December 2008
40 posts
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Design Critique
One of the funniest and scariest things I’ve ever read. Thanks Merlin for sharing.
merlin:
MEMORANDUM
TO: All Eagle Brand Employees FROM: Jim Wesson (EVP, Enterprise Sales) RE: Design Critique of New Eagle Brand Letter Head Design
Sandra (and all),
First, many thanks to Renée for forwarding the new designs to everyone on the company list. Sandra, I know you were reluctant to get input...
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Consistency can increase profit
All business owners want to make more profit. Who doesn’t? For this you need more customers or clients. Here is the Million Dollar question. How do you get more customers? There is no easy or short answer to this question. We all try different things, some good and some bad. Though chances are someday every person will need some service or product that you offer. When they are ready to make...
Blogging about productivity began to feel like drinking about alcoholism.
– Merlin Mann, from my Macworld PULSE talk on “Patterns for Creativity” (via merlin)
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Recent Client Work
I have recently started working with two new clients on a journey of identity. One client produces hand knit goods and sells them on ETSY. Here are some of the rejected logo ideas. We should have it finalised early in the new year.
I’ve also started working on a logo for another great client. She is a virtual assistant working primarily with real estate agents. I am excited to be working...
soup.io is being updated. I hope it becomes more like pownce.
Someone needs to make a good ping.fm air app. Maybe I should learn how.
testing out SocialAddict and ping.fm
Dancing Davey Does it again. Brilliant.
fishel:
Happy Channukah Everyone
go here to see in full HD resolution :
http://vimeo.com/2587537
Amazing Collection of Live Music Videos →
Great collection of various artists playing in and out of actual concerts. The videos are very well produced as well. If you are open minded about music at all I would recomend watching several of these videos if not all of them.
Fleet Foxes - A Take Away Show on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
People are Strange
So what caused me to finally admit that Web 2.0 has jumped the shark? It was...
– SitePoint » The Day Web 2.0 Died
Being a hard to dispute necessity, treating text as a user interface is the only...
– Web Design is 95% Typography
Web Design is 95% Typography →
Great article on the web and typography.
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What the cryogenics?
– Elaine Sloan while watching the Frighteners
You are violating my territorial bubble
– The Frighteners
The Grid System →
mattmcinerney:
Antonio Carusone just launched The Grid System, an ever-growing resource where graphic designers can learn about grid systems, the golden ratio and baseline grids.