Here are the links that I’ve recently saved to Ma.gnolia.
Adobe Media Player
Adobe’s new AIR-based media player has been released as a beta.
uiGarden.net
“uiGarden.net is a webzine dedicated to provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners who work in the user interface design (including user experience, information architecture, GUI, and usability) field in the Chinese and the English speaking worlds to publish their thinking and exchange views with each other. “
Tags: user experience, ue, user interface, ui, web development
Inconsolata
“Inconsolata will be my first serious original font release. It is a monospace font, designed for code listings and the like, in print. There are a great many “programmer fonts,” designed primarily for use on the screen, but in most cases do not have the attention to detail for high resolution rendering.
Inconsolata draws from many inspirations and sources. I was particularly struck by the beauty of Luc(as) de Groot’s Consolas, which is his monospaced design for Microsoft’s upcoming Vista release. This font, similar to his earlier TheSansMono, demonstrated clearly to me that monospaced fonts do not have to suck.”
Tags: fonts, web development, programming, ide
Monospace/Fixed Width Programmer’s Fonts
“Becoming frustrated with source code not aligning in my favorite source editor I decided to hunt for the best font. In particular, I began to hunt down the available fixed-width or monospaced fonts.”
Tags: fonts, web development, programming, ide
R A D I O H E A D
Radiohead’s new album site.
Rejuvenation
“At Rejuvenation, we are passionate about period lighting and hardware. We bring back beautiful and enduring designs of the last 115 years with exacting attention to quality, authenticity, and value.” A great resource for steampunk, Victorian, art deco and other period-specific fixtures. Cool stuff!
Tags: architecture and objects, furnishings, furniture, steampunk, show sarah
SitePoint’s Ruby on Rails Book is now FREE
“I’m very happy to announce that for the next 60 days our book Build Your Own Ruby on Rails Applications is FREE* in PDF Format (a $29.95 USD value).
That’s right… Not an extract… Not a sample chapter… The ENTIRE 447 pages of Patrick Lenz’s incredible book is (for the next 60 days) free to download.”
Tags: ruby on rails, web development, tutorial, ruby, ror, books
Creating a coat of arms in Illustrator
“Here is another step-by-step tutorial (per reader’s request) where I show you how to draw the basic shape of a coat of arms and a banner by using the Pen tool and Reflect tool in Adobe Illustrator. For those who are struggling with the Pen tool or readers that are just starting to use Illustrator, this is a prefect exercise. I’ll explain every move and step on how you draw the path. “
Tags: design, web design, illustrator, illustration, tutorial
Greenlight Concepts
“At Greenlight Concepts we create retro-modern lighting fixtures using glass lenses recycled from discarded traffic lights. Across the United States, giant truckloads of red, yellow, and green lenses are tossed into land-fills as cities upgrade to more efficient lighting technology. We’re reclaiming these glass artifacts to create “Stoplights,” our new line of lighting fixtures.”
Tags: architecture and objects, furnishings, furniture, lighting, show sarah
Use Smart Folders to find recent files and apps
“Want quick access to a recently opened document or application? Take advantage of the Smart Folders feature in Tiger.”
TiltViewer
“TiltViewer allows you to browse Flickr’s most interesting images in a 3D space. It’s designed to provide a fun, intuitive user experience. Images are pulled from Flickr’s Interestingness list.”
Tags: flickr, design inspiration, flash
Thermo – Adobe Labs
‘”Thermo” is an upcoming Adobe product that makes it easy for designers to create rich Internet application UIs. Thermo allows designers to build on familiar workflows to visually create working applications that easily flow into production and development.’
Tags: adobe, design, ria, ui, wireframing, flex
Colors of the Top 20 Magazine Covers
“n 2005, the 40 greatest magazine covers of the last 40 years were unveiled at the 2005 American Magazine Conference (AMC) in Puerto Rico, by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) and AMC. Looking at the top 20 has shed some light on some of the most interesting color choices in the industry. Starting with number twenty, we’ll take a trip back through the world of publication color.”
Tags: design, design inspiration, show sarah, magazines, print, color, color palettes