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December 2012
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Tumblr Kit →
I was recently looking for a solution for an upcoming project which required me to load content by post type from Tumblr’s API. The one or two options I found produced hard-coded markup for each post, and didn’t make it easy to customise their output. As a result, I put together this little framework that combines jQuery ajax loading with Boris Moore’s JsRender templating syntax (the successor to...
May 2012
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Most people can’t discern good from bad typography but everybody can feel it.
– Oliver Reichenstein, writing on iA’s new, adaptive agency site about responsive typography, and the work his company has done to create multiple grades of its Nitti and iABC faces.
April 2012
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A Closer Look At Font Rendering →
Type designer and Typekit consultant Tim Ahrens has written a comprehensive state of the play for Smashing Magazine regarding rendering engines and font formats for screen use. He covers the basics of rasterisation, the benefits and drawbacks of the Windows ClearType renderer, and the differences between PostScript and TrueType outlines. A must read.
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Letterboxd goes public
Letterboxd:
Today we’re pleased to announced our transition from private to public beta. All pages on Letterboxd are now publicly visible (except for those deemed private by their owners), and all new users are able to send invitations to friends immediately following sign up. Letterboxd will remain invitation-only for a period, to enable us to control our rate of growth.
Beyond thrilled to...
March 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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Offscreen magazine, a Kickstarter project from Melbournites Kai Brach and Jess Murray, is a little over $5,000 short of a modest goal with 3 days left to run on its campaign. Here’s the idea in their words:
Offscreen is a new, quarterly print magazine with an in-depth look at the life and work of people that create websites and apps shaping our digital lifestyle. We want to tell the less...
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Some people flunk out of school, but are still very interesting people. They’re...
– David Lynch reflects on almost an hour’s worth of deleted scenes which have been included on the 25th anniversary Blu-ray of Blue Velvet, out this month.
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Timeless →
Jeremy Keith takes Ian Hickson to task over the removal of the time element from the HTML5 spec:
In this case the editor’s unilateral decision is fundamentally at odds with the most important HTML design principle, the priority of constituencies.
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September 2011
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August 2011
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Retiring Jobs’ Number →
Rob Cottingham (via Cameron Moll):
The debate will rage for a long time over what piece of technology best encapsulates Steve Jobs’ influence on our world: The iPhone? iPod? iMac? iPad? OS X and Aqua? But I’m going to argue for something a lot more low-tech: the turtleneck.
That, to me, captures the excitement Jobs both conveyed and sparked in others over his vision. It wasn’t just...
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Jurjen Versteeg’s 2011 graduation project pays homage to the greats of title sequence design, each rendered in their signature style. Perfect. Watch the Titles has the backstory.
July 2011
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June 2011
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“Introducing Final Cut Pro X”
Apple: Here's Final Cut Pro X.
Editors: This is an outrage. Where is EDL? Where is OMF?! What have you done with XML?!
Apple: Shut up, nerds. Here it is. It's the future.
Editors: So help me God, I will switch to Adobe Premiere.
Apple: You do that.
Editors: That's it. I'm switching now. I am NOT TO BE TRIFLED WITH.
Apple: Enjoy.
Editors: Here I go. Adobe Premiere. Here I go.
Apple: Steve Jobs!
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