For future reference: Yahoo offers courses on Javascript from their leading JS programmer. I haven’t seen these yet, but the reviews look good.

Date posted: May 11, 2007 | Filed under design, shortlinks | Comments Off on Javascript courses online

Gotcha! (Gotcher $1,000 too, suckers!)

Date posted: April 30, 2007 | Filed under design, shortlinks | Comments Off on InDesign CS3 Gotcha

Oh, jeebus, does this article on icon design ring true. I’ve spent more time than I care to explaining the reasons it takes more work than just creating one icon and sizing it down: usually this is when I’ve got the smallest size of the icon on the screen and I’m cleaning it up pixel by pixel.

Date posted: February 23, 2007 | Filed under design, shortlinks | Comments Off on Article on icon design

The Disease of Design. I am ashamed to admit I suffer from this affliction. (The link made me snort my coffee through my nose.)

Date posted: February 19, 2007 | Filed under design, shortlinks | Comments Off on The Disease of Design.

Here’s a Flickr set of vintage travel labels-I’d guess prewar. Beautiful stuff. There are tons of them here, too. (via)

Date posted: January 8, 2007 | Filed under design, shortlinks | Comments Off on Vintage Travel Labels

History of the Canon BX Print Engine, for all those folks out there still rocking a Xante B/W Accel-A-Writer. Related: a do-it-yourself Apple LaserWriter 630 exit jam repair kit.

Date posted: December 28, 2006 | Filed under design, shortlinks | Comments Off on History of the Canon BX Print Engine

Here’s a link to a series of vintage (post WW2) pictures from speed trials at the Bonneville Salt Flats. There is something absolutely classic, timeless, and beautiful about the design of cars towards the end of the entry.

Date posted: December 20, 2006 | Filed under design, shortlinks | Comments Off on Vintage Hot Rods

Here’s a list of Firefox 2.0 tweaks. I have yet to update, personally, but it’s going to be soon.

Date posted: October 26, 2006 | Filed under design, shortlinks | Comments Off on Firefox 2.0 Tweaks

Powers, a very good comic book, is available online. One page is posted daily. Check it out…

Date posted: October 23, 2006 | Filed under design, shortlinks | Comments Off on Powers Daily

Here’s a handy intro to CSS for mobile devices. I’m thinking more and more about how my sites look in alternate browsers, and this is one place I need to focus on.

Date posted: October 19, 2006 | Filed under design, shortlinks | Comments Off on Mobile Device CSS Checklist