Genius: WTF Visualizations. All kinds of charts and graphs that make no sense.
There should be more attention paid to things like this: Javascript Best Practices.
This has been up for a couple of days, but god it’s awesome: a slowed down version of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”. Pure fucking magic.
I’ve been using a Moleskine for the last three years to keep track of things, jot down notes, sketch ideas, and hold important things close. I take it literally everywhere I go. I’ve worked out a crude system with it, but this site lays out a fantastic framework for note-taking. I’m going to switch over this week.
Also in a wealth of great design links this morning: Butterick’s Practical Typography, a web-based book that’s essential brushing-up for any designer and mandatory for, well, anyone else.
Wow, just… wow. Type Hunting is a simple tumblog of packaging, labels, and controls from years past. Glorious.
I saw an ad on Craigslist for an inexpensive 55-200mm Nikon lens, and fell down a rabbit-hole. Reading up on the lens I need to buy vs. a lens I could buy yields the ubiquitous (and knowledgable) Ken Rockwell, who has a great primer on How to Use Ultra-Wide Lenses. Until I can afford that $2,000 piece of glass, I’ll settle for the recommended 18-200mm VR instead.
Cameron Crowe’s website features a collection of his journalism from the early 70’s up until the present day. There’s lots of great stuff here.
Subtle Patterns: Free textures for Photoshop. Nice!
I spend a lot of time in Photoshop trying to automate repetitive tasks. Here’s a great Introduction To Photoshop Scripting, using Javascript to handle complex tasks not possible with standard Actions.