August 2009
5 posts
The Good Enough Revolution: When Cheap and Simple... →
Perhaps it’s not the most novel observation, but it is an interesting look at the direction a lot of tech has taken lately:
The world has sped up, become more connected and a whole lot busier. As a result, what consumers want from the products and services they buy is fundamentally changing. We now favor flexibility over high fidelity, convenience over features, quick and dirty over slow...
idsgn: Know Your Type →
Need a quick primer on the history of those fonts you see everywhere? idsgn’s “Know Your Type” series has you covered:
…the “Know Your type” series, where we will take a look into the origins of some of the most commonly used typefaces in design today.
The posts are short but informative, and are more about the type’s history than its features (so...
Vacation Reading
While on vacation, I tend to do a lot of reading. Usually I read books, but this vacation was spent doing so little that even reading a book took too much time and energy (seriously, it was awesome). I did, however, get through a few things in my Instapaper queue during one of the rainy days, and these were worth sharing:
The Cocktail Renaissance
We’ve forgotten where we came from....
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Pogo - “SplurgenShitter”
I first...