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Ideas on design, technology, culture and more as assembled by Matthew Carlson, a web and graphic designer based in Columbus, Ohio.
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October 2007
October 29, 2007
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard: The Ars Technica Review »
The single most in-depth and spot on review I’ve read so far.
October 27, 2007
I Believe in Murphy’s Law »
Smart advice from Jon Gruber on how to safely do a major operating system upgrade.
October 24, 2007
When Was the Book Light Invented? »
Turns out it was 1930. I would probably become an insomniac without my book light. (via: Design Observer)
White is the New White »
Steven Heller:
Contrary to notion that white is default, a no brainer, white is a statement, a nod to tranquility in a frenetic world.
GMail Gets IMAP »
Great news and should convert a lot of people to GMail.
October 23, 2007
Alberto Seveso »
Absolutely stunning work. (via: hicksdesign)
October 19, 2007
Layer Tennis: Chris Glass vs. Naz Hamid »
I didn’t get to watch today’s match live, but think I may have actually enjoyed it more being able to get through the whole thing in under 15 minutes.
Mac OS X Leopard - Guided Tour »
Clench that jaw buddy.
October 18, 2007
The Gel Dilema »
Rands:
I’ve noticed that when most people pick up a retractable pen, they click it, roughly five times. Not joking.
Ok. I’ll admit I do this sometimes and as soon as I realize I’m doing it, I wonder why the hell I just did that. Great article for pen snobs such as myself. (via: Daring Fireball)
Why Commercials Before Movies Is Worse Than Piracy »
John Campea:
I don’t mind theaters making money off me when I get a product, service or entertainment in return… but commercials playing at 7pm when you told me the movie would be starting is doing nothing but STEALING my time. You are taking from me without giving anything in return.
Phone Fingers for Your iPhone »
This is a joke, right? Be sure to check out the demo video.
October 17, 2007
Findings From the A List Apart Web Design Survey »
The results are in from the A List Apart survey of professional web designers conducted in April 2007. The raw data is also made available for those industrious enough to conduct their own analysis.
Third Party Application SDK for the iPhone Coming in February »
Steve Jobs has announced that a true SDK is in the works for the iPhone (and iPod Touch) and planned for release in February. Towards the end of the post is this nice little jab at Nokia’s Open to Anything ad campaign:
Nokia, for example, is not allowing any applications to be loaded onto some of their newest phones unless they have a digital signature that can be traced back to a known developer. While this makes such a phone less than “totally open,” we believe it is a step in the right direction.
Some iPhones Have Sound Icons on the Silent Switch »
Apparently some iPhones have an icon on the silent switch on the side, while others don’t. My phone doesn’t and was purchased on June 29, 2007. What about yours?
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October 16, 2007
Newsweek Launches New Website »
Nice new design by Newsweek.
300+ New Features »
“Even Leopard innovations have innovations.” One big page of all the new features in the soon to be released Mac OS 10.5, Leopard.
iTunes Plus DRM-Free Tracks Expanding, Dropping to 99 Cents »
Jacquie Chen of ars technica reports that Apple is planning to expand the iTunes Plus catalog this week to include certain indie labels and drop the price to $.99 for singles.
October 12, 2007
Layer Tennis is On »
Layer Tennis is on and, while it’s early in the match, turning out to be my favorite so far.
CampaignMonitor Launches Email Standards Project »
Love it or hate it, HTML email isn’t going away and needs the same attention as Web Standards did in its early days. As they stated they would, CampaignMonitor has taken the first step in moving that initiative forward with the Email Standards Project, scheduled to fully launch in November 2007.
October 11, 2007
What Did You Pay for In Rainbows? »
I’ve been wondering what others were paying for the new Radiohead album as well, and Kottke has a nice round up of reports. I paid $10 because that’s about what I typically want to spend on an album.
I’m not even much of a Radiohead fan though, and purchased the album more out of support for what the band is trying to do.
Update: After listening to the album a few times, it’s good and definitely worth the $10.
Apple Web Apps Directory »
Directory of “made for iPhone” websites selected by Apple.
October 9, 2007
New iPhone Commercials »
People on the street talking about what they like about the iPhone.
October 7, 2007
The Arcade Fire Presents... »
A clever, interactive follow-up video for the song Neon Bible from the album of the same name. Love this album by the way.
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