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Automatic "Awesompersands"

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:50:46 -0500

Patrick Haney kicks it up a notch, automating awesompersands using jQuery. A few other worthy points are brought up as well: unbolding to get the proper italic version, and Jeremy Keith's clever suggestion that an ampersand is in fact an abbreviation (of the Latin et), therefore we could use instead of . Jeffrey Veen later added (at the An Event Apart San Francisco speakers dinner) that the lang="la" attribute should be added. I feel a SimpleQuiz resurrection coming on! #

OMG Posters!

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:00:03 -0500

A blog about posters, prints, toys, dragons, monster trucks & eBay. Could easily kill the afternoon here. #

Yestermorrow Design/Build School

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:57:51 -0500

Learn how to build green: "Yestermorrow Design/Build School offers over 100 hands-on courses per year in design, construction, woodworking, and architectural craft and offers a variety of courses concentrating in sustainable design." #

Web Directions: East 08

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 22:19:43 -0500

I'll be heading to Tokyo this November for latest installment of the Web Directions conference series, along with Eric Meyer, Andy Budd, Jeremy Keith and Jeffrey Veen. The site for the show has just launched, featuring super mega turbo lifestream speaker pages. #

iPhone 3G Suede Jacket

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:13:04 -0500

Minimalist case, boasting "low profile slides easily into your shirt or jeans pocket". That's key. Plus, anything I've purchased from Waterfield has been top notch. #

The tee I'm wearing today

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:14:35 -0500

Yep, another ampersand. Although the print on mine is light grey instead of black. #

Theme

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:41:22 -0500

Had the pleasure of translating Jason Santa Maria and Liz Danzico's wonderful redesign of Theme, "... a bi-monthly lifestyle magazine that focuses on stories about contemporary Asian culture", into templates later implemented by Rich Watts. Congrats all. #

Silverback

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:38:40 -0500

Getting caught up on things that happened over the last month or so, Clearleft has launched Silverback, their "spontaneous, unobtrusive usability testing software for designers and developers". A desktop application that captures screen and participant activity right from your Mac, then exports all of this to a Quicktime movie. Looks fantastic, and I'm looking forward to using it on some real work in the future. #

The Survey for People Who Make Websites 2008

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:45:14 -0500

I just took the survey. If you haven't, you must. #

House Industries ampersand tees

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:39:19 -0500

For the ampersand lover in your life. See also: mousepads and cast metal sculptures. #

BusinessWeek on the Sphere redesign

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:05:25 -0500

I chatted with a friendly writer over at BusinessWeek recently, and the result is a little article focused on the redesign of Sphere. Part of a larger Web Design Special Report published last week. #