ColoRotate
May 20, 2009
Here’s a new palette tool similar to Kuler that lets you explore color relationships in 3-D.
Some Basics of CSS Animation
May 14, 2009
Monday by Noon makes an argument for progressive enhancement with this little example of transitions that can be done with CSS3.
PolyPage
Apr 29, 2009
Polypage was designed to ease the process of showing multiple page states in html mock-ups. By simply adding class names to a document you can imply state and conditional view logic.
Share and Save Google Map Directions
Apr 25, 2009
The LatLong blog announced some cool new Google Maps features that let you save directions, trace the route and share/embed the directions with others.
Total Background Hover
Apr 20, 2009
Stu Nicholls posted a cool little CSS experiment that swaps the entire navbar color on rollover. Could come in handy when building color-coded site sections.
Interview with Chip Kidd
Apr 20, 2009
Step Inside Design interviews the amazing book cover designer Chip Kidd. Check out more of Kidd’s work at the Book Cover Archive.
Google Update Goes Open-Source
Apr 14, 2009
Back in February, Wired reported on some major flaws in Google’s Update product. Sufficiently shamed for it, Google has now released it as “codename Omaha”.
Ian Wharton Dot Com
Apr 11, 2009
Ian is an art director and CG filmmaker. His online portfolio is one of the more attractive, functional Flash sites I’ve seen in a while.
Real Time Mugshots
Apr 11, 2009
TampaBay.com now features an image carousel and profile of everyone who’s been arrested for — but not necessarily convicted of — any crime in the last 24 hours.
Beginner’s Guide to Information Architecture
Apr 11, 2009
UX Booth published a really detailed overview of how information architects work, how they’re different than UX and graphic designers, and what tools they use.
The Redundant Title Attribute in Navigation
Apr 11, 2009
Roger Johansson asks something that’s bugged me forever — why do CMSs like WordPress repeat the name of the nav link in the
titleattribute?Full-Screen jQuery Gallery
Apr 10, 2009
The folks at DevKick built a pretty impressive tool that combines Flickr and jQuery and displays the gallery at full-screen.
Flow Theme for WordPress
Apr 10, 2009
Rob Goodlatte has released a WordPress theme with variable text-sizing. Nice to see experimentation for its own sake in a WP theme.
Dear Designer, You Suck
Apr 9, 2009
Khoi Vinh urges for more openness and honesty when critiquing the designs of your colleagues, even when the feedback is negative.
Handling Things
Apr 9, 2009
Garrett Dimon makes some good, fair points about the charges Jason Fried made against the practices of Get Satisfaction.
