The Email Standards Project has taken off. It works with email client developers and the design community to improve web standards support and accessibility in email. At last the need to standardize will be fulfilled and wyciwts (what you code is what they see).
Following the current trend of GTD-Apps the team of CulturedCode pre-released its beautifully designed app “Things”. And luckily I was invited. Because with this app I found the way to get MY things done. Since it doesn’t follow the strict structure of Mr. Allen’s system it’s easy to brain-dump instantly and sort out later. Expect [...]
Matthew Smith wrote a very inspiring article about his process of being inspired as a designer. His post on Digital Web deals with the scientific approach of collecting (Integration, Separation, Creation).
Dezinerfolio gives a good, comprehensive guide (or better: white-paper) for the quick coding of a WP-theme. Nice to see all on one page. Not for the beginner though.
Due to the big success of my icon-list in September I decided to look for more advantageous links for you. Here are the most interesting icon resources. You can use these sets both for commercial and private projects (as they say in their disclosures) – but to be on the safe side: check their license [...]
Again a great article on A List Apart from Jeffrey Zeldman with an interesting punchline: “Web design is the creation of digital environments that facilitate and encourage human activity; reflect or adapt to individual voices and content; and change gracefully over time while always retaining their identity.” A must-read.
Vladstudio the place for elaborate artistic wallpapers offers a nice gadget: Wallpaper clock, developed by Bandes-Storch, an app which shows selected wallpapers accompanied by a clock which shows the current time and date.
Wondering how to make the perfect curves in Illustrator? Just the way YOU like them? Veerle’s Blog shows a very good tutorial for perfect control. Useful as always.
To provide you with an overview of my activities on the Net I installed the fabulous SimplePie Plugin for WordPress. Click the Tab “Stream” and you’ll find the condensation of various feeds of my Netlife. Thanks to Lisa McMillan who provided the link on her ma.gnolia page. Up to now I included my feeds from [...]
Bartelme the well known Austrian designer did it again: he delivers a DevKit. This one is about “Solid Wood” and comes as usual with the complete PSD to download for the learning pleasure.