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).
Because two minds are better than one – Howtoons has teamed up with Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam, to create a drawing and ideation guide that helps get those big ideas down on paper. This has been a huge project it is a 20 page document filled with drawing and inventing tips. We are extremely excited to share this project and would love to know what you think. Enjoy!
via Howtoons » Seeing the Future! A Guide to Visual Communication.
Required reading for any of my students. Think that we are going to have an assignment about this next week…
Our readers have requested that Smashing Magazine conduct an interview with industry leaders on issues that are relevant to students and those just starting off in their design career. With the help of our panel of 16 designers, we’ll dispense advice that should help new designers get their career off to a promising start. We’ve asked a few different questions to each of the designers; you’ll see all of their responses below.
via Group Interview: Expert Advice For Students and Young Web Designers – Smashing Magazine.
This week I am starting a new class that I am really excited about &emdash; Information Design. The first week project is designing an infographic that presents a large amount of data in an easy to digest format.
To all of my students, if you turn in something this good, you get an automatic A+ in the class.
