The Daily Report
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See me at the DIBI conference, UK
HEY, KIDS! GUESS WHO’s the keynote speaker at DIBI (pronounced “dibby”), the two-track Design It Build It web conference, June 7–8, 2011 at The Sage Gateshead venue in the Northeast of England? That’s right, it’s…
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Music is the best.
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Style versus design, revisited
STYLE VERSUS DESIGN READS like it was written this morning. In fact, I wrote the original version in 1999, when I had a monthly web design column going at Adobe.com. In 2005, Adobe asked if…
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Layer Tennis Championship Today.
Ladies and gentlemen, prepare for the game of all games, a design denouement one incredible year in the making, the ultimate test of two unlikely heroes with even less likely names. Noper vs. Reyes. Layer…
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Coudal on The Big Web Show
THE BIG WEB SHOW Episode 31 featuring Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners, Inc. is now online for your viewing and listening pleasure.
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Yahoo is shutting down Delicious
… And “merging” Upcoming to make way for exciting, can’t-miss features like Yahoo! Babel Fish, Yahoo! Deals, and Yahoo! Avatars. Photo: yfrog.com/f/h3z89p/. Hat tip: Andy Baio. Burn, Alexandria, burn!
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Science illustrations, cost and royalty free
The IAN symbol libraries contain over 1500 custom made vector symbols designed specifically for enhancing science communication skills. The libraries are designed primarily for use with Adobe Illustrator (requires version 10 or better), however we…
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Flipboard Update Preview
FLIPBOARD, AS YOU DOUBTLESS know, is a social media magazine for iPad. Part RSS reader, part iPad publication uniquely curated by each reader, the app brings serendipity, discovery, and typographic excellence to the experience of…
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Episode 31: Jim Coudal
JIM COUDAL is our guest Thursday December 16, 2010 in Episode No. 31 of The Big Web Show (“Everything Web That Matters”), co-hosted by Dan Benjamin and recorded at 1:00 PM Eastern before a live…
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An Event Apart Gives Thanks
To thank you and the universe for five brilliant, sold-out shows in 2010, we’ve partnered with Network for Good to donate $5,000 to Computers for Youth (CFY), a non-profit foundation that brings computing and educational…
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Reviving Caslon
How much should a revival of a typeface look like the original asks William Berkson, creator of Williams Caslon, in this fascinating history of a famous typeface and of one type designer’s voyage of discovery.…
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UX: The Enemy Within
PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED to hear that I speak at conferences about content strategy and yet still do interaction design work for clients. Why can’t I love them both? I loved them both when I called…
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A List Apart: Smartphone Browser Landscape
USERS EXPECT WEBSITES to work on their mobile phones. In two to three years, mobile support will become standard for any site. Web developers must add mobile web development to their skill set or risk…
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Testing Content (A List Apart 320)
WHETHER THE PURPOSE of your site is to convince people to do something, to buy something, or simply to inform, testing only whether they can find information or complete transactions is a missed opportunity: Is…
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Foreknowledge of things trivial – or, the lamentable desk clerk.
I KNEW THAT MORAL PIPSQUEAK of a desk clerk would forget my wake-up call. Knew it, knew it, knew it. When I told him our room number and said we’d need a wake-up call at…