Web(master) of your own domain
I get domain renewals email almost weekly. If you're like me, you probably register domains for crazy ideas you have as frequently as you eat. Often, those ideas never see the light of day because you're too busy. Or you realize the breakthrough from your dreamy stupor actually isn't such a great idea after all. Sadly, those domains slip quietly into oblivion.
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Recent Links
Of Interest
- Buck: Against Dumb
- Lovely motion graphics piece for SmartCar. Via Ayaka Ito.
- Listening Habits of Highly Effective Web Designers (Part Deux)
- Featuring the musical selections of yours truly.
- Google Grows, and Works to Retain Nimble Minds
- Interesting article on growing pains at Google.
- Ericailcane—Potente di Fuoco
- “In 2009 Ericailcane’s parents surprised him by giving him his own early childhood drawings, which they had kept safe for him for nearly 25 years.” Via Swissmiss.
- Interaction Design is the new Art Direction?
- Interesting article at Teehan+Lax. My opinion’s in the comments.
- The Many Sliders of Photoshop CS4
- I never realized.
- Little Boxes in the Browser
- “It’s possible to be an HTML/CSS/JS developer and never use Flash, but it’s very difficult to be a Flash developer and NOT be well versed in the other tools of the web development trade.” Brilliant. I haven’t heard it articulated so well.
- Stupid Fight
- See whose Twitter fans are dumber.
- Ingeborg
- A modern family for this age.
- Ad Slider
- “This interactive piece celebrates recent award winning Canadian work that found the delicate ‘win-win’ balance.”
- flickrdesign
- Showcasing the best designs on Flickr.
- The New Spencerian Compendium Of Penmanship, 1879
- Mmmmmm.
- Papyrus Watch
- Exposing the overuse of Papyrus.
- Just do it
- Right up my alley.
- The Oscars of Type
- Some beautiful faces on this red carpet.
From the Rolodex
- Jason Santa Maria
- I want to be Jason when I grow up. That is, assuming that I actually will grow up...
- Bearskinrug
- Don’t be fooled by the domain; Kevin Cornell’s skills are homegrown right here in the U.S. Man, this guy can draw.
- Rob Weychert
- I would love to be this good. How depressing. All hail the Supreme Overlord.
- Afterglow Studio
- Afterglow Studio is the home of Andy Schulman, lamp-maker and animator extraordinaire.
- Mark Huot
- I may start a contest for anyone who can stump Mark. It just can’t be done.
- Jervis Thompson
- Despite the face that he still uses Macromedia Director, I still learn something every time I talk to Jervis.
- Chris Cashdollar
- A fellow Drexeler and another designer whose work kills my self-esteem. Go Dragons!
- Four24
- A contemporary Christian band that I play keyboards (and design!) for.
- John Langdon
- The only man ever on the face of the planet to use Avant Garde better than Herb Lubalin himself.
- Big Spaceship
- The best web design shop on earth.
- Jeffrey Zeldman
- There’s nothing bad I could ever say about Jeffrey. He’s one of the most humble, inspiring people I’ve ever met.
- Unstoppable Robot Ninja
- My brother from another mother.
- Dave Thompson
- The best animator I’ve ever met, hands down.
- Justin Freiler
- A designer with his own incredible style. Someone throw me a project that I can work on with Justin.