July 31, 2006
First Born †
I didn’t know infants in arms until, Rob Weychert’s wonderfully restrained and aural piece for this Summer’s Born Magazine. Also check out Rob’s write-up on the process.
July 27, 2006
Round the campfire †
The latest Fireside Chat at 37signals with luminaries Richard Bird, Jim Coudal, and Carlos Segura discussing “Design: Then and Now”. Entertaining, inspirational, and a good kick in the ass from some seasoned veterans.
July 26, 2006
VoiceNotes for Backpack †
Like voicemail for your Backpack account, celltell’s voiceNote just made Backpack even more useful.
Dvorak †
On Dvorak: Eric sums things up quite nicely in Dvoraked, and if you’re still upset, you could always do the job for him.
July 25, 2006
Reply Hazy †
Magic 8-Ball Answers Your Questions Regarding Microsoft’s ‘Zune’, as usual, Gruber puts it much better that I ever could.
A List Apart: Issue 220 †
A List Apart: Issue 220, Never lose work again. Stay focused and inspired when trouble strikes. This issue is all about problems: avoiding the avoidable and coping with the rest.
July 24, 2006
Lead up to launch †
The Iconfactory looks primed for their new site. Leading up to the relaunch, they look to be celebrating each day with some fun. Monday: A great animation of what happens when the W3C man comes calling.
July 21, 2006
Every Atari 2600 Game Catalog †
As a follow-up to my post yesterday, here are all of the Atari 2600 game catalogs. (thanks Bjorn)
Yikes. †
From a Philly Weekly review of M. Night Shyamalan’s latest, The Lady in the Water: “You know, even Shyamalan’s buddy Mel Gibson had enough common sense not to cast himself as Jesus”. Boy, this sounds like a train wreck.
July 18, 2006
Custom Cons †
Fully customize your own Converse shoes!
July 16, 2006
The Amazing Screw-On Head †
SciFi.com has the premiere episode from The Amazing Screw-On Head, a new animated show from the Mike Mignola comic of the same name. Mignola is one of my favorite comic artists (Hellboy being one of my favorite comics), and I must say, the style is like his pages come to life. I’m not sure if this will work for Sci-Fi, seems better suited for Adult Swim, but it’s beautifully realized.
July 14, 2006
DS Grand Prix! †
Enter in your Nintendo DS friend Code to join the inaugural Airbag Grand Prix. Hell. Yeah. Let there be Kart.
July 12, 2006
Pole Position Commercial †
HEEEEY! You look like a real jerk! This original commercial for Atari’s Pole Position is just awesome. It’ll bust your crank and leave skid marks on your soul.
July 11, 2006
User Research Smoke & Mirrors †
Christopher Fahey has a great series going on over at graphpaper.com entitled “User Research Smoke & Mirrors”. Don’t miss Part 1: Design vs. Science, and Part 2: Research as a Design Tool. Highly recommended for a bit of perspective.
A List Apart: Issue 219 †
A List Apart: Issue 219, A new solution to an old problem and a clever way of automating a repetitive layout task.
July 6, 2006
A Survey of the New Landscape †
Flash Player 9, Flex 2, ActionScript 3.0: A Survey of the New Landscape. Colin Moock has always shepherded my Flash learning.