Sunday, September 30, 2007

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  • Looking forward to the long awaited return of Photoshop Tennis, AKA Layer Tennis, layertennis.com. Friday's match is online. #
  • Wow, the Hampton is already sold out for SXSW Interactive, Film, and Music, tinyurl.com/2l5odx (glad I booked for Interactive early) #
  • Watching artist Phil Hansen create a portrait of Bruce Lee with karate chops of black paint, tinyurl.com/37qvl2 #
  • Looking through Time Magazines's list of the 100 Best TV Shows of All Time (many with clips), tinyurl.com/2mzqkm #
  • Listening to Electrocast 504 with Gorillaz, Daft Punk, Le Tigre, and LCD Soundsystem, tinyurl.com/yu2l38 #
  • Subscribing to the Radio Lab podcast. "What is music? How does it work? Why does it move us?" http://tinyurl.com/3b4ud4 (via @hotdogsladies) #
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Friday, September 28, 2007

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  • 12:56 Khoi describes icon creation skills as "a special combination of artistry, patience and visual economy" tinyurl.com/2hoacx #
  • 13:34 Amazed by Josh's Star Wars collection and its documentation (via SimpleBits), www.joshuabudich.com/SWCollection/ #
  • 21:01 Looking through an awesome set of images of tattered posters in Paris, tinyurl.com/ys54m5 #
  • 21:05 Favorite quote from Letterman while he interviewed Kevin Smith, "When you're operating in the world of blogs..." tinyurl.com/22ese5 #
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Thursday, September 27, 2007

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  • 11:03 "Well, perhaps Amazon can find a book or something about how to build a successful high-volume online store." tinyurl.com/2wd6wc #
  • 11:52 Considering the Geek Entertainment video podcast - I'm currently subscribed to CommandN, GeekBrief, Jetset, Mobuzz, and WebbAlert. #
  • 21:08 Loving the mixed media paintings of Nina Bovasso, tinyurl.com/23g6sa #
  • 21:25 Reading about new IT support, "The expertise you have as a 9-year-old may be obsolete by the time you're 12 or 13" tinyurl.com/2dqaex #
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

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  • 14:33 I'm optimistic about Amazon's new music download store with DRM-free MP3s at 256kbps VBR, tinyurl.com/yruhvk #
  • 15:05 Sonny J's "Can't Stop Moving" reminds me of the infectious tracks put out by the Avalanches a few years back, tinyurl.com/yt7tl7 #
  • 17:17 Reading Jeff Croft's summary of the Webmaster Jam Session this past weekend, tinyurl.com/32anqu #
  • 17:20 Digging Helen Durant's mixed media goat (third image down), tinyurl.com/2rubny #
  • 20:18 Watching John Maeda's Ted Talk, Simplicity Patterns. Rather than call his work "Eye Candy," he prefers "Eye Meat" tinyurl.com/3xh9wy #
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Sunday, September 23, 2007

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  • 11:07 Reading Eric's Top 10 ways to NOT be a Web Designer Rockstar, tinyurl.com/2k66az #
  • 13:14 Noticing that admission to the Nasher sculpture museum is free from 10a-2p on the first Saturday each month, tinyurl.com/3446cy #
  • 13:20 Great design-related quote from Hans Hofman: "The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak." #
  • 16:01 Agreeing with Rands' First Law of Information Management, tinyurl.com/2kq3ya #
  • 17:27 Checking out Stephen's poster "Getting from Tasks to Experiences: What's Next in Interface Design" tinyurl.com/2lvx7y #
  • 18:13 Reading that Nick Finck (@nickf) gives the Webmaster Jam Session a thumbs up, tinyurl.com/ysqljv #
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Saturday, September 22, 2007

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  • 15:52 Following along with Jeff Croft's presentation slides on typography at tinyurl.com/2wws8o #
  • 17:10 Attending Molly's presentation on browsers and standards. The slides are online (from an earlier conference), tinyurl.com/22eggc #
  • 18:12 Great quote for design: "Make all visual distinctions as subtle as possible, but still clear and effective." Edward Tufte (via Jeff Croft) #
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Friday, September 21, 2007

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  • 09:11 Looking through Griego's iPhone photos from the Sabre Usability Labs on Tuesday night, tinyurl.com/ynqw84 #
  • 14:31 Listening to a big fave, Depeche Mode's Black Celebration, after seeing it at #3 in TMN's Top 10 Albums of 1986, tinyurl.com/254j8o #
  • 17:46 Flipping through all of the record sleeves on Record Envelope, "A reference for vinyl geeks and graphic artists" tinyurl.com/yr5xp4 #
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Thursday, September 20, 2007

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

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  • 22:03 RSVPing for Tuesday night's Usability Professionals Association tour of the Sabre Usability Labs, www.dfw-upa.org/ #
  • 22:05 Pleasantly surprised to find a couple new Photoshop shortcuts I had not see before, tinyurl.com/22yu56 #
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Saturday, September 15, 2007

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  • 20:49 Watching Good Copy Bad Copy, a great (so far) documentary on sampling in music, on Google Video, tinyurl.com/32bj3o #
  • 21:03 Listening to Girl Talk mash up Elton John's Tiny Dancer with Biggie's Juicy. It starts at 4 minutes - pure magic, tinyurl.com/36jww2 #
  • 21:37 The documentary Good Copy Bad Copy covers the affect of copyrights in music and film throughout the world, tinyurl.com/32bj3o #
  • 21:39 Thinking these would be interesting questions to ask candidates being considered for your web team, tinyurl.com/2k7daq #
  • 21:47 Loving the abstract art of Jennifer Sanchez, tinyurl.com/3d7cha. A print is available here, tinyurl.com/358pky #
  • 22:40 Watching John Stewart, "Dave Petraeus, Dave Petraeus...Iraq Me Dave Petraeus!" & the finale "It's a worm hole!" tinyurl.com/2l7djw #
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Monday, September 10, 2007

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  • 14:28 Disabling Firefox extension Firebug to slow any memory leak (right click on its icon). I can re-enable it for use, tinyurl.com/2caxvn #
  • 13:03 Thinking I'd rather update Twitter from my browser sidebar & not in a slick standalone app line Snook's Snitter, snook.ca/snitter/ #
  • 13:05 Reading "25 Art Forms to try and Artists who already use them" and thinking I have a lot of catching up to do, tinyurl.com/ytc7q3 #
  • 13:09 Listening to the latest CMG Podcast that includes tracks by Spoon, Coconut Records, Wheat, and Vampire Weekend, tinyurl.com/yu4pa8 #
  • 13:15 Reading "Beyond The 'T' - Coordinating Realistic Design Teams" www.peterme.com/?p=580 via www.xplane.com/xblog/ #
  • 16:10 Digging this typographic collage print by Enja Wong, tinyurl.com/25f996 #
  • 22:25 Buying a pack of Moleskine Cahiers - small journals for notes or sketching, tinyurl.com/25hpzb #
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Wednesday, September 05, 2007

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Tuesday, September 04, 2007

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  • 13:04 Installing the highly configurable ClocX desktop clock for Windows. I like having it faded on my second monitor, www.clocx.net/ #
  • 13:11 Trying the Firefox extension Tweetbar. Its Twitter sidebar has a multi-line entry area and looks like Twitter.com, tinyurl.com/33f6qf #
  • 17:45 Looking through a couple abstract paintings from Ingrid Calame's upcoming exhibition Constellations, tinyurl.com/yqu777 #
  • 18:17 Staring at the circle paintings of John Dempcy, www.johndempcy.com/ via dearada.typepad.com/ #
  • 19:40 Watching Rothko's Rooms on Ovation TV, a new network focused on the arts, tinyurl.com/2w6v25 #
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Saturday, September 01, 2007

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  • 08:18 Listening to the audio book "The Time Machine" by H.G. Wells, a science fiction book originally published 1895, tinyurl.com/22tl8m #
  • 22:39 Watching a short interview with the founder of the music blog aggregating site Hype Machine, tinyurl.com/yqezf4 #
  • 22:59 Listening to Tricky's first single from 1994 with vocals by Martina Topley-Bird: the dark groove Ponderosa, tinyurl.com/27ajua #
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