seems like an archaic custom leftover from the first decade of the century.
Among features that the iPad does share with the iPhone, the ability to undo actions seems more rote than useful. As a gesture to invoke the Undo command, shaking a handheld device the size of an iPhone is clever and workable. Shaking a much larger device like the iPad is awkward at best and violates one infrequently violated but nevertheless important law of good user interface design: don’t force the user to look like a spaz in order to use any given feature.
Means of Production
My complaint about undo intersects with the fact that, over time, I’ve started to use the iPad for content creation more and more (by now those early criticisms that the device is conducive only to consumption seem myopic). I still don’t quite believe that long-form writing or word processing will ever be something that people frequently do on the iPad, but on the other hand I’m on a train to Washington, D.C. at the moment and my MacBook has apparently died so I’m typing this particular chunk of reasonably long-form text on my iPad (using a preview release of an intriguing app forthcoming from Oliver Reichenstein’s Information Architects).
Whether we’ll ever type as much on the iPad as on a PC, it seems obvious to me that some refinement is needed in managing how ‘touchable’ the iPad’s screen is while entering text. As it stands, it’s too easy to reposition my cursor as I type by inadvertently brushing against the screen with a knuckle. With the iPhone’s much smaller screen real estate this problem was a nuisance, but with the much larger expanse of the iPad cursor placement can be much more volatile, and it becomes a serious impediment to usage. It should be possible for Apple to implement something along the lines of the ‘ignore trackpad while typing’ feature that the company includes with its MacBook line of laptops.
Unextended Stays
So long as we’re talking about productivity, I may as well declare my futile hope that Apple will one day allow some of the extensibility on iOS that’s available on Mac OS X. It would violate the platform’s vision of purity and its paradigm for stability, I’m sure, but I want more system-wide services. Services that often only third party software vendors excel in.
I want an editable dictionary that can supplant iOS’ built-in auto-correct dictionary. I want Text Expander available to every app, and 1Password and Instapaper too, while we’re at it. I’m sure many readers out there have their own wish lists of similar enhancements, but we’ll probably never get any of them so I may as well stop here.
Unrefreshing Behavior
Back in the territory of pure content consumption: I’ve become a big fan of powering through my RSS subscriptions via Google Reader in mobile Safari. Notwithstanding the fact that Google Reader’s iPhone-optimized interface needs some subtle but nontrivial adjustments for the iPad, it’s great. What’s not great is mobile Safari’s penchant for refreshing a browser window nearly every time I return to it, regardless of how long the window has been idle.
This is generally annoying but it can be particularly disruptive with a Web app like Google Reader where state is maintained on the client side — I can’t tell you how many times when, having clicked off to a site from a feed, I’ve wanted to return to the post as it appeared in Google Reader, only to have it lost because mobile Safari unthinkingly refreshed the whole page. If anyone at Apple really understands why the browser built into the iPad refreshes so aggressively and so randomly, they’re taking the company’s secrecy policy a bit too seriously.
Nothing on But Reruns
I was never a big consumer of Web video on my desktop or laptop, but with the iPad I’ve been consuming more and more of it. I also find myself scratching my head over how the device handles caching of video content. If I start watching a movie trailer the playback will begin after only a few seconds and play only what it’s downloaded before pausing to wait for more, which is fine.
After thirty seconds or so, I’ll often hit play and watch until the playback again exhausts what’s been downloaded — I’m essentially watching whatever comes through in chunks. But when I get to the end of the video, I like to scrub all the way back to the beginning so that I can watch the whole trailer in a single, uninterrupted pass. The problem is that the software then behaves as if it has to load everything over from scratch, as if it hasn’t cached any of the movie, and indeed the experience is just as if I’d never downloaded the video before at all. Frustrating.
Accentuate the Positive
Wow, I hadn’t thought that I had set out to write a ranting post about my iPad gripes but in retrospect it’s pretty clear that I was. It’s only because I think the platform has so much potential, I think. The first wave of iPad apps, which we’re still seeing being released right now, have been enormously impressive. What’s even more exciting is that the first wave of releases on any platform usually turns out to be the least interesting showcase for what the platform can do. I believe that before too long we’ll see iPad apps that strike out into radically new territory, leaving many of the current apps — especially those who simply pull in feeds for reading or emulate print magazines — looking like brochureware sites from the 1990s. On the way there, I just hope Apple fixes a few of these software shortcomings sooner rather than later. Then we can talk about all my complaints about the hardware, too.
Envato?s 2010 Birthday Bundle ? $20 For $400 Worth of Value
Happy Birthday to us! It’s Envato’s 4th Birthday, and to celebrate, we’re giving away a Birthday Bundle packed with $400 worth of files for only $20. The bundle includes four Tuts+ Premium tutorials, a $50 MediaTemple hosting voucher, five blog and website themes, five Flash and Unity3D files, six code packages for CSS, JavaScript, WordPress and [...]
Envato?s 2010 Birthday Bundle ? $20 For $400 Worth of Value
Happy Birthday to us! It’s Envato’s 4th Birthday, and to celebrate, we’re giving away a Birthday Bundle packed with $400 worth of value for only $20. The bundle includes four Tuts+ Premium tutorials, a $50 MediaTemple hosting voucher, five blog and website themes, five Flash and Unity3D files, six code packages for CSS, JavaScript, WordPress [...]
Envato?s 2010 Birthday Bundle ? $20 For $400 Worth of Value
Happy Birthday to us! It’s Envato’s 4th Birthday, and to celebrate, we’re giving away a Birthday Bundle packed with $400 worth of files for only $20. The bundle includes four Tuts+ Premium tutorials, a $50 MediaTemple hosting voucher, five blog and website themes, five Flash and Unity3D files, six code packages for CSS, JavaScript, WordPress [...]
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When does JavaScript trigger reflows and rendering?
Quick and useful tip on when your JavaScript triggers a browser reflow and how to minimize it.
Nettuts joins the Smashing Network
A quick bit of news today to let you know that Nettuts+ has joined the Smashing Network which means you’ll now be able to see Nettuts+ posts appear on Smashing’s awesome Web Design Post Network section! The quality of sites in the network is simply phenomenal, and I’m thrilled that Vitaly and the crew are [...]
Psdtuts joins the Smashing Network
A quick bit of news today to let you know that Psdtuts+ has joined the Smashing Network which means you’ll now be able to see Psdtuts+ posts appear on Smashing’s awesome Web Design Post Network section! The quality of sites in the network is simply phenomenal, and I’m thrilled that Vitaly and the crew are [...]
Kent Pizza Garden
Kent Pizza Garden (http://www.kentpizzagarden.com)
Artist discussion scheduled for Thursday
Gallery Uptown will feature artists Lee Brown and Linda Foley during its Third Thursday discussion at 7 p.m. Aug.
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Review: Phantasm CS plugin for Adobe Illustrator
Not many Adobe Illustrators are aware of the plug-in functionality of Adobe Illustrator. I don’t believe it’s promoted very well. There’s not a good one-stop shop to find plug-ins in one place, with reviews and user feedback. And it’s a shame, because there are many killer plug-ins out there for Illustrator. Today I want to introduce you [...]
Review: Phantasm CS plugin for Adobe Illustrator is a post from: GoMediaZine
Go Media is a creative agency based in Cleveland, Ohio. Besides the GoMediaZine, we also work for clients and sell stock artwork and design files on the Arsenal.
Create a Sticky Note Effect in 5 Easy Steps with CSS3 and HTML5
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to transform an HTML list into a wall of “sticky notes” that look and work like the following… The effect is built up gradually and works on the latest Webkit browsers (Safari, Chrome), Firefox and Opera. Other browsers simply get some yellow squares. Step 1: The HTML and Basic [...]
CSSJockey?s Brand & Design Pilfering
In a disturbing recent finding I had to bring up this issue here. Lately, I?ve been getting a lot of messages, from my clients; friends and well-wishers online, warning and informing me about some XYZ pilfering my site design; framework and even linking up to CSSJockey claiming to be a former team member or a partner.
Illustrating the Potential Power of Design
“Design that is well thought out and planned with specific goals in mind has the potential to cause users or customers to make decisions that they might not normally make” View Post
Edit Tattoo
Edit Tattoo (http://www.edittattoo.com)
Why Innovation Thrives at the Mayo Clinic
Can hospitals offer the best models in innovation? In the case of the Mayo Clinic, yes.
How to Rebuild Your Attention Span and Focus
Neuroplasticity, and why we need to focus on managing attention, not information.
Beyond the 10,000 Hour Rule: Richard Hamming and the Messy Art of Becoming Great
Revisiting the question, "what makes great scientists great?"
4 Tips for Finding a Social Media Expert
With the popularity of social media, it is only natural that a lot of people claim to be experts. Before you spend good money on hiring someone to help you design a social media marketing plan, make sure you do your research. Here a 4 things to look for when you are hiring a social [...]
Blogging is Still Awesome & Yours Can Kick-Ass
That’s the title of my proposed talk for SXSW. I’m rather excited about it. I’m going to be talking a lot about this blog and how I’ve done things over the years and what has and hasn’t been successful for me (which I’ve never really talked about before). Then, how you can take these ideas and improve your own blog. I promise it’s not going to be a bunch of junk you’ve heard a million times about how content is…
Use of CSS3 Goodness for GMail on the iPad
An interesting note when writing translations in CSS3 for the iPad: … it seems that 2D translations are not hardware-accelerated. But, since any 2D translation is equivalent to a corresponding 3D translation with the same translations in the x and y and no translation in the z axis, it is easy to use a hardware accelerated translate3d(x, [...]
15 (Really) Beautiful & Creative Book Covers
Written by: Stanley Poh Before the early nineteenth century, books were hand-bound using heavy materials [...]
CSS3 Media Queries
“You can add expressions to media type to check for certain conditions and apply different stylesheets” View Post
Penguin Classics Repackages Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of my favorite authors and I make no apologies for being yet another of his countless fans who considers “The Great Gatsby” to be my favorite book of all time. In fact, I own, in some form or another, most of Fitzgerald’s works, but these new editions from Penguin Classics are so aesthetically striking — and smart in their execution — that I would seriously consider buying them again. In fact, the new packaging for “Gatsby,” is in my mind such an improvement over the original, iconic yet highly imperfect cover illustration that I would gladly own it just so I don’t have to look at that old one anymore.
The Perfect Brainstorm: A How To
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100 Free High Quality WordPress Themes: 2010 Edition
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It's hard to believe that a year has passed since our last WordPress theme collection, but there you have it ? the time has come again. Once a year we feature the most useful and interesting WordPress-themes that we are collecting over months and present them in a nice quick overview. The collections from 2007, 2008 and last year are still useful, but some of the themes are outdated or updated now.
Looking back over these previous theme articles, you can clearly see how and why WordPress has rapidly matured into the CMS powerhouse it is today. With all of the features that have been added and improvements made with every new WordPress version and with its ever-increasing popularity among the design and development community, the quality of free themes is evident. Developers are continually pushing WordPress' boundaries, giving us today's outstanding free theme collection.
Dance, dance, dance: It's her business
Stephanie Riner loves mixing all forms of dance. That will be on display when Riner's Firefall Dance Theatre presents performances of 'Before Tomorrow' at the IndyFringe Festival, starting Friday.
10 MooTools Image and Content Sliders
“In this post, we take a look at the best of what MooTools can offer. As you will see, the results are pretty impressive.” View Post
links for 2010-08-19
BBC News – Cult of less: Living out of a hard drive Many have begun trading in CD, DVD, and book collections for digital music, movies, and e-books. But this trend in digital technology is now influencing some to get rid of nearly all of their physical possessions – from photographs to furniture to homes [...]
Using eCSStender to Clean Up Your CSS
Recently we looked at how to use LESS.js to enhance your CSS and save you tons of development time. Today we’ll look at eCSStender, another JavaScript tool that enables you to implement complicated CSS3 properties with very little code. eCSStender can be a bit confusing to figure out on your own but once you figure [...]
puregrips.com
The thing that hits me on this site is the wonderfully crafted information architecture that supports this website. The design is top notch, I don’t want to take away from that, the IA is just beautiful here. There is just a huge amount of content on this website and to design it so that I [...]
Train Wreck in D.C.
From the age of five to the age of seventeen, I lived in the D.C. metropolitan area, where I spent a lot of time riding the Metrorail subway system. In retrospect, I have to credit the repeated exposure to the system’s beautiful modernist architecture and typography for influencing my design sensibilities. It featured a distinctive pylon-based signage system that was originally designed by Vignelli Associates, though it had already been somewhat corrupted from its original form with additional wall signage by the time I was riding it. (I actually found the wall signage helpful, I must admit.)
Machine Language
Over time, through the inevitable process of accretion at the hands of less inspired designers, the original, Vignelli-produced design system has only been corrupted further, sadly. Every time I return to D.C., I note with a wince some added layer of incompetence. In fact, I just came back from a day trip to the area yesterday, and snapped this photograph of a Metrocard vending machine.
What a mess. I half expect to be able to buy lottery tickets and an international calling card from that machine as well as subway fare. Compare that visual disaster to this (miraculously) still-standing vending machine which allows passengers without sufficient fares on their Metrocards to top them off before exiting the turnstiles.
I’m not sure if Vignelli Associates were responsible for the design of this Exitfare machine as well (I’ve never seen them take credit for it), and with the unintuitive positioning of step one it’s clearly not perfect, but it still reflects some real design skill. There’s at least some modicum of intellect and reason at work here.
Having actually lived in Washington, D.C. for a few years in my twenties, I know as well as anyone that the city has been through its share of hard times, and it’s certainly not in the clear even today. Still, they had a gem of a design system there to complement their largely excellent subway system. And they’ve let it go to waste. It’s a shame.
Dead Simple Brainstorming
Brainstorming is one of the major challenges of working on a team that's spread out geographically. It's much harder to bounce ideas off your colleagues if they are across the country instead of in the same building. Threddie is a simple, elegant brainstorming app that makes it easier to collaborate.
Unchained Fun
Unchained Fun is a nice looking template. The template has a funky fun style layout. It is suitable for entertainment and fun related blogs. DownloadView DemoEssential Tips
7 Tips for Giving Effective Design Project Quotes
It’s a familiar situation for any freelancer — you open your email inbox, scan through the day’s spam and auto-responder messages, and come across a request for proposal. It’s the same as the other design requests, aside from one small detail — instead of the standard "we can pay [this much]" message, there’s a line at [...]
Polish Your Skills with 30+ Useful Photoshop Guides and Tutorials
If you’re a designer there’s a good chance you’re already using Photoshop a lot. This very versatile software is one of the most popular out there and the available tutorials and websites are many. The experience I have with many Photoshop users I’ve met is that they are really good at what they do the [...]
Phantasmagorical Art of Anna Anjos ? I.D. 47
Anna Anjos is a designer and illustrator based in Brazil. Colorful composition and surrealistic approach makes her work stand out. Her featured illustrations will surely inspire you to start playing with your software to draw something really catchy.
What to Do When a Client Kills a Project
So, there you are, working away on a project, and oh, is it a good one. You’re having fun, the client’s loving your work, and then? ?the whole thing comes to a screeching halt. A quick glance through my Projectus Interruptus file shows the following: A university department’s website redesign gets scuttled because the college’s website redesign is [...]
25 Amazing CSS3 Experimentations and Demos
CSS3 is opening up a lot of possibilities for designers and developers. Things that used to require images, JavaScript or Flash can now be done with the power of CSS.
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99% Music Mix I: Inspiration Is For Amateurs
1. Guido ? "Anidea"
The title track from Guido's enchanting 2010 release, Anidea, is a romantic, orchestral offshoot of dubstep that works its way into your heart like a splinter.
2. Matthew Dear ? "Deserter (Four Tet Remix)"
Four Tet (aka Kieran Hebdan) strips down this haunting cut from Dear's 2008 record, Asa Breed, and grows it into a microcosm of twinkling Petri-dish electronica.
3. Gold Panda ? "Back Home"
A lovely, pulsing bit of techno-pop from Panda?s 2009 Miyamae EP. Picture yourself driving in a convertible with the top down, late-night.
4. Four Tet ? "Angel Echoes"
Kieran Hebdan weaves a potent vocal sample into a glitchy, gorgeous melodic for the opener on his 2010 album, There Is Love In You.
5. My My ? "Clean Break"
If David Byrne decided to reinvent himself as a German electronic artist, his debut track might sound like this quirky deep house cut from the 2006 release, Songs for the Gentle.
6. Pantha Du Prince ? "The Splendour"
The splendors of Pantha Du Prince's 2010 release, Black Noise, are subtle. Skittering pinball sounds; tinkling, clanking samples; and minimal beats swirl into a dreamy groove on this track.
7. Gui Boratto ? "Azurra"
A simple (but delicious) synth-pop confection with a techno build from São Paulo producer Gui Boratto?s 2009 record, Take My Breath Away.
8. JJ ? Intermezzo
We're still dazed and in love with the 2009 release, JJ No. 2, from this Swedish outfit. Somehow they make dream pop that sounds tongue-in-cheek yet seductively sincere.
9. The Miracles Club ? "Chango (White Rainbox Mix)"
Chango is the psychedelic centerpiece of the Light of Love EP from the new house music project of Portland OR?s Honey Owens.
10. Emeralds ? "Now You See Me"
"Mournfully ecstatic" sounds like an odd description, but that?s all we?ve got for this transportive, synthy folk song from Emeralds' glimmering 2010 release, Does It Look Like I?m Here?
11. Glasser ? "Apply (Chairlift Remix)"
LA's Cameron Mesirow chants and yelps over spacious synths and industrious, Philip Glassian burbles on Chairlift's mesmerizing remix from Glasser?s second EP, Apply.
12. Shapes and Sizes - "Too Late For Dancing"
This cut from Shapes and Sizes?s recent release, Candles To Your Eyes, lassoes you in with a seductive groove and some seriously come-hither vocals. The perfect slow burn to wind down the party.
--> Listen to the "Inspiration Is For Amateurs" mix on SoundCloud
--> Download the mix from iTunes
Most Interesting Chrome Extensions
Today we present the collection of most useful extensions for Chrome browser.
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Think Vitamin Interview: Brendan Dawes at Future of Web Design London 2010
By Keir Whitaker
Whilst attending Future of Web Design London I recorded a few interviews, here’s the second in the series. We had fun recording it and thanks again to Brendan for taking time out to talk with us.
American Design Awards 2010 Summer Semi Annual Design Contest
 | The American Design Awards announced a call for entries, to all graphic and web designers worldwide to take part in the 2010 Summer Semi Annual Design Contest.  |
Amazon Launches Contest For Devs
Amazon Web Services is accepting entries from developers for its fourth annual AWS Start-P Challenge, a contest to recognize start-ups that are built on the AWS cloud computing platform. For the first time, AWS will choose regional award winners in the Americas, Asia Pacific and Europe. Regional semi-finalists will receive $2,500US in AWS service credits. Global [...]
Still Showing Weakness, Architecture Billings Index Increases Slightly
 | Following a two-month soft patch the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) rose almost two full points in July. |
Twenty Percent More Profit Through Design
 | The profitability of a new product gains by 20% if design plays an important role in its development phase. |
Poll: Where Are You Finding Clients?
The last survey was quite fun, and seemed to generate some great discussion and results. This time, I?d like to suggest that we share where the majority of our clients are coming from. If you have any tips or tricks on ways that you convert a prospective client into a paying client ? we?d love to [...]
PHL: Printers/Haters/Lovers
On one hand, you have Xeroxed yard-sale fliers, pleas for misplaced kittens and adverts for CD-release parties - 8 1/2x11 examples of function over form.
Whisper by Phil Cater
The design of Whisper Wingback Chair by Phil Cater is very futuristic and even has a matching table and footstool.
Software Licensing
Software licensing may not be high on your agenda once a web site is operational. But software licences are an important part of ensuring your web site does not infringe any laws, regulations and contracts.
From 15:30 hrs today, train services from a number of operating companies including East Coast, First Capital Connect and Grand Central are being affected by a line-side fire involving acetylene cylinders near Grantham. This has led to cancellations and delays. But curiously an hour ago, the East Coast web site was showing something a little unexpected—only the words "LicenseException: License has expired." were being displayed:
Ooops. It is slightly odd that the web site issue is occurring at the same time as the fire—I wonder if it is due to a licence limit being reached caused by high demand from customers checking the status of their trains, or trying to make alternative arrangements. The wording "expiry" suggests it is simply time related, but it does seem a bit of a coincidence.
Doing a quick search for this error message suggests many other web sites have sent this response in the content whilst being indexed:
So that seems unexpectedly common. Interestingly, some of the sites seem to be development or staging sites (e.g. using just an IP address, or using a "staging." sub-domain). These might well have been using temporary licences, but why are search engines allowed access at all, and even if they are, why isn't the robots exclusion standard for compliant crawlers being used?
Apart from the legal aspects, commercial software licences need to be acquired to allow for the total number of installations, processors, usage (e.g. bandwidth) and concurrent users (however the licence is defined) for:
- peak stress loads allowed to reach the web, application and database servers
- supporting systems
- development, testing, staging and production environments
- clusterering, failover and disaster recovery.
Licensing of all components and third-party services (e.g. data providers, hosting) also need to be considered. Don't just cross your fingers and hope for the best! All types of licence, commercial or otherwise, need to comply fully with their terms (e.g. non-commercial use, one licence per server). Check what happens when licences expire or if limits are exceeded. The situation might occur when most eyes are looking at your organisation.
A lesser related issue is that your own site may be masking the server type quite well, but an error message like this can give the game away. Even if the message doesn't state the type of web server and operating system, another web site with the same message may provide the answer. This can help a malicious user who is probing the site for vulnerabilities.
Shortly afterwards, the normal East Coast Trains web site had returned; much sooner than you would expect if it needed a new licence agreed, purchased and installed. I'm still wondering if it was too many simultaneous users.
I'm hoping the fire is sorted soon so I can travel tomorrow morning, instead of this evening as originally planned.
Software Licensinghford.co.uk
Submitted by Harry Ford @harryford, Designer. I have been working as a web designer for 3 years now but have hardly anything to show for my illustration so thought I would put this site together. hford.co.uk is more of a business card for myself than a portfolio. Have had a great response so far… Nice simple site, love [...]
Facebook Offers Places To Devs
While many, many privacy issues will no doubt crop up, it?s also hard not to argue that aspects of Facebook Places are cool. So developers should be glad to hear that it?s been made available to them via the Graph API. Want to help people find friends who are at the same concert? Help businesspeople connect [...]
Rebranding The Greenback Could Boost Economy, Graphic Designer Says
There's nothing wrong with the U.S. currency that a little rebranding couldn't fix, figures graphic designer Richard Smith.
Bala Yoga uses Kirkland business for new sign
Bala Yoga sign as created by Kirkland company the Sign Factory. contributed Today, 9:51 AM Kirklanda s Bala Yoga owner Mike Peterson originally contacted another sign company with whom he had worked with in the past to design and install a studio front sign for his new Kirkland-based yoga studio.
United Mileage Plus Redesign Drives Loyalty By Putting Member Needs First
Case Study from the CM Chicago office. Critical Mass recently launched a redesigned website for United Mileage Plus®. The site features a new look and feel, and offers a more personalized, intuitive experience for members of the United Mileage Plus loyalty program. The Ask “There are a lot of loyalty programs out there. Our challenge for United Mileage [...]