Tuesday, August 31, 2010

the overload

So I was going on to Twitter to see if there was any good web-related news to post to everyone, but I got this message instead:

I was kinda taken aback. I haven't gotten an over capacity page in a loooong time. Well, at least they softened the initial surge of frustration with a cute vector graphic. Go them. Always on their toes.

In other news: I was exploring the inner workings of my PS3 and stumbled upon the web browser they have. I must say, most of the time it was horrible to navigate. The left side is all cut off, scrolling around the page is super hard, ect. But then I stumbled upon Youtube's website. It's ahead of the times. Youtube made it so that their site was easily viewed from this particular platform. It was simple and sleek in design and it was very easy to navigate around.

But then the inevitable happened: it stopped using the awesome setup and defaulted back to the regular website. You could still see the videos, they streamed well enough; but it was again, cut off on the left, horrible to scroll around, ect. So they have the technology and coding to make some pretty nice interfaces, it just needs to be perfected still. I can't wait until they do.

[sorry i couldn't snap a pic. the site defaulted right when i went to grab my camera]

Friday, August 27, 2010

Resumés aren't for word anymore

I found this sweet link via deviantart on facebook:

This Link Here

It's a site that found 40 resumés that shattered the bottle of conformity and spilled some creativity all over them.
I hope you all will enjoy!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

ipod/ipad icon size

Here's a helpful link for making sure all the files are there when making an ipod/ipad app icon. Brought to you by Apple, via AIGA, via Twitter.

The Link

I hope this comes in handy for later in the semester.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Welcome to the World of My Mind

Hello world. [well, mostly my web 1 class]. For my first blog post ever I wanted to share something that I found inspiring. I got a tweet from AIGAdesign the other day and I wanted to share it all with you. The Title of the interview/ramble is "Anonymous asked: What advice would you give to a graphic design student?" It's a nice little ramble that covers a lot of bases and makes you think, reflect, and look forward to tomorrow. I hope you all like reading it!

The Ramble You Should Read