Things to Read

A New Legible Font, 5 Pixels High

01 December 2010

Ken Perlin designed a font that is legible at 5 pixels. Useful for displaying text on small screens.

Tags: typography

CSS Vocabulary

01 December 2010

A good overview of all “CSS terminology”:http://vormplus.be/blog/article/css-terminology. A good read for anybody who uses CSS on a daily basis.

Tags: css, teaching

Periodic Table of the (HTML5) Elements

30 November 2010

A table with all HTML5 elements and a brief description on how you should use them.

Tags: html5

CSS Gradient Editor

29 November 2010

A nice little web app to generate CSS gradients. This one has a lot of presets you can use to get started.

Tags: css3, gradients

Shadow Experiments

16 November 2010

Some cool experiments with the new CSS3 Box Shadow and Text Shadow and the code to recreate the effects.

Tags: css3

Three.js

12 November 2010

A lightweight JavaScript 3D engine for dummies by Mr.doob. There is no documentation yet but the project looks promising.

Tags: javascript

Dead Drops

03 November 2010

Dead Drops is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. Great idea.

Tags: art

Baker Ebook Framework

03 November 2010

A HTML5 framework to create publications for the iPad. Looks like a good solution for creating lightweight books or magazines. Unlike most iPad magazines, text is selectable in apps made with this framework.

Tags: html5, ios, ipad

Art Direction and Design

02 November 2010

A great entry on A List Apart that explains the difference between art direction and design and how both can be used on the web.

Tags: art direction, web design

Breadcrumb Navigation with CSS Triangles

02 November 2010

A good article at CSS Tricks showing how you can make a good looking breadcrumb trail without images. You’ll learn how to use CSS3 to create triangles in this tutorial.

Tags: css3

Inspiration is for Amateurs

30 October 2010

A good short post about inspiration, ideas and creativity. Love it.

Tags: inspiration

The Great Typekit Table

30 October 2010

An overview of the best serif and sans-serif Typekit fonts you can use for long blocks of text on your website.

Tags: typekit, typography