February 2012
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How I discover new music, then play the hell out...
I have a pretty good music system now. A while back I discovered Last.fm and immediately fell in love with its discovery engine.
How it works
Type in an artist or song that you like, and Last.fm will play songs that the community at large has deemed similar. It does this by tags. You’re encouraged to tag songs with genres and similar artists. And it works remarkably well.
I discover new...
December 2011
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Path is a beautiful iPhone app.
September 2011
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Empathetic Design
I come across people making assumptions and decisions every day that are based solely on their personal perspective.
In the design and interactive industry, this is a major problem.
Some people are really good at designing things for themselves, or people of a similar perspective. This is great, if you make up the major and only audience for whom you are designing for.
When I say design, I mean...
“1140 is the new 960”
– Me
June 2011
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Super 8
Just got back from watching Super 8 at the local theatre.
I didn’t have many expectations going in. Didn’t read much about it. Just saw a few previews while seeing other films in the last few months. Looked to have some sci-fi elements, so I figured I would check it out.
I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Goonies meets ET meets District 9?
The film focused on a group of...
March 2011
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Heading south before I'll be too busy to
This Friday morning my wife and two friends of ours will be heading down to the Yucatan Peninsula area of Mexico. Going to enjoy the sun and find a little clarity before diving back into the busy time of work.
At LemonStand we just brought on another enthusiastic soul and some very exciting things are bubbling to the top of our internal roadmap. More exciting is the fact that our people power is...
StackLayout - A flexible width, component based... →
Really liking the concept behind this CSS grid system. It’s fluid and adaptive. Good stuff.
jQuery File Upload Demo →
Really like this jQuery file upload plug-in. Works great. Has some cool queueing features too.
Humans TXT: We Are People, Not Machines. →
What is humans.txt?
It’s an initiative for knowing the people behind a website. It’s a TXT file that contains information about the different people who have contributed to building the website.
February 2011
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We're Giving Away $8738 Worth of Prizes
Yesterday, we launched the LemonStand Giveaway. It’s in celebration of having been released for 1-year (since Alpha).
A bunch of great companies came on board to sponsor prizes. Companies like Typekit, Media Temple, Site5, MailChimp, Freshbooks and more.
We also had a bunch of great folks create custom themes for the giveaway. 3 different themes in fact.
The top 3 prizes consist of a...
Apple intros MacBook Pro with Thunderbolt, quad... →
Was waiting for this upgrade. Very nice.
My early 2008 MB Pro has been terrific. It’s powered on a really big chunk of the day, and I haul it from home to office 5 days a week. Great little workhorse that looks pretty as well.
Filtered, easier-to-use HTML5 spec →
The focus of this specification is readability and ease of access. Unlike the full HTML specification, this “web developer edition” removes information that only browser vendors need know.
Treesaver: JavaScript framework for creating... →
Quickly whip up magazine style layouts with this open-source JavaScript framework. Includes some really nice page transition effects too!
Initializr - Start your HTML5 project in 15... →
An HTML5 template generator, based on the HTML5 Boilerplate (template created by Paul Irish).
Isotope - jQuery plugin for magical layouts →
This jQuery plugin is awesome. Can’t wait to use it for some fancy sorting and filtering.
Why Yahoo Is Struggling: Q&A with Former Head of... →
An interesting interview about why Yahoo! might be struggling at the moment. Options in the market are good for everyone, so let’s hope they heed the advice from this former head of Product Design.
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WatchReal life Mario Kart.
Image Spark - Discover, share, tag, and converge... →
Really cool service for designers. Getting in the habit of creating mood boards prior to starting any design project is a great way to keep direction and find inspiration.
They can also be reviewed by clients, serving as a method to keep everyone on the same page.
Seth's Blog: Make big plans →
If you don’t plan it, you won’t do it.
With a Great Tagline Comes Great Responsibility -... →
I love marks that contain an extra but subtle layer of meaning.
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