Randomness
~ 14 May 2007 ~
Two words: Wow.
I don’t use Twitter, but I bet you do. Biz Stone, co-founder:
Twitter has always been mobile because you can send and receive messages over SMS. However, there’s more and more folks accessing the mobile web from so-called smart phones these days and we figured it was high time we created a mobile version of the Twitter web site.
Via Coudal, who remarks, “the ‘sketchbook’ feature is more than a bit clumsy but it’s well worth fumbling around to get at the goods.” Agreed. And a very compelling site design, to boot.
If only…
A long-time user, my Netvibes are now fully Veerlefied.
“A widget that helps you remember how to type any special character, for keyboard or HTML combos. Just put your mouse over a character, and the key combo appears at the bottom.”
The irrepressible Andy Clarke redesigns his company’s site, and the result? A 10-mirrored Vespa, Kevin Cornell illustrations, and of course some css trickery under the hood. Nicely done.
Replace the default navigational buttons in SlideShowPro for $9 per pack, the first of which was designed by Mr. Jon Hicks.
Oh yes, I will find a way to use this lovely typeface. In something. Repeatedly.
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I saw this version of the qashqai commercial first and I really believed for a while, that there were a new generation of car drivers.
Fixed the CharacterPal link. Thanks, Rick.
I guess I missed the meeting where we decided “Wow” was 2 words.
That was included in the spec for Web 2.0. How did you miss that?
Any idea who did Dara’s Garden? Beautiful site, kind of reminds me of the work done by the TN Dept of Tourism.
I love that Disturbance typeface. We used it for our logo on our little website. Agreed, the Dara’s Garden site is a looker! Well done, whoever was responsible.
The most impressive part of Dara’s Garden is the lack of bragging rights from a design firm. It looks like they have some top notch talent on staff!
The CharacterPal Dashboard Widget is brilliant. I’ve been looking for a simple show-me-the-stupid-shortcut-key-for-a-special-character solution for while now.
Art Director’s Toolkit (hitherto bundled with all G5s & PowerBooks) is a good solution too. But alas, the UI isn’t nearly as simple. And, it didn’t come with my new MacPro.
Dara’s Garden seems to have been done by Design Sensory.
Edward Hopper is a personal favorite. I love the sketchbook feature! It took a minute to use - simple after reading the 3 instructions on the side, alas, something we often skip in life: reading instructions. I loved being able to zoom in to study notes, handwriting, sketches. Thanks for sharing.
If you like that font, I think you will also appreciate “America” from www.dafont.com
It has a few similarities, but it’s free and works like a charm :)
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1 Rick Curran ~ 14 May 2007
Cameron, the link for ‘CharacterPal Dashboard Widget’ is actually going to the Veerle Nevibes theme page instead.
I just went and googled for the widget instead!
Cheers!