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real life tweet #4
by blackgoldfish
we can learn a lot from his films. a quick list:
1. life and people are impermanent.
2. slow down.
3. look people in the eye.
4. drink tea.
5. be kind.
6. simple things hold the secret.
October 2009
HTML5 and video in email - Blog - Campaign Monitor
by Spone
As momentum quickly builds behind HTML5, the new version of HTML and XHTML, we've had a close eye on what impact this might have on HTML email in the years to come. While the finer details of HTML5 are still being finalised, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera have offered support for much of the new technology for some time.
Tate Magazine Issue 5: Thomas Ruff
by Neewok
Thomas Ruff insists that his photographs capture only 'the surface of things'. But is there more than meets the eye? As an exhibition of Ruff's work opens at Tate Liverpool, Viviane Rehberg investigates
VC blog » Blog Archive » Information Visualization Manifesto
by karlcow
Over the past few months I’ve been talking with many people passionate about Information Visualization who share a sense of saturation over a growing number of frivolous projects. The criticism is slightly different from person to person, but it usually goes along these lines: “It’s just visualization for the sake of visualization”, “It’s just eye-candy”, “They all look the same”.
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September 2009
Digital Contacts Will Keep an Eye on Your Vital Signs | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
by sbrothier
The tech industry calls the digital enrichment of the physical world “augmented reality.” Such technology is already appearing in smartphones and toys, and enthusiasts dream of a pair of glasses we could don to enhance our everyday perception. But why stop there?
August 2009
Stellarium
by yatahonga
& 12 others
(via)
Open source planetarium showing a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
FrontPage Magazine - Turning a Blind Eye to Murdered Christians
by paulantoinem
But U.S. church groups like to reserve their fire for what's really important, such as denouncing Israel for evicting two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem. On August 2, Is ...
Tori's Eye
by oqdbpo
& 1 other
Tori's eye is a Twitter visualization tool, inspired by papercraft and origami. It's a visual and technical experiment implemented using only standard XHTML/CSS and Javascript.
Duoh.com
by fabifab
Veerle, graphic design degree in hand, started Duoh! in 1992, focusing on freelance print work. In 1994, she was wooed by Geert Leyseele. Clutching her strong graphic design principles under one arm, and her heart in the other, she took the leap, and a little while later, beautiful little Duoh! n.v. was born.
Geert Leyseele
As it turned out, Geert wasn't just another pretty face. Veerle's hero brought superpowers to her business: X-ray vision to see around corners into the future of the web, a drive to move to Web Standards, an eye for project management, and the ability to leap wireframes and IA obstacles in a single bound.
When Veerle's blog became famous around the world for her tutorials and insights on design, CSS, and other subjects, fascinated readers saw the picture in the heading and asked, "Is that the designer's girlfriend?" No, it was Veerle, the other happy half of Duoh!
Life is our inspiration
We inhale the richness of life :
* sharing love, laughter, and knowledge with our friends and web community
* absorbing design (from galaxies to retro menus to bathroom faucets, we see it everywhere)
* putting our minds to design puzzles
* digging deeply into markup and code so our designs can sing
* delighting in chill house and progressive house music, art and artists, lovely sandy beaches, and biking through the countryside
and, then, we exhale websites.
Growing up but staying small
We love what we do and want to do it ourselves, not manage others. We create websites for some Big Clients (and fresh, little start-ups, too), and choose our clients just as carefully as they choose us. Each day, we throw ourselves passionately into the task of becoming better at work and at play. The rest of the Duoh! story? Look around; our work says it all.
July 2009
Vector Map JS
by karlcow
The above map is styled dynamically in the browser using a javascript implementation of the core architecture of the open source mapnik library (ie Layers, Styles, Rules and Filters plus a couple of Symbolizers). (Implemented by eye-balling the XML and reading the wiki, mainly).
June 2009
Werner Bischof: In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan (59.559.4) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
by sbrothier
An early member of the Magnum photo agency (he was admitted in 1949), Bischof worked mostly in Asia. His early training in applied art and graphic design imbued him with a keen formal eye, which was consistently in evidence as he worked to document newsworthy events and experiences. Here he has captured the delicate furor of a heavy snowstorm while photographing monastic life at the Meiji temple in Tokyo.
writing | ben fry » Transit Trekkies
by karlcow
“They actually … attempted to downplay what the existing control center looks like, because they wanted to make it look real to the average eye as compared to… we’re pretty Star Trekky up in the new control center now.”
Bit Rebels
by e_D_D_y
In the beginning of 2009 Richard Darell (founder of the highly successful design blog Minervity.com) conceived the idea for a blog entirely focused around fun, on the edge and relevant subjects. In May 2009 Richard started developing the idea further and not long into the planning process Richard was joined by the talented blogger Misty Belardo. She showed tireless dedication and inspiration for the project and the two started working on the realisation of the concept BitRebels.com. The basic idea is to present a unique view on relevant subjects and make them eye catching in all its simplicity. The short yet striking blog posts are meant to make you think. They are meant to give you that second perspective on things that you might have missed if it wasn’t for BitRebels.com.
