February 2008
2007 Digital Economy Fact Book →
shootingelephants:200 pdf pages of tech trends and things, thanks to kottke
“The service, Newsom said, will help people who are filling out job applications...”
– Google gives free voice mail to San Francisco’s homeless - Machinist - Salon.com
“Between today until the class right before finals, it is my intention to work...”
– Overcoming Bias: My Favorite Liar
The Advantages of Closing a Few Doors - New York... →
“When your messages reach the right people at the right time in the right way,...”
– Seth’s Blog: Sorting out
Sniff browser history for "improved" user... →
featureorbug:Slick stuff, but potentially scary. By using some clever CSS techniques, and placing some links in your web site, you can tell whether your users have visited those web pages or not.
“Who Knew is an information design network devoted to ‘difficult...”
– Who Knew
The Highly Extensible CSS Interface ~ The Series ~... →
Blackbeltjones/Work: » My “Designs Of The Year”... →
“Has anyone else noticed that when reblogging text from someone, there’s a link...”
– corcarpemei: To whom it may concern - that’d be you tumblrs and tumblettes,
“Only a few years ago, a Web site’s home page was the most prime piece of digital...”
– Avenue A Razorfish 2008 Digital Outlook Report (download the full 156 page report) (via joelaz)
“Requirement specifications are always wrong.”
– Top-10 Application-Design Mistakes (Jakob Nielsen’s Alertbox)
“Edge Cases kill inspiration. They extinguish the bubbling of creative juices...”
– Edge Cases are the Root of all Evil | Blue Flavor (via toolmantim)
Navigation Menus: Trends and Examples →
“nearly 70 percent of online shoppers read at least 4 reviews of a product before...”
– Internet Shoppers Do Their Research - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
Heaven and Here →
The Arbitrarian →
“For hardcore designers, “does it work?” is the one question that must be...”
– ideasonideas » Blog Archive » Fuck style
“Scapegoating art in any form is a weak argument. Video games don’t cause school...”
– 70% Of Americans Blame Hip Hop For Societies Problems Instead Of The Real Causes (via azspot)
“What? Can you understand that? “A feature complete CTP during the Heroes Happen...”
– [On writing] John Gruber, Paul Graham, Joel Spolsky, and Judge Judy - (37signals)
Custom filter: Restaurant inspections | EveryBlock... →
Mid-Twenties Adolescence →
“Years ago I used the * selector as so in all my CSS: * { margin:0; padding:0; }....”
– CSS techniques I use all the time | The Montoya Herald
“If you don’t realize the second attribute is there, you might go to adjust the...”
– Digital Web Magazine - Architecting CSS
“What if you started acting like the VP of Talent? Understanding that talent is...”
– Seth’s Blog: Marketing HR
Top-10 Application-Design Mistakes (Jakob... →
“Here it is: I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c)...”
– Six Principles for Making New Things 