Linkage 07.02.10

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Since it’s been quite a while, I thought I’d share with you some sites that I visited last week. Some interesting, some funny, some relevant and some not. Been a bit busy of late, but I’m hoping to get back on the blog-horse soon… stay tuned!

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Some nicely designed sites that I’ve come across over the past week

Dyson Dryers
L’agence L’équipe
The 2009 Feltron Report
Brand New Day
Poolga iPhone Wallpapers
Twitter Chirp
Style Boost
Journeys with No Return

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Prevue Tour 18.12.09

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I made this particularly poor video demonstrating how my new webapp, Prevue works. It’s still in development, but this should give you an idea of how you could use it.

Conversation with a Scammer 07.12.09

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In the last week, I’ve been looking for somewhere to live in Sydney when I go across there for a design contract. Whilst I’ve had a fairly good experience with most of the people offering their flats, I’ve had some other ‘interesting’ responses… including the below from my newest friend, Jennifer Olsen:
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Prevue.it 18.11.09

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I’ve been working on a webapp called Prevue’s – which now has a new home at www.prevue.it
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Building Blocks 18.11.09

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The design of good houses requires an understanding of both the construction materials and the behavior of real humans. – Peter Morville

Google Streetview JP 11.09.09

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Cute animation by Google demonstrating how harmless StreetView is. Love it!

Make Something 28.08.09

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Now that you can make anything, what is it that you want to make?” – Bruce Mao

Everything.

(drunk) 26.08.09

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Hidden emoticons are one of the perks of working for Skype

MIT’s Persona’s 25.08.09

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The clever folk over at MIT have created this cool little app that “shows you how the internet see’s you”. Clearly I’m doing something right with this interweb thing.
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PDA Blogs 25.08.09

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Making iPhone/PDA specific sites for your personal site really isn’t that fun, I’ve done it before – and it’s time consuming and tedious (although there’s something to be said for developing for just one browser). Anyways, I was pretty impressed with this WordPress PDA plugin – which will convert your blog into a PDA ready site (see above). Check it out.

Beginning CSS Web Development 25.08.09

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Recently, a few friends of mine who work in the fashion, packaging and print design sectors have started turning their attention to web. More than anything, it’s become apparent that a knowledge of web design is an extremely useful commodity for any designer wanting to make themselves truly indispensable. My advice to these friends has been to try and get a basic handling on how a website is built, and how it works – which will, of course, give you the ammo to create kick-ass sites (seeing as they’re already Photoshop ninjas).

I’ve found myself shouting a lot about this book – Beginning CSS Web Development by Simon Collison. It’s what I used to get a grasp on CSS a few years back, and although I’ve read a whole stack of books on the same topic since, this is still the best by far. So if you’re keen on broadening your repotouire, or fancy brushing up on your CSS skills – I reckon this is a pretty good use for 1,924 (Amazon) of your hard earned English pennies.

Objectified 24.08.09

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I was lucky enough to see a screening of Objetified a while back, and I’ve got to admit that I was extremely impressed. I’m usually quite wary of “design is the most important thing ever” books/films/people – but this was refreshingly different (it is Gary Hustwit, afterall). And although you won’t see it at the cinema anymore, you can pre-order the DVD, which I’d encourage you to do. Objectified is yet another one of these things, like John Maeda’s book (left) that doesn’t specifically talk about web design – but affects it in every single way.