Webdesigninformer.com

Eric Meyer Go to the source

After the blackout on Wednesday, it seems that the political tides are shifting against SOPA and the PROTECT IP Act—as of this writing, there are now more members of Congress in opposition to the bills than in favor. That’s good news. I wil reiterate something I said on Twitter, though: the members of tech community, particularly those who are intimately familiar with the basic protocols of the Internet, need to keep working on ways to counteract SOPA/PIPA. What form that would take, I’m not sure. Maybe a truly distributed DNS system, one that can’t be selectively filtered by any one government or other entity. I’m not an expert in the area, so I don’t actually know if that’s feasible… Read the rest here

Snook Go to the source

I hesitate putting this information out there as I’m not sure what its relevance is. I merely note it as interesting, especially in light of gender inequality in our field. In number crunching the people who have purchased a SMACSS e-book or site membership, I’ve noticed that the numbers are heavily skewed in one direction: 94.5% of the purchases are by men. That means only 5.5% of purchases were by women. I wonder if there is anything in the way that I’ve presented the information that has turned women off from buying the book. Since I market the book under my personal ‘brand’, especially via Twitter, I wonder if my particular following is also heavily skewed towards men (I suspect it is). … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

Hero : This is a really fantastic, well-shot piece. And the resulting portrait definitely wasn’t what I was anticipating. Update: The process of creating art with small dots is called stippling . Had no idea. (Thanks @signalnoise .) /via @jontangerine … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

It’s clear by now dust is gathering at this domain. I’ve been okay with that, and will continue to be okay with it, but only a little longer. I’ve been swamped with obligations on my current projects and have traveled much more than usual. I’ll visit NYC for the third time in a month starting next week, for example. More importantly, I’ve realized I need to realign the focus of this site. The tumblog, light-narrative format is definitely enjoyable, and it’s helped me blog more frequently, as well. … Read the rest here

Jason Santa Maria Go to the source

by Jeremy Keith I grew up in Ireland, the home of Halloween. I know that it seems like a quintessentially American holiday, but Halloween has its roots in the Celtic feast of Samhain. The Americans embraced and extended Halloween, adding the tradition of trick-or-treating, which in turn made its way back to Ireland. I spent many of my childhood Halloweens trick-or-treating in the town of Tralee in County Kerry with my cousins. It’s funny, but when I think back to those times, I can’t think of any specific sweets (or “candy”, as the Americans would say)… Read the rest here

Eric Meyer Go to the source

[[ MARK IS FINE. Please see the update at the end of the post for the resolution. —E. ]] Just yesterday, I took a screenshot of the title page of Dive Into HTML5 to include in a presentation as a highly recommended resource. Now it’s gone. That site, along with all the other “Dive Into…” sites (Accessibility, Python, Greasemonkey, etc.) and addictionis.org, is returning an HTTP “410 Gone” message. … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

Letterpress Poster Sale Later This Week : Keep an eye on the aforetolinked page or @ cameronmoll for discounted pricing to be announced later this week. And for an extra 5% off on top of that, sign up to be notified: I promise to sell your email address only to the finest of spammers. Totally kidding. … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

We’ve just unveiled this parallaxified mini-site as part of Authentic Jobs’ 6th birthday celebration. I had the pleasure of collaborating with Michael Botsko on the site. I had my hands on the design, while he wrangled the markup. There are a few imperfect details remaining to be polished, but overall I’m really pleased with the end result. Lest I focus unduly on the design, allow me to encourage you to take note of the site’s message: I need your help… Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

I’ll keep this brief. I didn’t have a chance to see any of the tributes yesterday (or the news reports for that matter), as I had prior commitments. So, I spent this morning reviewing the day’s events and related material. Following are some of the highlights from my review. The Story of Michael Ragusa’s Burial You’ll have Command+F or Ctrl+F and search ‘ragusa’ to find his story in this lengthy article, as I can’t directly link to it. This was probably the most moving tribute I read leading up to yesterday. … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

Spin.js, a Loading Spinner Sans Images : Uses CSS3 to render the animation, falling back to VML for Internet Explorer (all the way back to IE6). 2.8K of total code and supported by newer versions of most browsers. /via @ jc … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

Drummers are Natural Intellectuals : Of course they are, silly. /via @ scottboms … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

Golden Grid System: A ‘Folding’ Grid for Responsive Design : Joni Korpi, who developed the system: 16 columns sounds a bit much for anything other than huge widescreen monitors. This is where the folding, inspired by the DIN paper system and Unigrid, comes in. The 16 columns can be combined, or folded , into 8 columns for tablet-sized screens, and into 4 columns for mobile-sized ones. This way Golden Grid System can easily cover any screen sizes from 240 up to 2560 pixels. … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

Amazon’s Kindle Cloud Reader : Neato. An in-browser reader. Now I can read my Kindle books on every piece of Apple hardware I own. Update: @ nicjohnson informs me they’ve already got Kindle for Mac in the App Store, while John Gruber explains why a non-native web app is probably a response to Apple’s new rules . … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

MOVE : Footage from 11 countries combined as if filmed in a single location. Imagine the coordination it took to pull this off. See also LEARN and EAT . /via @ scottharrison … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

This morning I tweeted about a lack of inspiration and having to trudge through it. In response, @brainhofj tweeted about the following: This handwritten letter is by Austin Madison, Pixar animator of Rex, the green dinosaur in the Toy Story series (among other characters he’s designed). Madison’s letter is a submission to the Animators Letters Project , and it so eloquently described what I was attempting to say in 140 characters. Here’s page one: I, like many of you artists out there, constantly shift between two states. … Read the rest here

Hicksdesign Go to the source

Another wee cycling update. It’s now been 6 months since I claimed that I wasn’t interested in being sporty, owning a Road-only bike (I wanted to ride something ‘chap’ and retro), and that I would never touch Lycra with a bargepole, let alone my body. All that’s changed – I’m now riding a proper road bike (that I’m trying to make as modern as possible), in lycra and wearing SPD shoes. What a difference it all makes though! After a lot of discussion on Twitter on normal shorts vs bib shorts, I got a pair of the former from Shutt Velo Rapide . which are really comfy and no comparison to when I was trying to ride in jeans. I’m realising the advantage of bibs though, as I get do get a cold patch on my back. … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

WIM•BLE•DON : The final match of the 122nd Wimbledon between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer as an infographic. First question that comes to mind when I see stuff like this: How do they find time for it? Second question: Why is my mind not this brilliant and creative? /via @ scottharrison … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

Plane Trails : A curated Flickr gallery. More please. /via @ bpotstra … Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

I can’t wait to give these away (Apple guidelines duly noted ). The boxes above have been in my office for more than a month. This Friday at midnight Eastern time the Authentic Jobs Touchscreen Tussle contest ends, and shortly after an iPad 2 with (RED)™ Smart Cover will be awarded to three of you. I hope it’s you. And you and you… Read the rest here

Cameron Moll Go to the source

WWDC 2011: Everything in One Handy List : A list by Nancy Messieh for those of us who missed yesterday’s Apple keynote. I opted to not watch the keynote and spare myself a couple hours of work time. Since then, I’ve probably spent at least an hour trying to find and digest all the announcements I missed. I’m not convinced skipping the keynote really saved me any time. (The keynote video is also available. … Read the rest here