Category: Design
Typekit and Google Announce Open Source Collaboration
Typekit and Google Announce Open Source Collaboration « The Typekit Blog. I think this is great. Typekit is really making an impact with the service provided, and Google hopping on board is a really great thing for the both of them… and all of us. We’re happy to announce that we’ve teamed up with Google […]
Posted: May 19, 2010
A Book Apart – HTML5 for Web Designers
A Book Apart is here. The latest and greatest product from everyone’s favorite Web-centric publication A List Apart. A List Apart is one of the main reasons I really came into Standards-based Web design and development and they continue to publish some of the best articles on an extremely consistent basis. Having yourself published in […]
Posted: May 04, 2010
Introducing Adobe Fireworks CS5
The details behind Fireworks CS5 have finally made it to the surface. While, as usual, it was on the back burner during all of the recent Adobe promotions surrounding the latest and greatest Creative Suite, I’m still excited about what’s coming to Fireworks CS5.
Posted: April 17, 2010
Trailhead as the New Heat Map Hotness
I love information. I especially love information as it’s generated from data. I’m a sucker for infographics, and even a pretty bar graph is awesome to me. Other designers should love information too, especially when it’s targeted specifically at the work we’ve done. Perhaps my most favorite niche of information is eye tracking. One of […]
Posted: March 24, 2010
Spencer Fry — Attracting Normals
Spencer Fry — Attracting Normals. Spencery Fry gets it. I think it’s all too easy for us [techies] to forget what this is all about. Too soon are we to adopt the latest and craziest Thing just to have it fall flat on our face when we present it to the client. I know not […]
Posted: March 24, 2010
Fireworks Alternatives: Acorn, Drawit and Opacity
I would have to consider myself a fairly recent convert to Fireworks when the rest of the crowd is considered. I really jumped on the bandwagon when CS4 came out, specifically because of the type engine changes that took place. All that is well and good, but it’s no secret that Fireworks is plagued with […]
Posted: March 23, 2010
Do you Dribbble?
So Dribbble just tossed me an invite. Are you Dribbble’n yet? If you’ve been wanting to find out what it’s all about I’d like to make a quick offer. To enter for an invite simply follow @jchristopher on Twitter and shoot me a note saying you want in. Again, randomness will decide your fate. Entries […]
Posted: March 18, 2010
Using CSS3 to Properly Center Thumbnail Galleries
I’ve got a specific stance on CSS3. While the geek in me wants to use it whenever and wherever possible, there are some drawbacks when it comes to consistency. There are cases, though, where I feel it really appropriate to go ahead and take advantage of what CSS3 has to offer. Thumbnail galleries, for instance, provide a nice platform to begin working with nth-child().
Posted: March 18, 2010
The details coming from deaxon
Via Chris Bowler Oh my gosh the details of deaxon. Be sure to check out the super size. They’ve accomplished with this site what I find most frustrating about Web apps trying to mimic desktop apps: fluidity. Although it’s a WebKit thing, these guys pulled it off. Given their industry, it speaks volume about the […]
Posted: March 16, 2010
Noah Stokes / Designblind
Noah Stokes and I think alike. With each post of his I find myself more and more in line with the same experiences/frustrations/inspirations as he. We also have a ridiculously similar sense of humor. He’s a funny guy, and he’s said a number of things that I’ve either thought or haven’t afforded articulation quite yet. […]
Posted: March 10, 2010