The Pilcrow is my journal.
It’s about all things web, design and technology. It’s also hosted on Tumblr, so you can follow if you like it.
To start, check out my review of HTML5 For Web Designers or read why I created The Pilcrow.
I hope you enjoy it.
The Man From Hollywood is a Kinetic Type experiment that makes use of Advanced CSS selectors and Webkit CSS properties*. The idea is based off of kinetic type videos that are usually created using After Effects, Flash, or other animation tools. Javascript is used, but minimally, really just to turn class names on and off. All of the animations are accomplished using CSS.
“ We often hear of the “Apple tax” and have seen vendors copy Apple’s form factor down to the metal case, keyboard layout and other design elements. What many other vendors miss is the attention to the small details that by themselves don’t matter all that much but add value and delight as the user discovers them. ”
Hey Kindle, take a look at Alice for the iPad. (via Daring Fireball)
Remember what they said
There’s no shortcut to a dream
It’s all blood and sweat
And life is what you manage in between
— October, Broken Bells
Pomplamoose cover of Lady Gaga’s Telephone. I don’t even know the original song, but this is pretty cool.
Jason Fried on Why You Can’t Work at Work, where he talks about interruptions at the workplace.
I find 37signals is a bit “it’s our way or the highway” about most topics, but Mr. Fried is damn right about this one.
