Just a little taste of a personal project that should be launching early next week. Follow on Twitter for more details.
“But before other children were born, when I was an only child, I had the backseat to myself. Road trips found me there, using the entire wooly backseat as my drafting table for giant coloring books and blank paper and hours ahead with crayons. At that time, the contours of my knowing were what I saw out the car window as we rolled down the summer highway. Spaces for coloring all my own.”
“Knocking out a stringent todo list is a piece of cake when wielding these two tools [self control & focus]. The best part is they’re free, but they’re not cheap.”
I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of the detials for the new Virb in August. If the rest of the service is as lovely as the new logo, things are looking good. Naz Hamid works his magic once again.
Another nice find via the Utility Journal: the Wave Commuter Mug.
Plastic mugs make your coffee taste like plastic (unless you take cream and sugar, which really isn’t coffee then). I finally found a nice ceramic mug, but the issue is that the temperature drops rapidly. You have maybe 20 minutes to finish your beverage.
The Wave Commuter Mug looks like a nice alternative.
DigitalColor Meter ⇾
Gosh, I’ve been using a cheesy third party tool when I need to convert a color from hex to rgb. And here was a much better tool already installed on my Macbook.
I have a dilemma: on a personal side project, I have the choice of using a payment gateway that keeps the users strictly on my site throughout the entire process. There is also the choice of using PayPal so that the user goes to an external PayPal page, with the option of returning to my site once the transaction is complete.
At first, I thought it was vital to have the first option — which, of course, costs more. But I thought about my own habits when online shopping. I’ve used sites that employ either method and I’m comfortable with either. But I most likely do not represent the average consumer who may use this site I’m building.
I’d love to hear what other designers, developers, and online shoppers think about this. What do you say — is it essential to keep the potential shopper on your page?
Thanks to Christian Ross, I believe I have found the print for my office that I’ve been looking for. Titled The Perfect Pour.
Over at Utility Journal, Adam has added a new type of entry: the Tip Sheet. First up, Tea.
I cannot wait for the coffee version.
The look of this Path Finder icon in the latest set of Flurry icons from David Lanham is astounding. I love this entire series.
