Author / Emily Chang
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The Browsable Grid
Several sites, including my own PicoCool, are taking advantage of the grid view as a fast way for users to browse content. Designers have been relying on the grid for generations as…
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Ideacodes and Mind Over Media
Ideacodes is thrilled to be working with Mind Over Media, a team of content and creative experts whose clients include the New York Times, Harvard Business School, Estée Lauder and American Express.…
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iA Webtrends Map Poster
Poster arrived today!
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DIY Paper iPhone Dock
Julien Madérou has created a paper iPhone dock with a printable version for you to download and create yourself. Very clever. A commenter notes that if you have a metal iPod touch…
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Helveticize Your Web
It’s been fun to see new scripts and themes developed to “Helveticize” the web, starting with Google Reader, then Google Calendar, Gmail, and now Twitter. If you’re a Helvetica lover, you’re in…
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Every Person In New York
Jason Polan, a New York artist, is on a mission to draw as many New Yorkers as he can and post the sketches on his blog, Every Person In New York. If…
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Time-Lapse Video of the SF Bay Bridge Construction
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTM6Ux8Viak[/youtube] Here’s a time-lapse video of last weekend’s San Francisco Bay Bridge construction closure made using a script that grabbed images from the bridge webcams. Via Laughing Squid
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Google Updates Search Box
Google‘s home page is well-known for its minimalist approach, and the search box itself has had minor adjustments over the past decade. Yesterday, they increased the size of the search box and…
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Bokeh
Bokeh characteristics may be quantified by examining the image’s circle of confusion. In out-of-focus areas, each point of light becomes an image of the aperture, generally a more or less round disc.…
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iTunes 9.0 App Management
Finally! The new iTunes 9.0 has an app manager. It’s fairly easy to use but as Steve Rhodes pointed out on my Flickr page, “it is a pain if you want to…
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Google developing a micropayment platform
Google is developing a micropayment platform that will be “available to both Google and non-Google properties within the next year,” according to a document the company submitted to the Newspaper Association of…
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Prius Solar Wi-Fi Benches
Prius has some solar wi-fi benches http://mep.metrohm.com.au/prednisone-deltasone/ setup in Yerba Buena Gardens. Would love to see SF have permanent free solar powered wi-fi stations.
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Hitchcock: Mobile Storyboarding for iPhone
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/6030115[/vimeo] I posted Hitchcock to eHub last night and it’s been on my mind today. Hitchcock is the world’s first mobile story boarding application. With Hitchcock you can have your first story…
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IKEA Switches from Futura to Verdana
The graphic design world and typography-lovers everywhere were miffed last week over IKEA’s switch from Futura to Verdana. From Typophile: IKEA abandons ~50 years of Futura and Century Schoolbook for Verdana. In…
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Butter Lettuce Salad
One of my favorite things.
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Snow Leopard: Smaller, Faster, Better
The Apple and tech blogs have been buzzing with this week’s early arrival of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, available this Friday, August 28, 2009. We’ve already pre-ordered our family pack…
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Augmented Reality Slowly Becoming a Reality
While it’s probably some time before Augmented Reality (AR) is part of everyday practice, it’s good to see that some applications are coming to fruition. Today, Marshall Kirkpatrick at ReadWriteWeb posted that…
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Total Recall: Your E-Memory
I have a healthy obsession with self-documentary, data-streaming and collecting, so you can imagine my delight when Mark Krynsky twittered that he had just posted about 75-year-old Gordon Bell, lifestream pioneer, who…
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Art & Copy Film
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/5822967[/vimeo] ART & COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential…
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One in four songs sold in U.S. is from iTunes
Reading this and re-realizing that I live in a bubble of technological affluence: One in four songs sold in U.S. is from iTunes NPD MusicWatch’s report indicates that audio CDs remain the…
