The Daily Report
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My Favorite Mac Software (on Bagcheck)
Mac Software I Can’t Live (or Work) Withoutby Jeffrey Zeldman Updated! See all 28 items
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A Design Apart: Q&A with Jeffrey Zeldman | On Redesigns and the Inseparable Link Between Design and Content
“REDESIGNS REQUIRE STRATEGY, otherwise they are merely reskinning. We don’t do reskinning. We do strategic redesigns that help the people who use your website achieve their goals. Strategic redesign starts with research. The notion that…
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This media life – and death
IN A GORGEOUSLY PACED ESSAY at n+1, “the magazine that believes history isn’t over just yet,” an amazing young (22?) writer named Alice Gregory reviews a novel by Gary Shteyngart while simultaneously describing her exhausted…
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Who are the wizards who built this website?
Flickr – Photo Sharing!
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Dueling messages (or, content strategy matters)
“UPDATED SERVICE ADVISORY – EAST RIVER FERRY CAPACITY LIMITS – PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ,” the top banner on the East River Ferry’s website nervously advises. Immediately below this warning comes the gentle and slightly…
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Many Black New Yorkers Are Moving to the South – NYTimes.com
THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN has propelled a striking demographic shift: black New Yorkers, including many who are young and college educated, are heading south. About 17 percent of the African-Americans who moved to the South from…
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Apple accepts Javascript in EPUB ebooks in iBookstore
Last night my photography ebook, “Barcelona Beyond Gaudí” was accepted into the iBookstore. While I’m personally very excited, I’m also professionally excited (!), since this means that Apple accepts Javascript in EPUB files for iBooks. There is…
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A Content Strategy Roadmap – An Event Apart
IN HER PRESENTATION at An Event Apart in Atlanta, GA 2011 Kristina Halvorson talked about how to integrate content strategy into a typical Web design worksflow. Here’s my notes from her talk: LukeW | An…
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Crafting the User Experience
“IN HER PRESENTATION at An Event Apart in Atlanta, GA 2011 Sarah Parmenter discussed how principles from human psychology can reframe how we think about Web Design. Here’s my notes from her talk:” An Event…
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An Event Apart: The Responsive Designer’s Workflow
“IN HIS PRESENTATION at An Event Apart in Atlanta, GA 2011 Ethan Marcotte talked about applying responsive web design principles and workflows to the redesign of a major newspaper Web site. Here’s my notes from…
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An Event Apart: Using Flexible Boxes – Eric Meyer
“IN HIS ‘USING FLEXIBLE BOXES’ presentation at An Event Apart in Atlanta, GA 2011 Eric Meyer outlined how you can start using the CSS flex-box specification now and how to take into account the limitations…
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Design Principles
Collected by Jeremy Keith. Required reading. Design Principles.
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An Event Apart: On Web Typography
IN HIS TALK at An Event Apart in Atlanta, GA 2011, Jason Santa Maria outlined the current state of web fonts and how to approach typography online. Here’s my notes from his talk: LukeW | An…
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An Event Apart: CSS3 Animations
IN HIS “SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES” presentation at An Event Apart in Atlanta, GA 2011 Andy Clarke showcased what is possible with CSS3 animations using transitions and transforms in the WebKit browser. Here are my…
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“Digital Design Forum a Real Hit”
DIBI Conference in the press via Gavin Elliot on Flickr. And a good time was had.