Friday, July 25, 2008 –
That's the sound I imagine my framed "Partners" print made as it fell off the wall, bounced off the top of my fish tank, and hit the floor. We have zealous and energetic cleaning folk that come through here on weekends, making our offices clean and tidy, and one of their points of pride apparently is to dust the top of every framed thing on the walls, and leave them just a teeny bit cockeyed. It's just another assurance for us that they are doing a great job,…
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 –
About a year ago, I posted a collection of quotes taken from our Wiki.
iMarc's Wiki home page starts with a quotation. Any employee can change the quote. When a new quote is posted, the old one gets archived.
Here are some of the quotes we've seen over the last year:
There is time enough for everything, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a…
Friday, July 11, 2008 –
Looking for a job? We typically hire designers and programmers. Other way cooler companies hire rockstars, ninjas and gunslingers.
Seriously, why? If you're in the job market, is it really more attractive to apply for a Front End Guru position?
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 –
Junior Interactive/Web Designer
iMarc is seeking a Junior Interactive Designer with a strong emphasis on graphic interfaces and visual problem solving skills. Candidate should also have a solid understanding of information architecture and user interface design as well as experience in identity and branding building.
Requirements:
Strong sense of design fundamentals and type
Understanding of HTML and CSS
Advance…
Friday, June 20, 2008 –
I was feeling particularly crafty the other night and decided to make my own dock icon for my contacts. OSX Icon Masters be warned, I in no way followed your strict lighting and gloss standards put forth by Apple or the clowns in their Gloss 'n Shine Department. By clowns I mean geniuses, of course.
Here's a quick rundown on what I did:
Step 1: Make a Sexy Shape
The rules in this tutorial can apply to any shape really, but here is the one…
Wednesday, June 18, 2008 –
(6:23:15 PM) Me: that better not have been you singing
(6:23:22 PM) Ruk: hahaha
(6:23:28 PM) Ruk: i thought i was the only one left here
Not a valid excuse.
Monday, June 9, 2008 –
Anyone who is familiar with how operating systems manage multitasking knows that context switches are expensive. But that's nothing to how expensive context switching is in humans[1].
This morning I wanted to consult with a coworker about an important but low-urgency issue, so I went to my IM contact list ... and discovered he wasn't logged into IM. I didn't want to interrupt him (low urgency) but did want his input (important issue). So I…
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 –
One of the greatest accomplishments of the web standards movement has been successfully convincing web designers and developers to create semantic markup for web pages. But, like any movement, it can become blinded by its own ideals and forget the meaning of changes.
Case in point: the italics tag <i> has been deprecated in favor of the emphasis tag <em>.
Purpose: Italics are usually used for emphasis, therefore, use the…
Friday, May 30, 2008 –
Pandora, a music streaming service, is one of my favorite web apps. I'd say I use it for about half of each workday, leaving the window open on the laptop on my desk.
Which means I see it pretty much all the time. This is an advertiser's dream.
Pandora not only realized this, but they've taken advantage of it in a way few web-based services can. They rebrand the entire page for advertisers, without impairing core functionality. And to my…
By: Dave Tufts
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