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Jason Santa Maria Go to the source

I’m fresh back from New Zealand where I took part in FullCodePress , a knock down, drag out, web design competition to make a website for a charity in 24 hours. The competition was put on by the wonderful folks at Webstock and pitted teams from New Zealand , Australia , and the US against one another. Our teams were each paired with a charity, who was only revealed when the competition started. From there, each team took whatever assets the client brought along (all in various states of completion, or, uh, viability); copy, photos, and loads of information, to make a complete functioning website in a single day. … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

How to Add PDF Files to iBooks : This is fairly straightforward, but apparently not straightforward for me

Cameron Moll Go to the source

How to Add PDF Files to iBooks : This is fairly straightforward, but apparently not straightforward for me

Cameron Moll Go to the source

How to Add PDF Files to iBooks : This is fairly straightforward, but apparently not straightforward for me

Cameron Moll Go to the source

Cameron Moll Go to the source

How Much Do Music Artists Earn Online? : This infographic really puts things into perspective, based on a solo artist making minimum wage (U.S.) each month. The royalties for authors of most tech books aren

Cameron Moll Go to the source

Facebook is My New Boatcar : Blaine Cook, whose argument is similar to Ryan Singel

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Creating Stunning HTML Email, The Book : By whom? Campaign Monitor, of course. Two chapters are available for download at the link above and the full text for purchase at Sitepoint or Amazon . … Read the rest here

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HTML5 for Web Designers by Jeremy Keith : A Book Apart

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I Love Typography: The Vignelli Twelve : John Boardley, refuting Massimo Vignelli

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What the iPad is Missing: Good Typography : Stephen Coles, FontShop

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Mobile Web Design (iPad Version) : I

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PixelPads: Sketchbooks for iPad : Shipping April 3rd: At the heart of PixelPads is the 10-pixel grid which allows you to sketch detailed, pixel-perfect interfaces yet it

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Andy Budd Go to the source

5 Years ago somebody wrote something stupid on the Internet that annoyed a bunch of bloggers enough to write about it, including myself. Yesterday I received a contrite email from this person saying that the incident had ruined their life and asking if I’d remove the post. It turns out that my blog post ranked in the top 20 results for this guys name and he was wondering if I’d remove the article. I considered it, as to be honest I’d completely forgotten about the event (as had most people 2 weeks after it happen) and I didn’t really care that much anyway. However it got me thinking about two different things. On the one hand, the Internet can freeze youthful folly and a small transgressions can stick with you for life. … Read the rest here

Jason Santa Maria Go to the source

O nce again I’m adding to my list of recommended books with some good reads I’ve come across in the past few years. I’m always up for finding new books to help me better understand design or improve my practices, but it can be very difficult to find the meat from so many fatty offerings. That’s why I try to keep this list focused on design, type, and theory. There are many lists for good web design books around, but few of just straight up good design books, and many of these topics are applicable anywhere. Like last time , this doesn’t aim to be comprehensive, but I personally vouch for the usefulness all of these books offer. … Read the rest here

Jason Santa Maria Go to the source

O nce again I’m adding to my list of recommended books with some good reads I’ve come across in the past few years. I’m always up for finding new books to help me better understand design or improve my practices, but it can be very difficult to find the meat from so many fatty offerings. That’s why I try to keep this list focused on design, type, and theory. There are many lists for good web design books around, but few of just straight up good design books, and many of these topics are applicable anywhere. Like last time , this doesn’t aim to be comprehensive, but I personally vouch for the usefulness all of these books offer… Read the rest here

Andy Budd Go to the source

One of the problems of working in the knowledge economy is the constant need to keep abreast of current trends and thinking. This would be fine if you worked in a mature industry or one with a limited number of books, papers and conferences appearing each year. However in the knowledge economy of the web, more information is being published every day than could be consumed in a year. What’s more, that pace is increasing. The problem is exacerbated by a number of things… Read the rest here

Hicksdesign Go to the source

Shared notebooks are one of the many selling points of Evernote. Being able to automatically share content easily (no manual upload), with additional benefit of an RSS feed is genius – it almost becomes a blogging platform. As well notebooks shared with individuals (such as moodboards for clients) I have two public notebooks: Design Scrapbook – where I keep any inspiration, be they images, PDF s or type samples. When clippings have come from webpages. the original URL is saved too. … Read the rest here

Hicksdesign Go to the source

Shared notebooks are one of the many selling points of Evernote. Being able to automatically share content easily (no manual upload), with additional benefit of an RSS feed is genius – it almost becomes a blogging platform. As well notebooks shared with individuals (such as moodboards for clients) I have two public notebooks: Design Scrapbook – where I keep any inspiration, be they images, PDF s or type samples. When clippings have come from webpages. the original URL is saved too. Cheese Diaries ) – where I take snaps of cheese labels to remember what I ate… Read the rest here