cubicle17

Nov 16 New theme: Simplification I finished a redesign of cubicle17 a few weeks ago, and as is my policy, I am making my old theme available for free to one and all. With nicely-sized, readable text, plenty of white space, and an elastic one-column design, Simplification is not only one of my simpler themes (which might be saying a lot), but it’s also one of my favorites. If you’re in the market for a new theme, give Simplification a look. Update: a couple of minor issues were found after posting this, so if you’ve applied this theme already, please update to the latest version.

New theme: Simplification

I finished a redesign of cubicle17 a few weeks ago, and as is my policy, I am making my old theme available for free to one and all. With nicely-sized, readable text, plenty of white space, and an elastic one-column design, Simplification is not only one of my simpler themes (which might be saying a lot), but it’s also one of my favorites.

If you’re in the market for a new theme, give Simplification a look.

Update: a couple of minor issues were found after posting this, so if you’ve applied this theme already, please update to the latest version.

Nov 5 Platinum Pentaward and Best of Category: Beverages winner, the Cocoa-Cola Alu Bottle The Pentawards are the only worldwide competition devoted solely to packaging design, and the Dieline has exclusive access to the Pentawards 2008 winners. Prepare to spend the next half-hour or so browsing the winners. (via FontFeed)

Platinum Pentaward and Best of Category: Beverages winner, the Cocoa-Cola Alu Bottle

The Pentawards are the only worldwide competition devoted solely to packaging design, and the Dieline has exclusive access to the Pentawards 2008 winners.

Prepare to spend the next half-hour or so browsing the winners. (via FontFeed)

Nov 1

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.

Oct 22 “Q” by erin.fike If good-looking lettering is your thing, then the my favourite letters Flickr group should be right up your alley. The above Q and this g from mamma gamma are two of my favorites.

“Q” by erin.fike

If good-looking lettering is your thing, then the my favourite letters Flickr group should be right up your alley. The above Q and this g from mamma gamma are two of my favorites.

Oct 21

“My Day, Yesterday”

I’ve been really enjoying the videos from Garrett Murray’s Flickr group My Day, Yesterday, so I decided to make my own. Given that this is the first time I’ve ever shot video with my camera and the first time I’ve ever made a movie of any kind, I think it turned out OK.

After all was said and done, I’d shot more video than I needed, and cut out more video than I wanted to. What’s left is a 90-second video of how I spent my day yesterday.

Oct 21

FriendDA

Whimsical, and clever. Articles like this one are why I read Rands:

I want Phil to know that what I want to chat about is more than our average conversation. I want slightly more than a smidge of ceremony before I spill the beans about my bright idea and I call this ceremony the FriendDA.

Oct 18

Lomography Documentary

Thanks in large part to CameraBag, I have found myself myself ever-so-slightly obsessed with the atmosphere produced by CameraBag’s fake lomo filter, “Lolo”. After a few “rolls” of these fake lomo photographs, I remembered seeing this documentary on YouTube on the history of lomography.

Due to YouTube’s length restrictions, the documentary has been broken into 7 parts, but I think it’s well worth the time and effort.

Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Oct 17 A man holds a newly hatched green turtle at Ujung Genteng beach near Pelabuhan Ratu in Indonesia’s West Java province October 9, 2008. Sometimes it’s futile to resist linking to The Big Picture. This is one of those times.

A man holds a newly hatched green turtle at Ujung Genteng beach near Pelabuhan Ratu in Indonesia’s West Java province October 9, 2008.

Sometimes it’s futile to resist linking to The Big Picture. This is one of those times.

Oct 16

CameraBag

Holga'd, Lomo'd, Lomo'd

I found this iPhone app through Dave Shea, and I couldn’t be happier that I did. A relatively simple app, CameraBag uses the iPhone’s camera to take pictures in the style of a few famous lo-fi cameras, a famous photographer, or some generic film styles.  In short, this app turns the iPhone’s crappy camera into something you might actually want to use.

Oct 8 Evolution of Logos To me, the most interesting evolutions are the ones that result from multiple companies merging (like the Audi logo above). (via swissmiss)

Evolution of Logos

To me, the most interesting evolutions are the ones that result from multiple companies merging (like the Audi logo above). (via swissmiss)