March 2009
31 posts
1 tag
“1. Good design is innovative.
2. Good design makes a product understandable....”
– The 10 Design Propositions of the great Dieter Rams
Well... waddayaknow...?
…To get this fancy new “poll” feature here on Tumblr, all you do is just ask a question in your text post title (with a question mark at the end) and then, when the “Let people answer this” checkbox magically appears, check it! How cool! (I wonder how long this has been in place and I just never noticed it.)
This, combined with my “commentary”...
Things to Look At →
I think I just found my new favorite drooling-at-purely-awesome-design site. Most of it is decades old. Almost all of it is glorious. Wow.
1 tag
1 tag
“This is… why Google’s products… will always fall short of achieving...”
– via Sci-Fi Hi-Fi found via tlvx.net
What does one TRILLION dollars look like? →
Wow! Gotta love SketchUp.
Monoslideshow - customizable Flash image viewer →
For those curious about the fancy-pants Flash-based image viewer that the Tumblr staff used on their recent post… It’s this. It’s nice.
1 tag
Trends
manalive:
Here’s what I’ve learned from using Daytum so far.
I just got my invite to Daytum yesterday. Loving it so far, though I have some catching up do to. I hope they continue to add new ways to get the data INTO it and out of it. I’m sure they will. I love the concept.
Here’s mine: http://daytum.com/bendelaney
“Even in the face of bullying, obfuscating, and throat-clearing from corporations...”
– Merlin Mann — Kutiman, Big Media, and the Future of Creative Entrepreneurship
Coals to Newcastle by Rough Congress
Soulful...
1 tag
“The best cure for a recession is a recession.”
– Ron Paul
“Banks that need to go broke, should be allowed to go broke.”
– Warren Buffett
1 tag
How to "Comment" on the Tumblr Dashboard via a...
I’ve started using a little CSS hack for when I want to reblog a fellow Tumblr user’s post and “comment” on it, but do not wish to have my resulting “reblog” post actually appear on my public-facing website.
(You see, I hate the fact that if I’m simply making a comment or joining in on some Tumblr dashboard conversation, then the people who view my public...
1 tag
New U2 - $4 at Amazon. Good deal. →
1 tag
staff:
Now you can flip between Dashboard pages with the left (←) and right (→) arrow keys. This is great if you’re trying to navigate the Dashboard with a sandwich in one hand.
Let us know if you catch anything acting funny.
So great!! Keep going! Give us MORE keyboard shortcuts!! :-)
