The New York Times updated the T Magazine site today. I love the fixed-position elements on the page. The liquid / fluid grid layout moves beautifully. The confluence of the two techniques creates a huge impact. T Magazine also uses Flash effectively and sparingly. The update introduced a new system for displaying slideshows of images. [...]
How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell – The Oatmeal
Dec 4, ’09
11:02 AM
The Oatmeal has a great little comic about the pitfalls and pratfalls of web design. I used to have a client that asked me to make his web design *pop* so I can relate to this comic. A lot of my web designer / developer friends were passing this link around this morning. I wanted [...]
Basic Maths
Nov 17, ’09
1:15 PM
I love the new Basic Maths WordPress theme by Khoi Vihn and Allan Cole. I have admired the design of Subtraction.com for years and I have been unhappy with the WordPress theme I was using for this blog. I didn’t hesitate to buy the theme and upload it to my site. I’m sure I’ll use [...]
My Parents Were Awesome is Awesome
Oct 30, ’09
2:40 PM
The Internet is full of snark, irony, sarcasm, and know-it-alls. Lots of blogs are dedicated to documenting the flaws of human nature. My Parents Were Awesome stands in stark contrast to a lot of its competition because it isn’t degrading the people it documents, but celebrates them in earnest. As much as I enjoy Awkward Family [...]
Please Don’t Delete Your Blog
Oct 9, ’09
2:24 PM
Please don’t delete your blog.
Here’s why: someone might need it.