James Cooke Blog

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Many employers have no comprehension of the time it takes to create a good website. A simple “tweak” in their mind might seriously put the project’s budget and timelines in jeopardy.

therecognitioneffect:

“And this is how we’ve defined design:  Design is a set of decisions about a product. It’s not an interface or  an aesthetic, it’s not a brand or a color. Design is the actual  decisions.”
(via Design @ Quora (Web2.0 Expo Presentat… by Rebekah Cox - Quora)
i love this. 100%

unhelpful comment of the day : this is good! :D
But beware the grammar nazis… I’m pretty sure it shouldn’t be “♥’s” but “♥s”?!

therecognitioneffect:

And this is how we’ve defined design: Design is a set of decisions about a product. It’s not an interface or an aesthetic, it’s not a brand or a color. Design is the actual decisions.”

(via Design @ Quora (Web2.0 Expo Presentat… by Rebekah Cox - Quora)

i love this. 100%

unhelpful comment of the day : this is good! :D

But beware the grammar nazis… I’m pretty sure it shouldn’t be “♥’s” but “♥s”?!

You Need To Get Off Facebook

cougarmicrobes:

As a bonus video here is a little something that took my fancy this weekend. To the soothing notes of Thievery Corporation’s brilliant ‘Marching The Hate Machines (Into The Sun)’ performer Ross Gardiner denounces the ugly truths we’ve all heard about the Facebook phenomenon.

Whoo hooo - I’ve been off FB for over six months, haven’t missed it. This vid is good - you can quit too!

History API - Dive Into HTML5

This bit is amazing:

Professor Markup Says:

If your web application fails in browsers with scripting disabled, Jakob Nielsen’s dog will come to your house and shit on your carpet.

(Source: kulor)