Published on April 24, 2008
I just wanted to pass on this Digg article. A book is for sale internationally that rips off many talented illustrators. It even provides full-resolution copies of their work on an included CD. Since it’s international, it’s difficult to take legal action against the distributors. The publisher seems to be completely fake. Help spread the word on this!
“Ridiculous new book rips off many, many illustrators’ work without compensation or permission. Even the ISBN and publisher’s info are fake. Pass the word: don’t buy this book, and give this company a bad name!”
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Published on April 24, 2008
I saw this thing posted on Unclutterer. There are a few charging stations on the market, and I’ve seen some great concepts by design students for this problem, but I’ve never seen one on the market at such a great price. The Driin Mobile Phone Holder is about $8, and looks like it doesn’t take up much room at all. It uses the charger’s brick to hold itself to the wall and holds the device. Cord management is accomplished by just wrapping the cord around the holder.
It wouldn’t be the best solution if you have a ton of devices you need to charge, but I think it would serve as a great home for things like mobile phones, handheld games, or music players. You can pick one up at Amazon.
Published on April 18, 2008
Edward Tufte has posted a video critique of the iPhone’s interface. Please take a moment to watch it before reading my reactions, I don’t want to bias your own reaction.
[Full Disclosure: I own an iPhone, and I really enjoy it. I am generally a proponent of Apple's approach to product design, but I do not consider myself a "fanboy". I'll be the first to criticize something I don't like, and I really try to approach everything without a bias.]
Tufte makes some really great points. I was constantly nodding my head as he spoke about the content becoming the interface. Just last week I was commenting to another designer on how the interface in software should get out of the way when it’s not needed. Tufte’s definition of “computer administrative debris” is spot on, and I’m great full to have a term for something I’ve been having trouble defining in words.
Continue reading ‘Edward Tufte on the iPhone Interface’
Published on April 15, 2008
Youtube HD Bookmarklet
Drag that up to your bookmarks bar, and you should be able to click it when you’re at a Youtube video page to access the high-resolution H.264 stream. It’s a bookmarklet I put together after reading about the existence of the streams at the Weapons of Mass Destruction Blog.
Here you can compare the standard/HD streams of the Halo 3 trailer.
Halo 3 Trailer | Halo 3 Trailer HD
Thanks for the heads up Henry.
Published on April 8, 2008
Simkom.com has a page full of amazing car/transportation sketches and hand renderings. These completely blow me away, and should be a great reference resource for anyone sketching cars.
http://www.simkom.com/sketchsite/
Via: Brigid O’Kane
I just wanted to pass on this Digg article. A book is for sale internationally that rips off many talented illustrators. It even provides full-resolution copies of their work on an included CD. Since it’s international, it’s difficult to take legal action against the distributors. The publisher seems to be completely fake. Help spread the word on this!