Watch what happens when we try to do a whole episode in one take with no editing! We talk about making web apps in Lion, Mutemath’s remixing contest, CSS text shadows, Losttype, and our picks from DesignersMusic. Whew!
Wicked cool custom typeface for Wired by the geniuses at Studio8 Design.
I love how flexible it is with minimal color differences. Plus that 3D effect is great! Go see it in all it’s glory →
As we’re working on a new version of the ol’ FortySeven Media site, we’re looking at putting together one of those fancy adaptive/responsive layouts. The one thing that has always seemed difficult was images. Even if you can scale an image down, you’re still probably loading the full size image on mobile which defeats the whole purpose.
This looks like a nice, easy solution.
- via Chris Coyier
The Web Leaders Hate Typography →
The choice of a typeface, the care given to kerning and to readability—it all sends a powerful signal. When your business card is nothing but Arial on a piece of cardboard, you’ve just told people how they ought to think about you… precisely the opposite of what you were trying to do when you made the card in the first place.
I love that Seth Godin is bringing this sort of awareness to people who never thought about it before. And thankfully we’re smack in the middle of a type revolution on the web. It’s only going to get better from here.
No explanation needed here. Just watch and revel in the immense talent and beautiful video.
- via Josh Spear
Quick Tip: Remove Zip Files in Mac OS X After Unzipping →
Mac OS X’s built-in Archive Utility is a handy tool that lets you easily expand ZIP files downloaded to your computer. However, the zip files by default stay behind, leaving your Downloads folder cluttered. Luckily, there’s a way to modify the preferences and have the downloaded zip files sent to your Trash.
This has always bugged me, and I’m glad to finally have those zip files magically disappear after unzipping. Sometimes it’s the little things, you know? Thanks, Tony!
Behold, episode 28 is upon us! We’re looking at sweet hand drawn vector icons, the Magic Bullet “Plot Device” promo, thoughts on the Invisible crossroads and our picks from DesignersMusic.
This week we’re bringing you Assets from Pixel & Tonic, Dropp app, and phasers! Yes, the Star Trek kind! Our music picks will rock you like old people on the front porch, and Jon does some interpretive mime.
Join us as we look at a new book by Derek Sivers, Espresso 2, a question about our Like button, what happens when we turn a spam comment into a song, and our picks from DesignersMusic.
We got this coupon in the mail the other day from Babies-“R”-Us & Toys-“R”-Us. Notice it says, “Save 20% of ANY one regular priced baby item.” Great! Fantastic! Then we turned it over.
Keep Reading
We’re excited to announce a new project – Kicktastic!
Here’s the deal: We’re making 50% more money this year and we want to let you guys (and girls) in on what we’re doing differently. It will of course be done in typical 47m fashion with loads of style and fun, but we need to know if you’re interested.
If you are, please take a minute, go to http://kicktastic.com/ and sign up to be notified when it’s ready!
Wow, 25 episodes! Join us as we look at the great Typekit table, Flashpoint studio strobes, a bizarre spam comment about Troy, Nate’s random thought of the week and our picks from DesignersMusic
It’s been far too long since we had a proper ExpressionEngine tutorial here so without further adieu I present to you a solution for running Google A/B Tests with a Structure setup. Be warned, if you’re not familiar with how Structure works or basic EE templating you might get lost. I just can’t cover all of that here.
We had the pleasure of working with a kick awesome company called Firmex a few months ago and built them out a sweet Structure based site. We didn’t actually design this one - credit goes to Laura Wills at Messenger Design for that. But we did do all the HTML/CSS and ExpressionEngine work.
One of the main things Firmex wanted to be able to do was use Google’s A/B Optimizer to track the effectiveness of just about every page on the site. Wait, what – every page I hear you say? That’s right. And that’s some serious flexibility right there. But let’s start with exactly what A/B testing is.
Let’s say you had the best homepage ever on your site. But you weren’t sure if the picture and header at the top of the page were sending the right message. With the A/B testing you could setup multiple versions with different pictures and headlines and track the results to see which is the most effective.
In order to do all this you need a few things:
Keep ReadingEpisode 24 brings the crazy with Nate’s “Emo twin brother” grilling gear, and brain painting. And don’t forget about the music picks!
Episode 23 is leaner and meaner. And crazier. Join us as we look at the Pickmaster Plectrum Punch, the SLR Camera Simulator, a ninja spam comment and our picks from DesignersMusic.
First of all, why is it so hard to say no? Because we want people to like us? Because it’s easier to say yes? Because it avoids conflict? Probably yes to all of the above. No one likes to be the bad guy, right?
“But I might not get that job and have enough money to keep my lights on!” you say. “My client will get angry and fire me!” “Deep down I want everyone to love me!” A lofty, but unattainable goal. Get over it.
Keep ReadingZe Double Deuce is upon us! Watch as we talk about a 007 getaway, mega menus, what gear we use to make the show, a surefire test for your cool indie rock and our picks from DesignersMusic and Dribbble. Oh! And a spam comment.
We’ve got high fives going out to Apple, Beatmaker2 from Intua, and a look at a cool new plugin from Dev Demon to manage images in ExpressionEngine. And did, I mention we are going to LessConf? Sing along and let us know where you want to see the Kick Awesome Show this conference season!
We’re already at #20! Join us as we talk about Geckoboard, the Photojojo Ring Flash, whether we need more dancers, a tutorial on raw image editing, our dribbblist of the week and our picks from DesignersMusic.
Bringin’ 19 like a fiend! Join us as we talk about Hipmunk, Intializr, what we’ve learned over the years, Illustrator Tips and Tricks, our Dribbblist of the week and our picks from DesignersMusic.
A project by 47m
