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Eric Meyer Go to the source

In the course of a recent debugging session, I discovered a limitation of web inspectors (Firebug, Dragonfly, Safari’s Web Inspector, et al.) that I hadn’t quite grasped before: they don’t show pseudo-elements and they’re not so great with pseudo-classes. There’s one semi-exception to this rule, which is Internet Explorer 8’s built-in Developer Tool. It shows pseudo-elements just fine. Here’s an example of what I’m talking about: p::after {content: ” -2761-”; font-size: smaller;} Drop that style into any document that has paragraphs. … Read the rest here

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Ten years ago, two of my biggest fears were: flying and public speaking. I’ve done enough of both (usually combined) over the last several years to where I’m now OK with either. At times even comfortable with it. I’ll probably always get nervous right before a talk — but the anxiety has shifted from, “crap, how am I going to get through this” to, “I want this to be good . I don’t want to let anyone down”. With that confession out of the way, the next year is filling up with some great events, and I thought I’d list them here: Future of Web Design NYC — November 17th, 2009. … Read the rest here

Hicksdesign Go to the source

I’ve used iPhoto, Littlesnapper, a combination of Leap and Dropbox, but of late, I’ve reverted to using Evernote as my collection point for design scraps. The Desktop > Web > iPhone ecosystem is lovely. I have my design collection everywhere I go (also possible with the dropbox method I used to use, but there’s no way of tagging on the iPhone). The desktop client collects images and websites (as PDF s), and the iPhone client collects snapshots of sketches, camera photos and images saved from mobile Safari. Then the two ‘collectors’ get synced together to become one big collection: Some more reasons why Evernote has struck a chord with me are: I’m not restricted to single images, I can add PDF s, group images together (as a note), and add text notes. … Read the rest here

Hicksdesign Go to the source

A tasty Flickr set of found typography – focussing on British/London Underground/Transport styles., which of course is right up my street. Comment on this … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

Written more than 6 years ago, my SitePoint article, ” Good Designers Copy, Great Designers Steal “, is still referenced from time to time as I chat with other designers by email, at conferences, and the like. It struck a chord with people — whether positive, negative, or both — and today that chord still hums. I suppose it’s because the topic isn’t new, nor did I invent it. After all, I was quoting Pablo Picasso as the supposed source of the quote, and he died more than 35 years ago. Others, such as drummer Tony Williams, have said the same . Here again I present another quote on the topic… Read the rest here

Hicksdesign Go to the source

This week I had the great pleasure of speaking at the 3rd Web Developer Conference in Bristol, along with Elliot Jay Stocks , Sarah Parmenter and Dan Donald . It was only a one-day conference, but I had a whale of time, meeting new folks like Elliot Kember (who shone on the 2 panels he attended), Oliver Ker and the legendary Jon Tan , with whom I’ve had emails and chat but never met in person. I also got to catch up with Ben Hostler, the creative director of Bristol-based agency Beef , who I haven’t seen since I was at Middle School with him

Hicksdesign Go to the source

Create a spooky Speed Dial background (600×1200 pixels and save it as JPG or PNG ), and I’ll pick my favourite for a special Halloween edition of Opera! See this post on My Opera for details of how to enter! Comment on this … Read the rest here

Mezzoblue Go to the source

Last we left off , I’d just started going down the road of playing with @font-face , sans IE. This is the follow-up where we bring Internet Explorer back into the equation and look at the hoops we need to jump through to bring it in line. A quick refresher: following a different path than every other browser out there, IE requires a custom-created, rights-managed font file called EOT (Embedded OpenType). The syntax to safely serve up an EOT to IE was shown in that previously-mentioned post . What we’re covering here is, how in the world do you create an EOT file in the first place? Well, there’s WEFT, Microsoft’s one and only tool for creating EOT files… Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

I’m working on a covert project that may or may not be related to my next letterpress poster . This time-lapse video shows me attempting to recreate one of the glyphs featured in Libro di M. Giovambattista Palatino , which, again, may or may not be used in a poster involving letterpress. I captured the process using iShowU (Mac), sped it up 3000%, and edited it using Final Cut Express. … Read the rest here

Hicksdesign Go to the source

Marshall Alexander creates wonderful one-piece paper toys, available as free PDF downloads for you to make, including the Max figure (right) having a wild rumpus! Growing up in the seventies and eighties, my personal work is heavily inspired by retro design, videogames, movies, bright plastic toys and TV cartoons. Most of this work can be downloaded for free from my site. So get your knives and glue out, download some of the models and start building. Enjoy! Comment on this … Read the rest here

Hicksdesign Go to the source

My name is Jon Hicks, and I’m a stationery fetishist. I’m sure many of you are too. I love the design, feel, and most of all, smell of it. Some of my earliest and happiest memories are of walking into WHS miths and smelling the pencils and paper, looking at the pads and notebooks (and being allowed to buy a new one!). Even in an age when my work is solely screen-based, I still lust after the senses-satisfying joy of new stationery. Just recently, I’ve started using graph paper pads again, particularly for sketching interface wireframes… Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

I’ve stumbled on a couple type resources recently. I thought it’d be appropriate to lump them together under the banner of inspiring type, continuing a theme that began with Libro di M. Giovambattista Palatino . Luca Barcellona Calligraphy & Lettering Art Luca Barcellona, insofar as I can tell, is a master of calligraphy and lettering art. … Read the rest here

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I’m pleased to announce the super excellent folks at Carsonified are bringing the Handcrafted CSS workshop to London ! Carson Workshops will be presenting Ethan Marcotte and myself in a reprise of the one-day course we organized last month here in Salem, MA. And it’s surely going to be a blast. Just like last time, each attendee will get a copy of the book ( Video Edition including the DVD ) and we’ll spend the day walking through much of its content and more. This event was a great success here in New England, and we’re thrilled to bring it to the UK. Thanks to Carson Workshops for making this happen! So join us on November 23rd at Wallspace St Pancras in London. For more info on the event and to book a place (there’s a max of 70 spots), visit the Carson Workshops site . … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

So, it’s been four days since rejoining the ranks of the self-employed . The transition from full-time employment to self-employment has been nearly seamless. This is probably because I’ve been through this all before, but also because the timing was right. I was ready to leap and therefore hit the ground running. I have no shortage of work right now. In fact, I’ve probably not been this busy for quite some time. … Read the rest here

Hicksdesign Go to the source

I never liked the 2005-2009 Doctor Who logo. It looked too much like ‘Farscape’ to my eyes, but this , this I like. A lot . Somehow, it feels very retro, as if it’s the logo that could’ve been at some point in it’s early past. … Read the rest here

Snook Go to the source

In case you hadn’t noticed the lovely titles on this page, they’re League Gothic . Well, they should be if you happen to be using the latest version of Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer. However, it took much trial and error to figure out exactly how to get there. There are a number of pieces to the puzzle but in the end, I got something to work. The assumption here is that you are on a Mac (as I am) but I believe these tools work the same on PC… Read the rest here

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Hicksdesign Go to the source

If you’ve got 4 minutes spare, treat yourself to this video of printmaker Paul Catherall explaining how he produced the beautiful linocut prints that were commissioned by Transport for London under the title “A new view of London”. An exhibition of his work is on display at the.gallery@oxo in London South bank’s until May 18, and the posters are available in the London Transport Museum Shop . Comment on this … Read the rest here

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I don’t want this to turn into one of those ‘product blogs’ (you know “check out this cutter for making Helvetica letters out of potatoes”) but I wanted to share these mighty fine Lacie USB Speakers . There’s something very pleasing about their boldness and stark simplicity. These aren’t the first speakers Neil Poulton has designed for Lacie though, they’re very much the lovechild of his previous firewire speakers, shaped like an ocean liner funnel: What was special about these was that they didn’t need a power supply, unlike the new USB ones – they took all the power they needed from the firewire connection. … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

Yesterday at noon I turned in my employee badge, laptop, and other employer-owned property. Goodbyes and K.I.T.’s were exchanged. A Snickers was indulged, just because. And with that, I concluded a chapter from the last three years of my life. Today I begin full-time employment as founder, principal, whatever of Cameron Moll LLC. This is a decision that has been quietly (and carefully) considered since November 2008… Read the rest here