August 2011
2 posts
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Buying new gear
I’ve been thinking on the topic of buying new computer gear recently. This is aimed mostly at freelance / business owner types who are generally in charge of purchasing their own stuff. So, without further ado:
Don’t skimp on quality stuff
This is what you’ll be using for the next few years - EVERY DAY. It is totally worth it to spend a little more for good quality. As they...
March 2011
1 post
Chch Creative →
The website already lists small companies and freelancers across a range of creative and production trades — web designers, graphic designers, photographers, a copywriter. They’re all open for business and, as the Christchurch economy recovers, they’ll be needed.
/via Hard News
August 2010
2 posts
The new Campaign Monitor office →
I have great admiration for the guys over at Campaign Monitor. Not only is their software truly great, but they apply the same high quality standard to everything they do. Check out this article on the design and construction of their new offices.
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jQuery Mobile: Touch-Optimized Web Framework for... →
The jQuery team have started work on:
A unified user interface system across all popular mobile device platforms, built on the rock-solid jQuery and jQuery UI foundation.
This looks really promising. If the current jQuery library is anything to go by, this will likely become an essential part of any mobile web development.
June 2010
4 posts
“So all those brilliant hover effects that were favorable for pointer-based...”
– Inspired Mag has an interesting article on how the iPad is shaping the way we design and built websites.
May 2010
1 post
December 2009
0 posts
“One of the best things about growing up in New Zealand is that if you are...”
– Peter Jackson on being made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
September 2009
2 posts
“Cut down on cruft, chrome, gold plating, menu diarrhea, and all the other things...”
– Merlin Mann talks about the demise of Abobe’s Creative Suite of software. Even with today’s seemingly unlimited hardware resources - there is no replacement for well designed and written software.
“Be passionate about what you do. If you’re not passionate about design, or...”
– Noah Stokes writing about The State of the Web Design Profession. (via Matthew Buchanan via Darren Wood)