September 2008
50 posts
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Grain Edit - 1950s to 1970s Design →
From the website:
Grain edit is focused on classic design work from the 1950s-1970s and contemporary designers that draw inspiration from that time period.
Site content includes interviews, articles, designers’ libraries as well as examples of rare design annuals, type specimens, Ephemera, posters and vintage kids books from our bookshelves.
Grain edit is based in Oakland, California and is...
Top 20 Menus from Web Designer Mag →
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Yuko Shimizu Illustrations →
Wonderful illustrator. Check her out!
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Petrosains - WORST WEBSITE EVER →
We were given this example in my Usability class as a website to analyze using heuristic principles and it fails on each count.
Spend 10 minutes on this website (if you can sit through the ridiculous space launch intro, which you can’t skip) and tell me what this site is about.
…You can’t.
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Misprinted Type →
Really interesting design…based on collage. Related fonts available.
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Yahoo! Design Pattern Library →
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OMG Best Blog Ever? →
natecooper:
Step aside Fail Dogs. Domo nom nom is a blog where updates are in the form of edibles for a bizarre monster. This may be not worth explaining other than to say check it out but it definitely…
That’s from my friend, Nate’s, blog. I’ve checked out the guy’s other work and he also made 3 a day, a blog with 3 pics a day.
Very unique blog design concepts.
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Michael Teper's Blog →
And on that previous note of my brother, I may as well mention his blog. It’s not updated that often, but when it is, you get a great glimpse of developer frustrations/solutions/and other random geeky stuff :)
Oh, and the occasional poem.
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Linux Hater's Blog →
Ok, I don’t actually hate Linux myself, but this is pretty funny. Suggested by my brother.
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Yahoo! Design Stencils →
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Agency Tool Web Design Dashboard →
“The definitive resource list for designing, developing, marketing & maintaining websites.”
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30 Essential PDF Documents Every Designer Should... →
Thanks, Drew, for this link and the 2 that are about to come!
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Top Web Tools for College Students →
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Yahoo! Pipes →
According to the site:
Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web.
I’ve tried it and it’s really easy to use and pretty fantastic.
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Free CSS-based Design Templates →
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ClickCaster →
Publish your rich media - podcasts, etc. here. I haven’t tried it, but looks like a good place.
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Dandelife →
According to the site:
Your Lifecast (TM): Your Photos, Videos and Blog Mixed With Your Friends, Family and Feeds: Dandelife is a place for you to record the events of your life, past and present, public and private. Have you photos and videos online in different places? No worries. Like you, your Dandelife is the ultimate mash-up. Live well - we’re listening!
Basically, puts all your...
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Adobe Kuler →
“Kuler is an Adobe Labs web application geared toward the design crowd. It is a online color scheme creator, for lack of a better term.”
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How Web 2.0 Logos are Drawn →
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The Web's Best Interface Design →
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High Dynamic Range Photography Tutorial →
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Top 10 Most Beautiful Blog Designs →
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45 Fresh, Clean, and Impressive Designs →
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CSS Drive →
Categorized CSS gallery and examples.
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CSS Remix →
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Open Source Website Designs →
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Virb →
According to the site:
Virb is a place that lets you put all of the things that make you you - photos, videos, blogs - in one place. So you can find friends (and friends can find you).
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Web 2.0 Tutorials →
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Free Stock Photos →
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Greener Grass Design →
Great “green” design company/store/products.
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Color Jack Sphere →
Great way to choose color combos. You can download the swatch into photoshop or illustrator as well.
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Dustin Bachrach Blog →
Great developer blog from Rice University student..
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Free Design Resources →
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CSS Solution to Image Slicing →
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Zoho →
Online office suite. Includes: Project Management Software, Spreadsheets, Wiki, Presentation Tool, etc.
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Story Face →
Interesting application of opensource. From the website:
StoryFace is an OpenSource prototype paving the way towards intelligent electronic paper. If anyone wants to pitch in an idea feel free to post them in our forums. We’ll add the best ones :) Remember, everything goes back to the community, so don’t be stingy with your ideas unless you plan to patent/create them. Otherwise,...
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Open Web Design Templates →
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One Column Website Templates →
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Adobe Flex →
I found this back when it was still in beta mode. I remember this being pretty cool.
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Pattern Library for Interaction Design →
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Younicycle →
Web-based app builder/suite.
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User Plane →
According to the site:
Userplane™ is the world’s premier social software provider for online communities. Our award-winning technology makes it easy for website owners and publishers to add free content, functionality and advertising in an instant. Grow your community – and your revenue – with Userplane.
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Microsoft Popfly →
You can make mashups, websites or games with Microsoft Popfly. Haven’t tried it but it looks pretty neat.
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Ask 500 People →
Random, but just a very cool website. You can ask 500 random people any question. An example of an interesting application for 2.0 technologies.
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CSS and Web Design Articles from Style Ignite →
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San Flashisco →
For those in the Bay Area:
“The San Flashcisco user group aims to promote understandings of Flash Platform technologies within and around the San Francisco area with emphasis on learning, fun and networking.
The group welcomes all demographics, skills and experience levels with open arms and shall embraced your Flash passions.
The core value of this group is to share information and...
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Jessica Mah's Blog →
This girl is amazing. I met her at a Women 2.0 mixer. She’s a junior at UC Berkeley but has been coding/entrepreneur-ing for yeaaarrrss. Check out her blog!
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40 Stunning Vector Landscape Illustrations →
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Photoshop Text Effect Tutorials →
And for the swirly ornate text one, some free vectors:
http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/freebies/ornate-floral-swirly-and-curly-vector-roundup
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Design Interace Tutorials →