14 Nov 2008
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Before I got my first tattoo I was told they were addictive. Everyone I knew that had a tattoo already would say something like, “once you get one you can’t stop. It’s a rush.” And while I don’t find this to be completely true, now that I’ve had mine for over a year I am ready to get a new one. I already have a few ideas in my head of what I want, but I thought what better way to get inspiration than to reach out to my fellow designers and see what they had to offer. And I must say, after a brief outreach to my fellow friends on twitter and flickr I am pleased with the response I got.
So here, without further ado, I present you with 9 wonderfully “branded” designers.
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31 Oct 2008
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There is a current crisis going on in the blogosphere right now where we have a lot of quality blogs that are going unnoticed due to the massive amount of junk that is out there. (sort of reminds me of the Christian music scene.) In order to find something of quality you either have to [A] already be connected with other bloggers or [B] you have to spend a lot of time searching the vast internets. Seriously, if you don’t update your blog but once every two or three months then what’s the point?
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28 Oct 2008
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As a part of this new redesign I ran across what seems to be a very common, yet seemingly frustrating problem with setting your sidebar to the full height of a page (not just the screen). It made sense in my mind to simply set the height of the sidebar div to 100%. But oh no, all that gets you is a headache and a pocket full of lint. I tried everything from setting the body and html tag height to 100% to using a min-height of 100% on the sidebar as well, but no luck. I’m still not sure whether this is a browser problem or a CSS problem. In either case I knew I was going to have to do my homework.
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25 Oct 2008
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If you’re not already familiar with creative commons then I recommend you check them out. I first learned about them last year in a web design class when my teacher referred them as the best source for using photography in your projects without infringing on anyone’s personal copyright. I use Creative Commons all the time on my flickr account. It’s wonderful too because it opens the door to the whole creative community to take what another person has done, whether it be a photograph or a movie, and build upon it and transform it into something else. And it is this focus on community that really draws me in to help support them.
Communities that develop around content and the sharing enable these communities to come together.
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22 Oct 2008
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Is there a certain point we reach in this technological era where we become so over-saturated with information that we become “blinded” to what’s really important? And by “really important” I mean living our lives. Sure, I love coding for hours on end or posting tweets till my fingers go numb, but at the end of the day, or our lives for that matter, will we be pleased with what we’ve accomplished? Maybe I’m thinking too far ahead here. Maybe the work we’re doing now in the age of the internet will reap great rewards in the future. I don’t know. But one thing that scares me is the amount of information we’re expected to keep up with. Sure things like RSS readers and Twitter are helpful. But when is it all too much? At what point do we overload? I know lately I’ve felt burdened by this thought. Feeling like I have to keep up with this rat race of information only makes me feel less and less apart of reality.
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