December 2008
8 posts
24 ways 2008 →
24 ways is the advent calendar for web geeks. Each day throughout December we publish a daily dose of web design and development goodness to bring you all a little Christmas cheer.
This year’s 24 ways begins today with an article by founder, Drew McLellan, titled “Easing The Path from Design to Development”.
November 2008
9 posts
WatchMy Thanksgiving, Yesterday
When my parents saw my first “My Day, Yesterday” video, they asked me to make another while I was home for Thanksgiving.
So, here it is, how I spent my Thanksgiving, yesterday.
WatchCarl Honore doesn’t think much about the speedy lifestyle most of us live:
Right across the world, people are doing the unthinkable: they’re slowing down and finding that although conventional wisdom tells you that if you slowdown you’re roadkill, the opposite turns out to be true. That by slowing down at the right moments, people find that they do everything better: they eat better,...
EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing →
It’s still in closed beta, but this web-based collaborative text editor looks like it’ll be a good alternative for those who can’t use SubEthaEdit for one reason or another. (via TidBITS)
JS-909 →
Cameron Adams has made a drum machine made entirely out of JavaScript. Words to describe this completely escape me. And as is usually the case with these things, I’m about lose most of my day futzing with this. (via Simplebits)
Elegant Web Typography →
Anyone who needs a primer on typography, specifically as it applies to the web, should start with this phenomenal presentation given by Jeff Croft at Web Directions South 2008. (via Subtraction)
If web typography is your thing, this presentation by Mark Boulton is also worth looking through.