Posts filed under "internet"
Minimal Design - And here I thought the new ‘Kode was minimal. This site seriously takes it to the next level in certain ways. Might even use his minimal gallery solution.
After a moment of pure madness, I went back to WordPress, only to find that actually the creature comforts that I had become accustomed to in Habari were not present. It had such a detrimental effect on me that I could even post small links. The bookmarklets didn’t work, the thing felt heavy and I couldn’t wrap my head around the various elements of the code that had passed me by.
I’ll be writing more about Habari in the coming months as there definitely is a lot of work being done, but it just needs a bit of, consolidation of sorts.
If you’re reading this in your feed reader, then have a look at the site, which looks a little bit different, as I’ve also updated to version 9.
The Google Story - Great little animation detailing the past 11 years of Google. I still remember the first time I went to Google and who recommended it to me at the time, it was Richard (Burrows) sometime in 1998.
Extreme Makeover Craigslist - From the latest issue of Wired (USA version), Craiglist remade. The standout as you can imagine is KhoI Vinh’s version.
http://www.brokenkode.com/extreme-makeover-craigslist-edition
I Can’t Stop Thinking - Collection of appendix comics for Scott McCloud’s Reinventing Comics book. I’ve not read it, but these strips and his overall style of using the expanded canvas of the internet with a very very long page, is the only comics that I accept to read of the web. All other attempts fall short for me, because they’re basically recycled printed pages tried to be shoehorned into a website. Fail. All these years later, Scott’s work still stands out as the standard; I’ve not stumbled on anything that is as well put together as this.
Design Observer redesigns - This has always been an inspiration in terms of the sheer amount of links offered and the very simple but effective design.
SourceForge Redesigned - Don’t typically go there anymore as I’ve more or less found most of my software requirements in one way or another at the moment, however this was a site I used to visit all the time back when I believe in open source software (but that’s a discussion for another time).
Busiek.com - Beautiful website. Probably one of the best looking comic book creator websites I’ve seen in a really long time. Loads of attention to little details that will make you want to work on your own website.
@font-face: The Potential of Web Typography - Great showcase of what’s to come by using the @font-face rule in CSS. Open this in Firefox 3.5 only. Tried a couple of times in Safari 4, only to have the browser crash on me twice in a row. (via Daring Fireball).
http://www.brokenkode.com/font-face-the-potential-of-web-typography
OokahBlog - Pascale’s blog, who’s in my art class (which sadly ends tomorrow evening). So much work seems to go into any one post, but some how it’s a pretty engaging scroll. In a day and age where I can’t be bothered typing out more than a couple of lines, she’s creating montages and cartoons for her posts.
Wheee! - Part of the promotion in getting Firefox out to everyone, the community was called upon to create some adverts. I’ve never seen this before, but I did get a chuckle, so many years later.
Scott McCloud Webcomics - It’s been a while since I visited Scott’s website. Not much has changed, but the great thing is the flipping through his online comics, still the ONLY comics that actually were created for the net that actually work for this medium. All alternatives are just trying to shoehorn the rectangular page into a screen, which I have always felt does the experience a great disservice. My favourite is ‘My Obsession with Chess’.
Native Google Chrome for Mac OS X - Still version 0.1, but you can definitely see that it’s still the fastest browser on the market; that and the Omnibar works so much better than anything Apple of Mozilla have created.
Here & There - A horizonless projection in Manhattan. I would really be interested in something like this for London as it really does provide a unique perspective of a city.
Glyphish - What a truly beautiful, simple looking site. Subtle but very well put together. Great set of icons to download as well.
Tweetie for Mac - Another couple of hours, another twitter application for the Mac. Yeah, sorry Tweetie looks like it just took it all several steps further than everyone else. Check out the video and you’ll understand what I’m talking about. Coming out on Monday.
Nambu - Native OS X twitter agent. I thought Destroytwitter would be it for me, but this is definitely the best one so far. A lot of great little features, like tweets and comments back that are threaded, being able to classify people into various groups, and the list goes on.
Spotify - A world of music. Instant, simple and free. Finally a way for me to listen to new music, from the 70s. If they can get this onto your phone (ie streaming) then this will be kill all other streams of music (I’m looking at you itunes). But that’s a few years into the future.
Bluebird - Yet another Twitter client. This however looks a little better than Twitterific, which has just stagnated, although not as good as my current twitter client of choice, Destroy Twitter.
5 years of Gmail - Happy Birthday Gmail! I started using Gmail in June of 2004, during the time when it was invitation only. People were selling them on ebay and you would troll through website after website trying to find someone to give you an invitation.
With the recent incremental changes like the buttons, and the use of flash to upload attachments and the themes in general, the application feels just as fresh 5 years later.
MacHeist 09 - For those in the Mac community, you probably know about MacHeist. I bought last year’s bundle which I believe was a hell of a lot stronger offering than this year’s. Is it me, or is it not selling as quickly as the previous bundle did? I could be wrong, but it seems to be stuck under the $300,000 mark (for charities that is) for the last few days. From all the apps on offer, I only am interested in LittleSnapper and maybe iSale. Apart from that, the rest of the bundle doesn’t particularly interest me (Espresso would be nice, but I already own Coda).
Chrome Experiments - Crazy stuff that google’s V8 engine allows you to do in Chrome. Not sure how useful, but you know experimentation breeds creativity, which breeds innovation.
Integrity - website broken link checker. Just going through it all right now but damn that’s something I should have downloaded a while ago.
Switch Display Options - Added to my collection of options I might use for my eventual illustrations category on the site.