Things to Read

Read the Fucking HIG

07 January 2011

Now that the Mac App Store is open, lots of weird mac apps show up with ugly and bad interfaces. People should read the Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) before developing apps.

Tags: interface design

URL Design

31 December 2010

A good write-up about URL design. The things to do and the things you definitely should avoid.

Tags: web design

Sunflow & Processing

18 December 2010

A good write-up on how to use the Sunflow renderer with Processing. A very useful post if you want to render complex geometry with Sunflow.

Tags: hemesh, processing, sunflow

A Closer Look at TrueType Hinting

15 December 2010

An excelent article on the Typekit blog about hinting in TrueType fonts and how this affects rendering characters on your screen.

Tags: typography

An Introduction to CSS 3-D Transforms

14 December 2010

An article on 24 ways about using CSS3 3D transforms. Most of these things only work in Safari at this moment, but are good to play with.

Tags: css3

How to Use CinderBlocks in XCode

14 December 2010

A good tutorial on how to add CinderBlocks to you Cinder project in XCode. Read it if you need to use things like OpenCV in your Cinder application.

Tags: cinder

Images in Cinder

13 December 2010

An extensive tutorial by Joshua Noble on using Images in Cinder. I think this is a good article if you want to get started with Cinder.

Tags: cinder, generative design

Trikoton

06 December 2010

A project using the human voice to create knitted patterns in fabric. A great way to customize your clothes.

Tags: fashion, generative design

Where Do Ideas Come From?

06 December 2010

Seth Godin made a list about ideas. My favorite is number four: Good ideas come from bad ideas, but only if there are enough of them.

Tags: inspiration

The History of CSS Resets

03 December 2010

A good overview on what CSS Resets are and how people started using them to create more consistent cross-platform layouts.

Tags: css

WebKit Cursors

01 December 2010

A list with all possible cursors you can use in a WebKit browser. Handy reference for making web applications.

Tags: css, webkit

iOS Fonts

01 December 2010

A list with all fonts used on iOS 4.2 on the iPad and iPhone. Good reference for using type on iOS.

Tags: ios, typography