msutherl

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by msutherl 13y ago
The beginning of the end of Tumblr is nigh. About time! What's next?
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It doesn't really work like that. This concept of individuals making major contributions is an artefact of the way stories about human history are written. Artists perceive the future and share what they see through aesthetic means. This gi
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As an art+tech person, I highly encourage those of you with money to spare to make inroads into the art world and support those of us who perceive and express that which is new, strange, and beautiful about this world. Artists are always at
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I find Workflowy aesthetically clunky. This is all the usability goodness of Workflowy and great visual design. One of the best things I've seen on the web in awhile. Really impressed.
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I think it's worth noting that "flat design" isn't just design that's flat, or a trend toward simplification, it's a very specific design aesthetic featuring a certain palette of muted primary and secondary colors, use of color rather than
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That would be a refutation then, to which I would reply that I can see why one would choose a serif generally for this site – though I would not – but this particular serif does not make much sense.
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Just browsing casually and Noto Serif looks nice. It's based on Droid Serif, which I find to be a nice adaptation of the serif for technical or UI content.
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Yes, but when humanist type was invented, humanist script had already been used in illuminated manuscript. Thanks for the provocation though – it prompted me to take a closer look at the history and I think I may have been wrong to bring
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I'm not sure if this is meant as a refutation or an orthogonal comment, but yes, the typeface selected affects how people perceive content. Each typeface has a history and certain associations. It is the job of a graphic designer to align t
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It seems there's a bit of a fad of people using humanist serifs on minimal websites about technical topics. I find this an interesting and somewhat strange thing to do. The style of these typefaces dates to the early Renaissance and emulate
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Required to make your own food everyday are both physical and mental abilities. Low-income Americans are certainly more than physically capable of putting together three meals per day, but they may lack the motivation, inspiration, knowledg
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I've recently been forced to use the whole Microsoft ecosystem and it's awful . So many basic UX mistakes that make daily use painful. For instance in Outlook there's no clear indication of which emails I've read and which I haven't, so I
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> No, because I've seen this with my own eyes and heard it time and again. This is completely irrelevant. The problem persists no matter what you think people 'should' do. The only thing that will change the status quo are laws that pro
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I agree that these places are not that bad statistically – I've heard horror stories and Craigslist is full of places like this – but I would never live in any of these apartments and I was able to find great apartments with lots of light a
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If rent is becoming ridiculously high, the laws are inadequate. It's not anybody's 'fault'. Own up to it.
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Just the thought of being able to use that color in design. The depth is moving. When I do lighting installations, I always insist on RGBA fixtures so you can get true warm colors – another thing you can't do with RGB displays.
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With the kind of people that I work with, yes. It's a silly name that evokes the image of a toy for children.
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Isn't that what Dribbble and Zerply do?
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One of the better things I could do for my reputation is avoid associating it with something called "Scoutzie".
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It's a great time to try Sketch: http://www.bohemiancoding.com/sketch/ . Does most of what Fireworks does much better. Unfortunately it's Mac only though.
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That thing looks like a nightmare. I don't blame them.
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I can't stand UI controllers for physical stuff: 1. When you want to change some parameter of the physical thing, you have to know where your phone is. You can't just go there . 2. You need to take your phone out of your pocket, navigate t
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Yeah, but do people actually use stuff from Java-land in their web-apps? Seems like it would be a bummer to deal with.
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How do people get around the fact that so much of what you would want to do has a well-supported solution in Python while in Clojure you're to a large extent on your own?
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Evidently, the UI concept should support both single and multiple window usage patterns.
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Why are there so few design jobs here?
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Even if you could have coded Pinterest, that's just the beginning.
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Trying out ThetaBoard right now. It's funny, it's sort of like Trello with everything I want to change about the Trello design – no pop-ups (edit in place), black/grey color scheme, cleaner typography – but then it ends up feeling more comp
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What he's referring to often is not quite mocking. "What, you don't know about ____?" It's more of a slight lack of empathy. I guess what I mean is get over yourself. When I'm in such situations, I get a little embarrassed, research whateve
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I don't know, I also sometimes work as a programmer with fashion people and I just made some time to learn all the references. These days I work as a sort of fashion person for a chip manufacturer. I can hold a conversation about Haskell an

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