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August 2007 Archives

August 1, 2007

Time spent is a better denominator than page views.

Well, duh.

August 2, 2007

Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen.

Via Wilson.

VMWare Fusion.

Possibly a way-better Parallels.

August 5, 2007

Syncotype your baselines.

Nice work Rob. Thank you.

Fake Steve isn't named Steve after-all.

Reporters have to ruin everything.

August 6, 2007

No end in sight.

Must see for everyone who gladly voted for President Bush, both times.

Structurally deficient bridges by state.

Also, I've overheard a lot of people confess to having bridge phobia.

NBC reporter chased out of Defcon 2007.

And on that day, the nerds won despite huffing from having to walk so much.

How do they make the color white?

For those whom are also curious.

August 7, 2007

Ultra Seven Wine Set.

Classy.

Solid proof why Dell and anything Windows related sucks (see illustration).

Jeffrey Zeldman: King of Web Standards.

Sounds like the perfect reality show.

Lions For Lambs.

But will it do anything to stir the cause for change?

August 8, 2007

No. 756.

Nothing a little muscle enhancement can't beat in a few years.

Dammit, I thought this was going to be in San Diego.

Oh well, at least Jet Blue flies there.

August 9, 2007

Boing Boing gets a ride on an aeroplane.

Bye bye Jetblue. Make mine Virgina America.

Limobike.

For the upper crust who like to wear helmets whilst in transit.

Garrett can has iPhone wallpapers?

Very nice.

The Barnbrook Bible.

Fantastic!

Lars and the Real Girl.

Asside from the cute story the colors and textures look amazing.

The Morning News is looking for a design intern.

Can Airbag apply?

The framework formally known as prints.

Next article in the series: This is what it sounds like when pages validate.

Bulletproof Web Design, Second Edition.

Sweet!

August 10, 2007

"If the wireframe starts as a wireframe and then morphs into the actual design, go for it."

The sentence that inspired Jumpchart.

Chris Glass's fantastic set of iPhone wallpaper.

Optimus owns.

Be Kind Rewind.

Jack Black never fails.

Simplicity FTW.

"Complexity prevents us from expanding our audience."

"...whether they're penguin researchers or presidential candidates-- a personal view can sometimes add a whole new dimension to the story."

"Digg sents lots of traffic but IMO it's mostly useless.

They usually read only one page, send stupid emails, and never visit again."

The Business Podcasting Book.

Congratulations Ryan!

D2.

Library de Airbag could use one of these.

August 11, 2007

What business does the US Attorney General have in Iraq?

None. His job is domestic plain and simple.

August 13, 2007

Salon interviews William Gibson.

I've heard his newest book, Spook Country, is pretty good.

Why most law firm web sites stink.

Any objections?

Televangelist loot.

I beleive there's a special underground place for these people. At least I hope so.

Two-way video conferencing for the iPhone.

Maybe Apple will see the light.

Apple meets Joshua Davis.

"I'm always trying to find colors that are a little different. I want a blue you can't buy in a store."

How the world really shapes up.

A series of infographs.

"Are you all just dumbed down by the fact you've got a job or what?

Tell me. Let's fix it. W3C, WaSP, whatever. We have problems."

Skip Dessert.

Brilliant.

Real men pre-order Helvetica, Deluxe Limited Editions.

Hard to resist a package like that.

August 14, 2007

Karl Rove, the Architect.

A Frontline program.

Huge bridge collapse in China kills twenty-eight.

Workers were removing scaffolding in preparation for the opening.

The premiere episode of Flash Gordon.

Available for free from our friends at Apple.

Eberswalder Straße Bahnhof.

Unstoppable Robot Ninja.

Ethan's back baby!

August 15, 2007

Bear Trampoline.

Only in Montanna.

George, haven't you started enough unnecessary war?

There should be a law that says a President can't start a war if he's a lame duck or is in his last fifteen months in office.

August 16, 2007

Design heroes.

"...15 top graphic designers to tell us about their mentors and those who have influenced them over the years."

Cameron's Mobile Web Design book available August 28th.

I should write a book someday. It will be written completely in cat speak with a forward by Tom Cruise.

Hundreds dead from 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Peru.

Number expected to climb.

1982 San Diego Comic Con.

Wow, it's nothing like that now. Unfortunately.

MT4 has landed.

Along with a nifty new website and interface.

Elvis vs. Scoble.

Bobby you might reconsider that day job at Microsoft. I hear they need valets.

August 17, 2007

Technorati begins to burn.

They were in trouble the minute they used Jolly Ranchers as creative direction.

Calgon, take me away.

Steve, they were on your stages making promises they ain't gonna keep.

Are you going to sit there and do nothing?

Dean, you stupid, stupid hurricane.

Maybe another trip to Vancouver is called for.

"The iPhone is Internet Explorer 4 all over again."

I didn't know Wired was so hard up for web traffic. Sad to see.

August 18, 2007

The Talk Show.

A podcast worth your consideration.

August 19, 2007

Man turns in surface-to-air missle to Orlando police.

Screw amnesty. Find out how he got his hands on it.

August 21, 2007

Transition from visual design to interaction design.

It's all about where to put the damn navigation.

Master-View.

Helps to focus. No, really.

August 22, 2007