According to The New York Times, a new study released this week by Facebook indicates that the average number of acquaintances (“friends”) on Facebook separating any two people around the world is 4.74. Read more…
Newest to Oldest forever and ever
It’s true. We hate change, we love change and then we hate it again. Who knew that this principle rule could spill into the color of our iPhone? Apple did.
Came across this Slate article outlining Apple’s knack for teasing us with with its small slice of the color wheel. White? Black? Chrome? White again? You love it.
Recently, I’ve been feeling a bit boxed-in by the web technologies that I’m most familiar with (i.e. html & css, php & mysql, javascript). After a lengthy Ruby discussion with a developer friend, I decided that Ruby on Rails would be perhaps be a good solution to be desire to branch out. However, when I tried installing the latest versions of both Ruby and Rails for OS X, I ran into error after error.
There’s a reason I keep finding reasons to write about Google in the JLB blog, these days. They are one of the biggest forces of influence on the Net.
If you’ve been listening to public radio lately, you might be hearing more and more about Congress’ interest in the search giant. This week, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt met in front of a Senate hearing in Washington, D.C., to affirm that Google is acting in the best interests of its consumers and competition (read “antitrust”). Read more…
The powers-that-be at Netflix made a bold move this weekend, announcing that their streaming side and physical video side will now be two separate entities with separate names. In the wake of more and more streaming video, Netflix is betting that the dvd-by-mail service will gradually become more novelty than necessary. We’ll see if they’re right. Farhad Manjoo over at Slate Magazine is betting against them in a new article.
Smashing Magazine (one of the greatest web resources for designers and developers) is redesigning their site and Elliot Jay Stocks is doing it. He posted a great article about web font usage.
Check out his post here: Choose your web fonts wisely
The folks at Mountain View just keep on keeping on. If there’s a theme for Google in 2011, it’s got to be “innovation.” Read more…
…font family, that is! I know this is somewhat old news, but I just came across this entry at the Ascender Corporation’s blog.
Comic Sans Pro Typeface Family Makes its Debut
We all know that Comic Sans has gotten a lot of flack for being one of the worst, most overused typefaces in computer based graphic design history. I wonder why the blog post doesn’t touch on how bad of a name Comic Sans has gotten over the years?
This was my favorite part: “Hats off to Monotype Imaging for enlivening Comic Sans and getting it back to its roots as a comic book lettering face. Now everyone can write with more panache – and look even more like a pro using swashes, small caps and other typographic embellishments,” said Connare.
This appeals to both the graphic designer AND the domestic diva in me. Got any book covers you need designed? I need a reason to learn how to embroider…
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