Things to Read
Avoiding the Uncanny Valley of Interface Design
29 August 2010
A good article on the current trend of using too much reality in interface design. Users usually don’t benefit from all this eyecandy.Tags: interface design
iOS Beta Builder
26 August 2010
A nifty app that takes away the pain of building Ad-Hoc versions of your iPhone applications. This should have been in XCode for a long time.Successful Fundraising With Kickstarter
17 August 2010
An essay by Craig Mod on how he used Kickstarter to raise money for publishing his book “Art Space Tokyo”.Tags: art, book, publishing
The Origins of ABC
17 August 2010
A good article on the history of writing systems. Read it if you want to know where our current alphabet comes from.Tags: alphabet, typography
Supersize that Background, Please!
06 July 2010
A tutorial to create a full-browser background using CSS3.Tags: css3, tutorial, web design
CSS Media Queries & Using Available Space
06 July 2010
A good article on using CSS Media Queries to create a more responsive design.Tags: css, web design
iOS icon template for Illustrator CS5
06 July 2010
John Hicks compiled an iOS icon template for users of Illustrator CS5. Useful for those who don’t use Photoshop to design their icons.Tags: icon design, ios
Making Client Sites Faster
05 July 2010
A guide on making your website and those of your clients faster. If possible, you should use these techniques on every project.Tags: web development, workflow
Saving Icons for Snow Leopard
23 June 2010
A good article if you need to create icons for Mac applications that run on Snow Leopard.Tags: icon design
iPhone 4 Icon PSD File
18 June 2010
A PSD template with all icon sizes for the iPad / iPhone.Tags: icon design
All the sizes of iOS app icons
18 June 2010
A good overview of all iOS icons by Neven Mrgan. A must read if you ever have to design an icon.Tags: icon design, ios
Window Farms
03 June 2010
Windowfarms are vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials. Good idea for those who live in a city.
