A blog of aggregated miscellanea and things I like uncovered from my daily travails. I'm @jacobjay, a peripatetic designer/developer of British persuasion, having interests in gastronomy, fashion, technology, interiors and sustainability. I'm currently living between New Delhi and France, working on a Lua web platform and e-commerce. I dig Macs, mountain biking and smelly cheese.
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“ Designing a product is keeping five thousand things in your brain and fitting them all together in new and different ways to get what you want. And every day you discover something new that is a new problem or a new opportunity to fit these things together a little differently. And it’s that process that is the magic. ”
Steve Jobs, in a 1995 interview; via Daring Fireball.
Attribution
It saddens me to see so many Tumblrites too readily posting awesome stuff—without making any effort to provide attribution for a piece.* When someone’s spent time creating the work you’re appreciating, surely expressing one’s gratitude if only by mentioning who they are and linking to their site is worthwhile… It may in fact be impossible, but like any journey, the very act of attempting it unleashes such plentiful discoveries along the way. :-D
Using Google Image Search to search for an image (right-click the image and copy URL, then click the camera icon on the search page to paste) is remarkably easy, and often effective.
* Withstanding memes and mashups, of course.
«Commissioned by language-teaching company EF, these magical promos use kinetic typography to capture the pure beauty of speaking mother tongues in Paris, London, Beijing, and Barcelona.» Via Typography Captures the Essence of Four Great Cities on Co.Design.
“ The idea that you could make a website and not know HTML blows my mind because it’s like building a building and not knowing what a brick is…You can be a CSS wizard or you can know the basics, but you should at least have some foundational knowledge of what your building material is. ”
Ryan Singer, 37 Signals Podcast #18 ‘Design roundtable.’ Via Signal vs. Noise.
“ why it’s crucial that you follow 3 basic link usability guidelines: 1) underlining links, 2) coloring links, and 3) keeping link styling consistent ”
“ The control which designers know in the print medium, and often desire in the web medium, is simply a function of the limitation of the printed page. We should embrace the fact that the web doesn’t have the same constraints, and design for this flexibility. But first, we must “accept the ebb and flow of things. ”
John Allsopp, 2000; Responsive Web Design on A List Apart.
Submit your design « A Brand for London. London (or any other city) doesn’t need a logo device, but it does need a cohesive identity—this wouldn’t cut it in terms of practicality (flexibility of use), but it would make an awesome t-shirt.
