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Humor nerdo (visto por ahí, probablemente en Facebook)

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:52:59 +0200

Humor nerdo (visto por ahí, probablemente en Facebook)

"the work of gardening the conditions needed for healthy living systems to grow (familes, cities,..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 23:32:38 +0200

“the work of gardening the conditions needed for healthy living systems to grow (familes, cities, companies, neighborhoods, food systems, ecosystems, energy systems, etc.) requires new ways of understanding and new ways of creating”

- From features to relationships: the desire for a new practice : Springbok & Radish, a wonderful article put in my radar by the always inspiring @jerovital

Kona Unit 29”, 2013’s raw steel finish is lovely

Sat, 11 May 2013 21:35:43 +0200

Kona Unit 29”, 2013’s raw steel finish is lovely

(via xkcd: Is It Worth the Time?)

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:30:41 +0200

(via xkcd: Is It Worth the Time?)

Now what?

Tue, 07 May 2013 00:06:50 +0200

Fireworks is officially dead.

If it caught you by surprise, you weren’t paying enough attention, as the writing’s been on the wall for the last three releases (CS4 was crap, CS5 added some minor features, and CS6 was nothing more than cosmetic changes).

So now you’re wondering: what’s next? What tool should I use now that the best tool for the job of screen design is no longer a safe bet?

Here’s a thought to get you started: what if you rethink your process?.

What you call “screen design” is actually a collection of tasks, and if you think a bit about them you’ll see they can be classified in two (rough) groups:

tasks related to “micro” design (also called “details”, “pixel perfect” or “pixel fucking”), and
tasks related to “macro” design (think “layout”, “page design” or “grid hacking”)

Fireworks had the rare trait of doing both decently, so it made you forget that they’re actually different beasts, but its death signals a good time to think about different tools for different purposes.

If this reminds you of the UNIX philosophy of “small tools that do one thing well”, it’s not a coincidence. I’ve been thinking long and hard about this for more time than I’m willing to recognize in public, and the only conclusion I’ve arrived to is this: monolithic tools for design are the wrong choice. Choose one, and once your vendor announces its discontinuation you’re doomed.

Having a collection of small tools for different purposes not only keeps you safer, but also allows for incremental improvements of your workflow. Better, faster, cheaper (or even free) tools can replace your original choices, thus letting you improve your process bit by bit.

Yes, it might be a bit more complex. But it pays in the long run. It also saves your ass, as it is much easier to find a replacement for a small tool than for a mammoth like Fireworks or (gasp) Photoshop.

So… what’s my current weapon of choice, I hear you ask?

These days I’m quite happy with a combination of Sketch for micro design, and hand-coded HTML for macro design (this is actually an oversimplification, as my workflow is a bit more complex than this, but it helps illustrate the point).

Sketch is not without its faults (it lacks many features I loved in Fireworks, like master pages or a symbol library) but you can overcome most of its limitations using tools intended for “macro” purposes. HTML is a perfect fit, but other options worth considering are InDesign, Illustrator or Axure / OmniGraffle.

If you’re not yet ready to make the switch from a monolithic app to a combination of small tools, here’s my advice: make backups before every major operating system upgrades. One of them might kill your perfectly useful Fireworks. It happened with Freehand, and still miss it to this day…

Via http://postertime.blogspot.fr

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:23:31 +0200

Via http://postertime.blogspot.fr

I am in awe. Holy mother of minimalism & calligraffiti.

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:02:39 +0200

I am in awe. Holy mother of minimalism & calligraffiti.

From http://www.behance.net/gallery/Daily-Calligraphy/3200525

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:56:38 +0200

From http://www.behance.net/gallery/Daily-Calligraphy/3200525

(via Raven on Behance)

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:52:30 +0200

(via Raven on Behance)

"The triad of “Good, Fast, Cheap” is missing a fourth element: “Done”. Good, Fast, Cheap, Done: Pick..."

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:50:35 +0200

“The triad of “Good, Fast, Cheap” is missing a fourth element: “Done”. Good, Fast, Cheap, Done: Pick any three. A lean prototype is a version of a product that is good, fast, and cheap; it’s just not done.”

- Speed vs Quality vs Feedback (via theeconomicsofbeingborn)

"If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t..."

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:32:08 +0200

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea”

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Matsutake ya shiranu ko-no-ha no hebaritsuku Basho,...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:15:41 +0200

Matsutake ya
shiranu ko-no-ha no
hebaritsuku

Basho, 1644-1694

R.B Blythe translates Basho’s haiku as follows:

The leaf of some unknown tree sticking on the mushroom.

I showed this translation to a Japanese composer friend. He said he did not find it very interesting. I said, “How would you translate it?” Two days later he brought me the following:

Mushroom does not know that leaf is sticking on it.

Getting the idea, I made during the next three years, the following:

That that’s unknown brings mushroom and leaf together.

And the one I prefer:

What leaf? What mushroom?

Photo

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 17:21:51 +0200

(via MAKE | A True Geek’s Keychain Rack)

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:05:50 +0200

(via MAKE | A True Geek’s Keychain Rack)

There’s calligraphy, and then there’s turkish...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:48:53 +0200

There’s calligraphy, and then there’s turkish calligraphy…

Head. Blown.

Upside down calligraphy, by Neils Shoe Meulman

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 01:28:05 +0200

Upside down calligraphy, by Neils Shoe Meulman

Draft, a nice online editor

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 09:53:10 +0200

Draft is an online text editor with Markdown support and a very nice UI.

Also, it let’s you publish your content to Wordpress and Tumblr.

Go try it.

Video

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:54:26 +0200

(via Calligraffiti » UNUNSIGNED)

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:30:37 +0200

(via Calligraffiti » UNUNSIGNED)

Photo

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:21:42 +0200