Article from Smashing Magazine that dives into the details, theory and some great suggestions for tackling type of the web. via @smashingmag
Smashing Magazine writer Ben Seigel wrote an article regarding the importance of planning a website, and not leaving it to chance. From my experiences, I’ve found it’s very important to the success of a project to gather as much data as possible and establish controlled variables.This lightweight article offers some useful tactics to properly evaluate a good project fit, and how to plan a project. The article entitled, A Comprehensive Website Planning Guide can be read here.
Interesting perspective on responsive / adaptive design approach and methodology. Check out the article here. Credits to @andyrutledge for tweeting the article, and @nathan_ford for authoring the article.
Short, concise story lightly discusses the state of design, with a focus on designer, Dieter Rams, and the impact he had on Jony Ive of Apple. News story can be found here.
I recently produced a screencast tutorial for tactfully implementing baseline grids in compositing and design. The video screencast lightly touches on why baseline grids are relevant to the design process, cites examples on the web where baseline grids are implemented, and a Photoshop technique to get your very own extensible baseline grid system working for you. The tutorial is published over on Method & Craft. Thanks and shout-out to @philcoffman, the one behind Method & Craft, for the opportunity to share this tutorial. Be sure to check out the wealth of information, interviews, and sharing for creative professionals over on Method & Craft.
John Gruber discusses UI, making some interesting legacy references to old school Apple UI design. Really interesting video that brings some context to the history and current state of UI design.
Credits to @tomcreighton for Tweeting the linkage to this video.
Industry-peer, Pat Dryburgh approached me with an idea that sought to help those in need in Japan, after the devastating destruction of the earthquake and tsunami. The campaign launched, titled Love for Japan, is an effort to raise awareness and help Japan.
Those following along in the Twittosphere may have already heard, my wife, Sarah, gave birth to our daughter, Olivia, Thursday, December 2nd. What a marvel to see the Creator’s hand at work, in a little being so lovingly made.
I came across this video via a Retweet on Twitter. It’s a brilliant technological execution of the world in the last 200 hundred years. Beyond the engaging superimposed motion graphics and statistics, are the subtle hints at what potential lies ahead for the global economy. On a very high level, it gives us indicators of how resources, business markets and niches, population, geo-centric development may affect how we live our lives and conduct business in the future.
