Rdio is Clever ⇾
A short thought on Rdio’s clever design.
Here’s a nice site for calculating whether you’re better off using PayPal or a merchant account. Nice idea, nice implementation.
[ via @jchristopher ]
“The key to generating many ideas is to withhold judgment of them as good or bad until your sketching session is complete. First capture the ideas, letting them flow without worrying if they’re any good. Wait until you’re finished to judge and filter.”
The 960 Grid System Made Easy ⇾
More on the design front again, this post really spelled out how beneficial and easy to use 960gs from Nathan Smith is. Another great tutorial.
A Revised Font Stack ⇾
Another entry in #pastblast, but not focused so much on writing. This article by Amrinder Sandhu is one I revisit with every site I work on. Even with great tools like Typekit bringing more alternatives to the web, I still like to build a font stack that will work well for everyone.
This is another example of a tutorial that brings depth and steadfastness.
Make Your Mockup in Markup ⇾
Shawn Blanc has stated that today, Jan. 20th, 2011, is the day of the looking back at great articles past. In this online culture where things shift so quickly and yesterday’s news is tomorrow’s digital detritus, a look back at writing that inspired me is a welcome change.
Here’s my first link.
Meagan Fisher wrote this past for 24 ways at the end of 2009. It was overall, one of the best tutorials on web design that I’ve ever read. If gives just enough meat to make you want to give her process a try yourself, but doesn’t bog down in technical details. A great read from a great designer.
To quote myself from the Fusion blog earlier, “Things have been quiet around here”. And it’s true. Time for writing as been in very short supply. That’s partially due to ownership changes with Fusion — those changes have allowed me to participate in design projects for various clients. Which is a dream come true.
We’ve also had some really fun internal projects taking up our time. And today I’m happy to announce the first: the Fusion Holiday Bundle. It’s been a lot of work, but also a lot fun. It’s the first time I’ve been involved in a promotion of this type and we’re super stoked about it. Working with a couple of wizards like Noah Stokes and Garrett St John makes a project like this a blast, as well as a success.
The whole bundle concept has really taken off the past few years. But I feel that apart from the rare exception, most have one or two apps that pull in the customers and the rest are filler apps that you end up deleting at some point. We really wanted to improve on that, while at the same time targeting the community we love.
And we hope we’ve done that. If you design or develop, or hope to in the future, this bundle of goodness is for you. Check it out.
If you use a paper calendar at all, be sure to check out the free PDFs from the folks at ReprintMe. Gorgeously designed, they offer a weekly and monthly layout, intended to be used on used paper, saving resources in the long run.
A great idea, and even better implementation.
