Annotated list of elements in HTML5, ranging from the classic <p> to <base>, <time>, etc.
World cup
July 10th, 2010
A List Apart: Articles: Supersize that Background, Please!
July 7th, 2010
"With an advertising world keen to use every inch of a medium for brand or product experience, it is becoming increasingly popular to design websites with full-browser backgrounds. Using CSS, this can be achieved quite easily. Just drop a huge background image in a page with one line of code"
Alejandra Laviada: De-construction Sites
July 6th, 2010
"Alejandra Laviada is having a breakthrough. Literally. These days, when the 29-year-old photographer goes to her makeshift studio in one of the run-down abandoned office buildings that fill Mexico City’s historic center, she brings her camera, her tripod, and a large hammer. She takes a swing at a wall. And then she takes her shot."
Cross-browser kerning-pairs & ligatures
July 2nd, 2010
text-rendering css property that seems to mostly work just in safari.
Skeuomorph
July 2nd, 2010
"A skeuomorph or skeuomorphism (Greek: skeuos—vessel or tool, morphe—shape)[1] is a derivative object which retains ornamental design cues to a structure that was necessary in the original." Nice find, Carl.
The Printer’s Handbook
June 27th, 2010
OUTLIER | Waxed Cotton Cap
June 25th, 2010
An introduction to opentype substitution features
June 24th, 2010
In this article we’ll give you a look behind the scenes of OpenType substitution features — a general rather than comprehensive overview as the subject is simply too vast. We’ll start casually and work our way to more complex features and ideas. All examples that we will discuss should be considered starting points, just to pique your interest. Read on and find out that it’s really not difficult!
WPA Posters
June 24th, 2010
My Four-Year-Old Son Plays Grand Theft Auto
June 22nd, 2010
Great real world example that different audiences interpret things differently.
Vivian and Ondine
June 21st, 2010
Not sure if this was the 7:00pm show, or the 9:00pm, which I attended.
Typical American Expressions
June 15th, 2010
"Whatever it's background, the tape contains no less than 547 of what it calls “Typical American Expressions”, each with an explanation and an example...read by this rather humorless and mechanical sounding announcer."
