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The Problem with Facebook’s “Places”
It’s not that Facebook’s Places feature is bad, it’s just that it’s boring. It’s nothing special. They didn’t do it better than anyone else.
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Resolution Independent Mobile UI
Read, experiment with and never forget this tutorial. These techniques are the future of webdesign.
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I guest-edit .net magazine
Jeffrey Zeldman introduces this months issue of .net magazine (called “Practical Web Design” in the US; available next month), which he guest-edited:
Today’s web is about interacting with your users wherever they are, whenever they have a minute to spare. New code and new ideas for a new time are what the new issue of .net magazine captures. There has never been a better time to create websites. Enjoy!
I’ve read most of the articles appearing in this issue (and wrote one too about spicing up your design with CSS), and I think it’s the best .net issue ever.
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Designing the new Campaign Monitor iOS icons
Good article by Jesse Dodds (who you should follow on Dribbble) about designing and implementing homescreen icons for your website for a range of iOS devices.
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How many people have you upset today?
The world is full of very average things made by people who don’t want to upset anyone, or too eager to please their peers.
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Icon Reference Chart
Invaluable resource brought to you by Jon Hicks.
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FOWD NYC
Glad I can finally share I’ll be speaking at the Future of Web Design conference in New York City later this year. The conference runs from November 15 to November 16, and workshops are the day after. Register early and save $300.
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How to make your web content look stunning on the iPhone 4’s new Retina display
Aral Balkan has some great tips on how to make sure your website offers higher resolution images to people looking at your site on an iPhone 4 with retina display.
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Status update
The past 4 weeks have been the most hectic ones of my life. I’ve been working day, night and weekend to make multiple deadlines, juggling a number of projects. I wish I could share what I’ve been working on, but for the time, I can’t. The last 2 weeks blogging and Twittering were a luxury, I haven’t even Dribbbled in a month. I’m looking forward to going to bed together with Gwen again instead of 6 hours after she fell asleep.
And now, it’s over. Worked all night yesterday, did some tweaks today and sent out invoices. I’m proud of the work I’ve done, and the future looks very, very bright. I’ve got some speaking gigs I’ll be announcing soon, and the project lineup for the upcoming months looks stellar. This all includes quite a lot of traveling, looking forward seeing a bit of the world.
But for the next 4 days, the words “design”, “Twitter”, “internet” and (more important) “responsibility” aren’t in my dictionary. I’ll be at my favorite music festival, with some close friends, acting like something you’d expect to see in a zoo, behind bars. 4 days of no rules. 4 days of pure relaxation. 4 days without calls, emails, IM’s or clients. 4 days that make the past 4 weeks all worth it.
See you on the other side.
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No, Safari Reader Is Not the Beginning of an ‘Arms Race’
John Gruber responds to a “Tech Analyst and Community Manager” who doesn’t understand the internet:
If your website is user-hostile, don’t be surprised when your readers fight back.