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Have You Seen This? Pt. II
Every now and then, I compile a list of things I think are worth checking out (and for my sake, worth remembering.) Previously, called Jotting It Down, but Have You Seen This? sounds so much more exciting. From fake photos to great design work to must use tools.
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Jotting It Down #1
I’ve decided I need a place to collect all those fascinating links online. Here seems like a good place. You might even be interested in some of them. Bored at work? These have the Heather seal of approval. Although, I don’t take any blame for what these links become (broken or somehow less fantastic) in [...]
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Bing.com: Changing the Face of Search
Move over Google, there’s a new search engine in town and it is pretty. Bing essentially keeps Google’s pared down, essentials only aesthetic. Bing has it’s logo, a search box and button, and a few key category links. And a few, poignant links at the bottom to entice the bored web user (yes, they exist). [...]
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The Great Divide
A few days, as part of my I’m-a-professional-so-I’ve-got-to-start-working-on-my-branding etc etc, I joined Twitter. Yup, Twitter that name dropping social networking thing. I justify it on the basis that Twitter, from what I’ve been told, was like made for the graphic design industry. Or maybe this is how everyone in the industry justifies jumping on the [...]
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Would You Pay to Read This?
I recently had the pleasure of listening to Patrick Coyne, editor of famed Communications Arts, give a talk about the history of CA. During the Q&A portion, there were several questions about the consequences of the economy and the design industry. There were several things said of note, but what I want to talk about [...]
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The Wastelands of the Internet
I was recently pondering the vast, infinite(?) waste that exists in cyberspace. Sure enough, I was able to find a very broken down version of a home page (all personal web sites were called home pages back then. I built using one of those freebie hosting companies–remember Tripod and Angelfire? (Believe it or not they [...]
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