I make this stuff up as I go.

I stopped to sit and soak up the calm yesterday during my...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:05:01 -0800

I stopped to sit and soak up the calm yesterday during my morning walk, and recorded the sounds I heard.

David Holmes ( I wish I had) a Wooden Heart (via traneem)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:52:30 -0800

David Holmes ( I wish I had) a Wooden Heart (via traneem)

"heavy metal flamenco"

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:14:17 -0700

“heavy metal flamenco”

- Rodrigo y Gabriela: Tiny Desk Concert : NPR

WOW. Just. WOW.

"Action is the thing that will help you overcome inertia; it’s the thing that will help you gain..."

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:44:23 -0700

“Action is the thing that will help you overcome inertia; it’s the thing that will help you gain momentum in your business, so do something.”

- http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Webworkerdaily/~3/sFTq6MRku4c/

How to Get Started in Web Design

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:22:39 -0700

How to Get Started in Web Design:

Marcus starts a series of posts on the topic of starting, and it’s great to see. Some people just know what to do, but most of us sort of flail around for awhile. Having some insight from someone who is doing it, and doing it well, is fantastic.

ExpressionEngine Plugin: Image Info

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:54:17 -0700

ExpressionEngine Plugin: Image Info:

Image Info basically lets you pull file properties from all sorts of images and either display the info with set parameters, or lets you run conditionals on their values. A use case would be to…

The Billion Dollar Gram | Information Is Beautiful

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:22:11 -0700

The Billion Dollar Gram | Information Is Beautiful

"If the new features aren’t worth $2.99 to you, fine, don’t buy it. There are plenty of..."

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:56:00 -0700

“If the new features aren’t worth $2.99 to you, fine, don’t buy it. There are plenty of other Twitter clients available, several of which are free. So shut your pie hole and go find another client rather than whining about how you are entitled to the end-product of Loren’s hard work for the last half year simply because you paid about the price of a bottle of soda about a year ago.”

- iPhone Development: A Sense of Entitlement: Tweetie 2

Ultimate IE6 Cheatsheet: How To Fix 25+ Internet Explorer 6 Bugs

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:44:14 -0700

Ultimate IE6 Cheatsheet: How To Fix 25+ Internet Explorer 6 Bugs:

Nice gathering of fixes and hacks related to Internet Explorer 6, the browser that just won’t die.

SlickPlan

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:44:10 -0700

SlickPlan:

SlickPlan is a web-based sitemap/flowchart generator that allows for the creation of free sitemap and flowchart design. I haven’t tried this yet, but it looks interesting.

Killing by The Apples

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:26:14 -0700

Killing by The Apples:

Killing
The Apples

Album: Killing
Station: Bird’s Lament
Favorite Created on: September 24, 2009

"Hey guys, this is Jamie from whenever it. I’ll call and let you know that that’s..."

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:42:26 -0700

“Hey guys, this is Jamie from whenever it. I’ll call and let you know that that’s 3 o’clock game today with your little beach be there at 2:15 and clean and that’s it. Thanks. Talk to you soon. Bye.”

- Google Voice voicemail transcription. I love these. As useful as they are, they also offer up some great laughs.

"Post-launch, we are entrusting design tools to people who aren’t trained designers. It continues to..."

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:29:12 -0700

“Post-launch, we are entrusting design tools to people who aren’t trained designers. It continues to be an exercise in the ultimate compromise between form and function.”

- Case Study: NPR.org — AIGA | the professional association for design

True words for almost all projects but good words for any of us working these streets without a team, us solo designers. Great post about the redesign of NPR.org.

Dropbox Trick: Making the default Mac screenshots instantly live on the web

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:11:52 -0700

I have a little trick I use with the program Dropbox that I thought I would share. This came about after some discussion on Twitter about how some of us use Dropbox, and this was obviously more than 140 characters.

Note that I am on a Mac, so you Windows users will have to figure out how to do this on your own, though I suspect it won’t be too different really.

By default, Macs are able to take screenshots in a few ways. Full screen grabs, selected areas and selected windows can all be quickly snapped and saved as an image file to the desktop. Default filetype is PNG, which works fine for me. But I found that I often take screenshots that I need to share with someone. Doing the sharing part required several more steps.

In comes Dropbox. Dropbox has a public folder in it, that makes any file inside of it instantly viewable on the web. Each file gets a special web address, on my Mac I get it by right clicking the file and selecting Dropbox > Copy Public Link.

But first we need to change where the Mac puts screenshots. To do this, I run a little app called Deeper. Deeper lets you change certain defaults rather than having to dig into the command line (scary!). So now I just set my default screenshot location to a new folder inside Dropbox’s public folder called Screenshots (amazing, I know).

Now whenever I take a screenshot, it is stored into a public Dropbox folder. I can easily and quickly share an image via Twitter, IM, email or whatever. It’s become so useful to me that I can’t imagine working without this. Discussions over IM about a design, or troubleshooting something are now really easy to do.

Need to change the default screenshot filetype and don’t want to grab Deeper? Change JPEG below to whatever filetype you need.

Open up a Terminal and type:

defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleScreenShotFormat JPEG

Invocation by The Dining Rooms

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:23:27 -0700

Invocation by The Dining Rooms:

Invocation
The Dining Rooms

Album: Numero Deux
Station: Frontier Psychiatry
Favorite Created on: September 13, 2009

Otherwise by Morcheeba

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:01:40 -0700

Otherwise by Morcheeba:

Otherwise
Morcheeba

Album: Parts Of The Process
Station: A Long Blink
Favorite Created on: September 13, 2009

Electricity (Harvey's Night Club Re-Edit) by The Avalanches

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:50:39 -0700

Electricity (Harvey's Night Club Re-Edit) by The Avalanches:

Electricity (Harvey’s Night Club Re-Edit)
The Avalanches

Album: At Last Alone
Station: Frontier Psychiatry
Favorite Created on: September 9, 2009

"All software has a story and I wish more developers took the time to tell it as Bean’s does."

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:56:41 -0700

“All software has a story and I wish more developers took the time to tell it as Bean’s does.”

- Minimal Mac

True of software and of many aspects in life & business.

"It’s a damn shame that it’s difficult to find plain old Legos in the stores these days."

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:42:47 -0700

“It’s a damn shame that it’s difficult to find plain old Legos in the stores these days.”

- Legos becoming just another single-use plastic toy

I grew up on Legos, the old-fashioned non-themed variety. When shopping for gifts or for my son, this has bothered me a great deal. Aside from the themes, even the pieces have become so specialized that free design becomes hard.

Birds on the Wires on Vimeo (via Vimeo) (via Jason Santa Maria)

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:09:25 -0700

Birds on the Wires on Vimeo (via Vimeo) (via Jason Santa Maria)