A Mix of Design + Code

@issue has reprinted "10 Things I Have Learned" by Milton Glaser, and presented in 2001, to celebrate "his 80th birthday and a 60+ year career." To see his vast body of work visit miltonglaser.com.

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Google Chrome is built to be fast in keeping with Google's quest to keep things lean an mean. The following are two related articles.

Chrome's Hidden Feature: Blazing Speed (Gadgetwise)
"Chrome’s speed boost over Internet Explorer and Firefox is so obvious to a nontechnical surfer"

Google Feels the Need for More Speed With Chrome 2.0 (Webmonkey)
"Google claims that Chrome 2.0 loads pages about 30 percent faster."

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I came across this (Design Challenge - Summer 09) a few weeks ago and sketched out a few ideas not really sure if I would end up submitting something. The Design Challenge is described as "Reinventing Tabs in the Browser - How can we create, navigate and manage multiple web sites within the same browser instance?" I spent the last few nights turning the sketches into a mockup and creating a quick video to explain the idea and functionality. Overall I'm happy with the end result given the time I put into it. The deadline is today (6/21) and I'm hoping to spend some time looking at the other entries over the next week.

See my sketches and mockup, video and a showcase of all entries.

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An overview of Futura from its creation to examples of usage. A very versatile and usable typeface.

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Some interesting suggestions although the title (really rock...!) is hard to live up to. Most have been said before (drop your ego, prototype and test) but one caught my eye as something useful daily for a Web Designer - Focus on high fidelity, and making the abstract concrete (I can't find a source for "making the abstract concrete" although "high fidelity" is a term Edward Tufte has used in this context). I say this is useful because most Web Designers would benefit from showing more visuals (sketches, wireframes, etc.) to get ideas across rather than just speaking or emailing. Most people can't visualize what you are saying or writing. Our job is to help people see the abstract. (via InfoDesign)

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Sol LeWitt's "Wall Drawing 422" (photo by Kevin Kennefick) is one of 105 of LeWitt's larger than life wall drawings on display at MASS MoCA.

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The co-inventor of sIFR reviews Typekit - a new (summer 2009) option for displaying type on the web. Pros - More type options. Cons - Lack of info around cost and usage rules. Only time will tell if this lives up to the hype. Read the full review.

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Nick Finck's process (slides from the Puget Sound SIGCHI) for creating wireframes and related deliverables. I'm extremely grateful to be able to view all 94 slides.

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Universally understood. Who knew there were multiple versions? See all "Tank Man" photos. Photograph above by Jeff Widener/Associated Press.

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At first glance and after viewing the demo Perch looks like the perfect solution and will quickly fill a need. "Perch has been created for those situations where you, or your client, would like to be able to edit text on a website without rolling out a full content management system." (via Simplebits)

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