This poster illustrates a change in design practice. Computation-based design—that is, the use of algorithms to compute options—is becoming more practical and more common. Design tools are becoming more computation-based; designers are working more closely with programmers; and designers are taking up programming.
via The 892 unique ways to partition a 3 x 4 grid.
Absolutely stunning.
via 25-Year Refab: Concrete Factory Converted to Castle Home | Designs & Ideas on Dornob.
Let’s be honest. Being a web developer or a web designer doesn’t exactly give you an edge with the pretty girls (or guys) at your local pickup bar. If you were a part-time firefighter or investment banker, maybe. Nevertheless, the feud continues between web designers and web developers over which profession is the true calling. Like the yin and yang, these two are in constant battle to prove their dominance over the other, even when they work closely together.
Here is an infographic of the differences between web designers and web developers.
via Web Designers vs. Web Developers Infographic.
Love the style of Happy Cog’s new blog, Cognition. Simple CSS that create a really compelling site. With the option to reply via a Twitter post, or a link on your own site in place of a standard comment form is an interesting idea too.
Is this thing on?
Posted from Hill AFB, Utah, United States.
As a preface to my talk at Tokyo Photo (see below) I articulated four rules that I thought were essential for any young photographer trying to survive.
Here are the rules:
via The Year in Pictures: Tokyo Lecture – The Rules.
This is pretty rad… I have wanted to do this, and it doesn’t difficult beyond editing a lines from an XML file. What kind of theme to create first? WordPress? Modern Warfar 2? Team Fortress 2? Or, maybe a nice Spurlock theme…
Give your PS3 a unique look by download the theme creation pack and creating your very own PS3 Theme.
via PlayStation Support Guides- Download PlayStation 3 Custom Theme Guidelines.
I opened the screen door yesterday and my cat got out and has been missing since then so I was wondering if you are not to busy you could make a poster for me. It has to be A4 and I will photocopy it and put it around my suburb this afternoon.
via “yeah thats not what I was looking for at all.”.
These may seem like obvious lessons, but knowing for certain why a particular idea doesn’t work can often be as valuable as an idea that does. This process highlighted specifically where and why the Engineer is valuable, and how even slightly altering this value can have game-shattering implications.
I love playing this game, Valve has some seriously smart game developers behind the scenes here…
via Team Fortress 2.
In “Life, below 600px,” Paddy Donnelly talks about “giving the fold the finger” (i.e. making visitors scroll isn’t really THAT bad) and uses the 37signals home page to support the cause. “What I’m proposing is for you to think twice about these ‘rules’ which are preached so often around the web and aim to create something original.”
via Photo: In “Life, below 600px,” Paddy Donnelly talks – (37signals).
