I chatted with a friendly writer over at BusinessWeek recently, and the result is a little article focused on the redesign of Sphere. Part of a larger Web Design Special Report published last week. #
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Kerry and I welcomed the birth of our daughter yesterday. Tenley Murphy Cederholm was born June 25th at 1:22pm. Six pounds, eleven ounces of pure joy.
Where our 2 1/2 year old son Jack came six weeks early, Tenley decided to do it her own way, arriving 3 days late. Everyone's doing wonderfully though, and Mom and baby will be coming home tomorrow.
I'll be taking the next month off as much as possible as we adjust to newborn status once again. See you in a bit.
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I recall being impressed with Huge Inc.'s redesign of IKEA (em-based layout, no less). They have an intense client list, and recently listed an open Web Architect position. Huge opportunity? #
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Need workplace design inspiration? TAND showcases the "inner sanctum" of some creatively-executed spaces. #
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Trying to justify the £50 price tag, and failing. #
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Not only do they look cool, they allegedly insulate better than paper sleeves, and are made from renewable cork bark, which is harvested without cutting the tree down. #
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"S3Hub allows you to view your S3 online storage, upload, download, set permissions, share with friends and more." This could come in handy, soon. #
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The first post offers this great news: "Our members can now be found in 27 different countries and we're channeling over $12 million annually to a myriad of environmental groups (more than 1,500) around the world." #
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“For the most part, the type usage in each of the [Indiana Jones] movies is correct for the period depicted. With one exception: The maps used in the travel montages.” #
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"Wordle is a toy for generating 'word clouds' from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes." Here's what Wordle did to an old article I wrote way-back-when. #
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“There's a big difference between building YASN (Yet Another Social Network) and building a new application with social features.”
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At one of my favorite local coffee shops, I've noticed they have a creative take on generating tips. I'm sure this is used elsewhere as well, but it's the first time I've come across it.
There are two baskets by the register, with a rotating sign above that asks a question. Today it was: "Should Obama pick Hillary as Vice President?" Throw your tip in the appropriate basket, and we get an instant, visible poll as a byproduct of giving your barista a little extra change. Some questions generate a more noticeable swing in basket preference (sorry, Hillary), while others are just fun throwaways.
A small reward for participation. I'm sure there's a parallel here with social web interaction, but I'll let Josh or someone else who's hot on this topic decipher it.
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Great news. My favorite RSS reader will be released as a native iPhone application. Hopefully around the same time the app store launches (via) #
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Some very smart people are getting together in August to put on Start: "... a one-day conference in San Francisco designed for smart, talented Web people to take hold of their ideas, follow their dreams, and start their own companies." #
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Tweet about an internal debate on how to correctly mark up "ABBA", semantically, and good things happen. #
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