This Feb. 13th marks the return of LayerTennis:
Two competitors will swap a file back and forth in real-time, adding to and embellishing the work. Each artist gets fifteen minutes to complete a “volley” and then we post it to the site live. A third participant, a writer, provides play-by-play commentary on the action, as it [...]
Doing a bit of webdesigning lately I’ve found my disdain for Internet Explorer growing exponentially. And this is coming from a guy who swore by IE until about a year and a half ago when I went Firefox and never looked back.
The problem is that IE isn’t very good when it comes to meeting web [...]
Pepsi’s got a new look. Not sure what to think about it…
Sean Tevis on running for office xkcd style. And the rest of his site is pretty well designed too. Simple, slick, to the point. But it may be too slick. Who knows. Nice to see something other than typical political templates. Even if he is on the other side of the aisle, I give him [...]
All the web designing cheat sheets you might ever need. (via Kottke)
ShopRVA sounds good in theory:
ShopRVA is a coordinated effort to direct the public towards shopping at local, independently owned businesses. This is not only to benefit small stores. The act of buying locally allows cities to be more self-sustaining and helps prevent intervention from corporate business. Small businesses also add to the unique nature of [...]
J’s Notes has had a bit of design tweaking this week, going to a three column format, having the scribbles return on the sidebar, and a brand spankin’ new banner being chruned out today. It’s all still rough and up to some changes, but bit by bit it’s turning into something that less resembles a [...]
How many HTML elements can you name in 5 minutes? I was only able to pull of 35 and am smacking my forehead at some of the 56 I missed. Via Kottke.
So yesterday I started experimenting with titleless posts, which isn’t so hard to do. Half the time the hardest part of a post is coming up with a catchy title. But if what I’m blogging really isn’t all that long or doesn’t contain much original thought, why give it a title?
Because RSS feeds want titles, [...]
Rita Flórez writes at GOOD Magazine about how zines continue to florish, even in the face of easier and cheaper means of reaching a wider audience with the Internet. One part stands out to me:
To Pagan Kennedy, creator of Pagan’s Head and author of ’Zine, blogs and sites like MySpace are just the natural extension [...]