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Keats’ Negative Capability and the creative process

Mar 18^th 2008 // 2 Comments
The dos & donts of online portfolios

Feb 12^th 2008 // 6 Comments
Blackletter black sheep

Jan 26^th 2008 // 4 Comments
Targeted marketing & Sesame Street

Dec 13^th 2007 // 3 Comments
Adjust your posting frequency to keep the quality of your weblog entries high

Dec 6^th 2007 // 6 Comments
The hidden Inspector of Safari 3

Nov 21^st 2007 // 5 Comments
How to capitalise headlines?

Nov 17^th 2007 // 5 Comments
99 Reasons why we should put an end to bullet lists

Nov 16^th 2007 // 5 Comments
Can the blogosphere see beyond black & white?

Nov 7^th 2007 // 1 Comment
13 Free Photoshop Brushes: Coffee Stains

Nov 2^nd 2007 // 4 Comments
Squawk redesign part 3: Type choices & SIFR

Oct 26^th 2007 // 10 Comments
The LZ Avocado

Oct 22^nd 2007 // 1 Comment
Squawk redesign part 2: Colour palette & illustration

Oct 19^th 2007 // 4 Comments
Should you aim to develop flawless web-projects?

Oct 17^th 2007 // 0 Comments
Squawk redesign part 1 - Requirements & establishing the grid

Oct 16^th 2007 // 2 Comments
Welcome to the Doodle Bush Edition

Oct 15^th 2007 // 4 Comments
How to create great looking sitemaps for clients

Sep 21^st 2007 // 0 Comments
Three weddings and a funeral

Sep 16^th 2007 // 2 Comments
The cosmopolitan giraffe

Sep 10^th 2007 // 0 Comments
Designing the next big web app

Sep 4^th 2007 // 2 Comments
How to create custom image galleries in Textpattern

Aug 27^th 2007 // 3 Comments
The Pill Edition Of Photoshop

Aug 7^th 2007 // 1 Comment
A Work in Progress: DamEager Promotions

Aug 1^st 2007 // 0 Comments
Aptly downsized: Frankfurter Rundschau

Jun 24^th 2007 // 0 Comments
Free Photoshop ink splatter brushes

Jun 19^th 2007 // 0 Comments
Why do we blog?

May 28^th 2007 // 2 Comments
Portfolio online

May 13^th 2007 // 0 Comments
Splatter Splatter Drop Drop

May 10^th 2007 // 3 Comments

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John Hicks compares Expression Engine and Textpattern.
Big sheep, small sheep, short sheep, long sheep, smart sheep and just the average sheep.
For the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War Reuters created a mini-site telling some of the stories that have surrounded this war. via zmfd.
How to animate walk circles: An explanation for those who were not born with keyframes flowing in their blood.
Anne Steward posted a round-up of search sites for vinyl and CD artwork: 15 great sources for album eye candy, inspiration, and discussion.
Commissioning a web-designer is like going to the hairdressers: A fitting metaphor by Daniel Mall.
The very last issue of the Polaroid International Photography Online Magazine.
The HTML 5 specifications aren't a secret anymore and Microsoft is eagerly putting together it's Internet Explorer 8. But can all of Microsoft can take advantage of HTML 5?
Bittbox just announced that the OS X 10.5.2 update fixes some of the issues that many of us had with the new Leopard "feature" Stacks.
“Graphic design repeats in miniature what architecture does monumentally.”

An article about the relationship between Architecture and Type.
Squawk has been selected as one of the 8 finalists for February over on Unique CSS. Head over, look at some of the great designs, and vote fairly...
Helvetica the Film has been posted on Google Video. Sorry, they removed it.
Fine Print—A journey through the world of typography with graphic designer Michael Bierut
Someone linked to this, but I cannot remember who: The typographic trends of 2007.
I only just saw that Adobe redesigned their website. I don't quite know what to think, although my first reaction was definitely not positive. More opinion's can be found in Adobe's own forums. Sorry, the post seems to have been removed.
A little typographic background: The ampersand.
A short clip on Trajan the Movie Font—and why it should be stopped. via fntblg.
Do websites need to look exactly the same in every browser? Click here to find out the answer.
Hey you. Who, me? Ssh. Who me? Riiight. Not related to the usual contents of this weblog, but great nevertheless. Would you like to buy an O?
The portfolio of Marcus Oakley, a freelance illustrator.
Even though I have not yet installed Leopard, this looks like a good fix for the "transparency stack problem".
I just spend a bit of time tweaking Squawk's typography after I having received some feedback. I removed all italics from the headlines, everything is a little lighter and aligns nicely to the baseline grid. Have a look if you are interested.

Later today I will post a weblog article about the hidden features of Safari 3. Stay tuned!
Submit your images to Crestock's Photoshop contest for a chance to win a Mac Pro with Dual 30" Displays.
Ever so slightly related to my previous post about capitalisation: The online edition of the Chicago Manual of Style
I am glad that this has not been implemented properly: IP over Avian Carriers
Some lovely typographic work from Non-Format.
Thirteen obvious and not so obvious ways of looking at a typeface.
The first genuine review of Mac OSX Leopard, without Apple's fluff.
A couple of typgraphy jokes.
A real timesaver when working with jQuery: Visual documentation
Designed around a nice grid and some nice content as well: Paper Thin Walls, an independent music community.
It is not clear by whom this is, but it doesn't matter: A lovely illustration based weblog.
A quick and easy way to create swirls in Adobe Illustrator via stlgl.
"My team, your team" taken to an illustration extreme.
The portfolio of Alick Cotterill, a freelance photographer who happens to be on the same course as me...
I just found this little test: What kind of blogger are you? Apparently I am a 'purist, young upstart, undiscovered blogger'. Sounds fancy, doesn't it?
Tiltviewer is a 3D Flickr image viewer created by Airtightinteractive, the developer of SimpleViewer. Slick.
An interview with Christian Schwartz, a type designer who recently received the Prix Charles Peignot. from myfnts.
Nedko Solakov's set of drawings entitled "Fear". About the little fears that we don't think about, and sometimes also about fear's fear. Brilliant.
Today, Monday the 15t^th October, is Blog Action Day. If this works 15 thousand blogs will link and/or post about one issue: the environment and what we do or not do about its current state. Go ahead and participate: Let's give our readers something to think about.
Blasting the myth of the fold: Users do think outside the box.
* html body {display: none;} ... I haven't figured out why some think this hack is discriminating. on stznstz.
Have a look at this awesome drag interface for a Dutch 'Werkplaats Typografie'.
A quick and painless way to create your web 2.0 buttons and bars in Photoshop. via bttbx.
A comparison between Expression Engine and Movable Type.
If you ever think that your job doesn't pay you enough.
When food messes with typographers: LD Spaghetti
A discussion about Expression Engine, its price tag and small businesses.
Lucida Grande and its siblings on the web.
The mockup for dameagerpromotions.com
While I have no idea how to use it, yet; it does sound nice: Blueprint 0.4
A crossing between a blog and a collage book.
Typeface 'till you drop. via 31thr
60 More Places to Get Design Inspiration - Online and Off
A tribute to Herbert Lubalin, creator of the Avant Garde...
Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet. Roger Miller
The Art of Rik Catlow.
The problems of type on the web
Akismet for Expression Engine
The posters of the famous 'Kieler Woche' from more than fifty years. via fntblg.
The semantics behind apple's redesign.
The perfect photoshop brushes, just in case that autumn comes faster than it should.
True, true.... If anyone wonders what London was thinking?
Short and to the point: Web Standards for Skeptics
Nice and easy photoshop style to create mac-like drop shadows for windows.
The posters of Denny Schmickle. via cdl.
Great Visuals and a good writeup on the latest version of Elliot Jay Stocks' site
Mixed Tape 17 is out.
I found the EE Documentation quite helpful when designing this site.