January 2009
38 posts
Things.
It doesn’t happen often, but when it does it’s almost magical… you run across an application that changes you. It makes you want to be better, your habits change, your work style changes and overall you improve. There are only a handful of apps that have brought about this experience. Basecamp changed the way I did project management. After years of hating project management and...
“What you don’t play can be more important than what you do.”
– Thelonious Monk
I Love You More Than Blank →
Find out the real things we use as measuring sticks
Es Bueno Launches →
Good friend and incredible front-end developer Noah Stokes (AKA Motherfuton) has finally launched his blog. Lets all listen while he teaches us something…
“It’s been happening throughout history, of course. Beautiful accidents....”
– Dan Cederholm
Doug B. comes out of the woodwork →
Glad to see him back contributing to the interwebs.
⌘C ⌘V Character →
Great little reference for those times when you’re looking for that certain character to use.
DearIE6 - So Long →
There was a day we all had to optimize for it, now its time to say good-bye.
howtographics.com →
Great little site pulling together all things How-To.
Quarkbase : Everything about a Website →
Great way to see a summary of practically everything about a website. Got a site? Find out what people are saying about it. [via Noah Stokes]
A 20-year-old model photographed as if she were... →
Very interesting what you can pull off with a little light and makeup.
Feltron Eight →
Looks like the new Feltron report is out, I love these things.
“Remember crime against property is not real crime. People look at an oil...”
– Banksy
“99c apps don’t preclude expensive apps any more than Hyundai precludes the...”
– [via Steven Frank]
“The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought.”
– Sir Thomas Beecham
Watching the Growth of Walmart Across America →
Great visual representation of the rapid growth Walmart has seen since its inception. [via Troy Viss]
I Am Second →
An incredible site that deals with real life stories of people overcoming their destructive lifestyles.
“The thing I enjoy most about designing is writing.”
– Jason Fried
On buying a Korean iPhone app
me: sweet the controls are all in korean
motherfuton: yeah? worth the buck?
me: it's exactly what you want
me: it has rosetta stone on it as a bonus
motherfuton: what?
Typogridphy — A Typographical and Grid Layout CSS... →
Looks like a great way to allow devs and designers to lay down type in a pleasing and fairly structured way.
“Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because...”
– David Gelernter
“So now I’ve said more than I wanted to say, and all that I am going to say,...”
– Steve Jobs
“You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also...”
– Joan Miro
Top ten most beautiful blogs of 2008 →
Can’t say i disagree with most of these choices, some amazing looking blogs in this list, I especially like Alex Buga’s [via Guy Kawaskaki]