September 2009
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-30 →
@thecitizenhotel Any specials going on Week of 9/7? Trying to convince a friend to stay downtown. #
Does Facebook chat make noise? Because I don’t usually have my volume on and it doesn’t warn…
The Box →
My team and I are excited to share the following deck with you. The message is something we all hold close to our hearts so be sure to click through to the surprise ending. Enjoy!
The Box
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Signs You Live in the Silicon Valley Echochamber →
Your home page is one of: TechMeme, Yhacker news, Friendfeed.
You debate the merits of various URL shorteners.
Hearing that teenagers think Twitter is stupid, yet they send ~500 texts per
20 Vital Techniques - Best Practices For Effective... →
Creating beautiful, unique websites seems to get harder every day. There are so many amazing website designs out there that coming up with something fresh and different is getting close to…
300+ Resources to Help You Become a Photoshop... →
Adobe Photoshop is arguably the most powerful graphics and photo manipulation software on the market.
You can do virtually anything with Photoshop, from fantasy image collages to complete…
August 2009
It’s not AT&T. It’s not Apple. It’s just Twitter →
First, and foremost, I’m a Twitter fan. That’s common knowledge. I’ve been using it since it began as Twttr in 2006. I’m one of those “over three years” avid users, and I’m active still. All the…
Brands as Modern Myths →
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[From here]
Over the course of the last week, 3 separate conversations have led me back to the first paper I ever wrote about brands, which essentially posits…
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18 ways to kick your competitor's ass, online →
I’ve tried nice, mild titles like ‘techniques for better internet marketing’. Figured this might grab folks’ attention a little more effectively. Let’s face it: We all want to kick our…
Does Your Digital Marketing Provide Increasing... →
Smart digital marketing is setup in a way to provide steadily increasing returns bit by bit over time. These gains are difficult to see over shorter periods, but over longer stretches they…
Dominic Hargreaves' folding bike design moves to... →
When it comes to an awesome folding bike design we figured it would be impossible to top this one. Then we saw RCA student Dominic Hargreaves’ design: According to Treehugger, The…
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Jongchul Kim's Mint-fresh product design concepts →
Under the name Mintselect, Seoul-based designer Jongchul Kim has developed an insanely deep portfolio of product concepts done under his Mintpass brand. It takes a lot to tickle us, but his …
How Restaurants Can Use Social Media →
Various trades and industries are using social media for marketing, creating brand awareness, reputation monitoring and consumer engagement. The restaurant industry is no different. By…
50 Useful New jQuery Techniques and Tutorials →
The simplicity, advanced features and strong support are common arguments for developers preferring jQuery against other JavaScript-frameworks. In fact, jQuery is one…
Color Scheme Designer is a Diverse Palette Creator... →
If you’ve tried out web-based palette generators and been underwhelmed, you might want to take Color Scheme Designer for a spin. It combines the features of many other generators into a…
What's in a Slim Jim? Well, start with... →
Better finish yours before reading on, would be my advice.
On second thought, maybe you’d be better off not reading on.
But if you insist, well, then, on third thought: toss the rest…
Sweet Tweets: Design Resources of the Week #14 →
Sweet Tweets is a weekend feature to The Design Cubicle highlighting some of my favorite, and other Twitterer’s design-related links discovered via Twitter throughout the work week.
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The modern talking pad →
I think this is a big idea, but your mileage may vary.
I’ve been having great success with a hybrid of the yellow legal pad and a printed presentation from Keynote (or Powerpoint). I use it during…
foursquare is a game, not a location app – and... →
I’ve been using foursquare since March and I have to say that I really like it. Having played with lots of other location-based friend finder applications in the past, I never really found…
This Was Expensive: The Most Expensive Web Domains... →
This Was Expensive dot Com [kevinkwok.com] is a uniquely proportioned infographic installation mounted outside a student computer lab. The goal of the infographic is to reveal some of the…
The Diana Mini →
The Diana Mini is remarkably reminiscent of the Diana F+ family, due to its retro body and unmistakable turquoise top. Weighing in at only 235g (about half a pound), it is adorably petite in…
Why DO I charge so much? Part Two. →
So last time we talked about how I can even think about charging for things (especially “when information should really be free”).
And I promised that I’d also get around to answering the people…
The modern talking pad →
I think this is a big idea, but your mileage may vary.
I’ve been having great success with a hybrid of the yellow legal pad and a printed presentation from Keynote (or Powerpoint). I use it during…
qlocktwo clock tells the time with words →
The QLOCKTWO is a gorgeous modern timepiece uses letters, not numbers to tell you the current time.
Designed by Biegert & Funk, the QLOCKTWO displays text that describes the…
The talking pad →
Zig Ziglar taught me about the most powerful way to use a yellow legal pad. He calls it a “talking pad.”
When you’re in a small meeting (you and one or two other people) it’s awkward to use a…
Facebook 3.0 May Be The Most Useful App On The... →
When Facebook launched the 2.0 version of its iPhone app in September of last year, it was a huge upgrade from its original app that launched with the App Store last July. And now it’s on…
Beyond The Screens →
At this year’s 2009 Siggraph Conference I presented Birds of the Feather, a talk focusing on how to turn everything into interactive media. In order to adapt the presentation into a written…
Socialnomics: "Social Media Is Bigger Than You... →
The Socialnomics-Social Media Blog has compiled a comprehensive list of stats from all kinds of sources to prove that “Social Media Is Bigger Than You Think.”
“Welcome to the Social Media…
Music: Little Dragon, Porn Sword Tobacco &... →
My bud Tim Rosa mentioned to me the other day that Little Dragon’s newest release “Machine Dreams” was amazing, man he was right! Little Dragon’s singer Yukimi Nagano is a…
How Twitter works in theory →
It is said that an economist is someone who sees something that works in practice and wonders whether it works in theory. Twitter clearly works in practice - and if you want practical advice, watch
Lamborghini Murciélago LP640 X Versace →
In 2006, the holy grail of speedsters everywhere, Lamborghini Murciélago was unveiled as a new and upgraded versions, the Murciélago LP640 at the Geneva Motor Show. This halo car has an…
Products by RADIUS →
Really great products by RADIUS.
More on Radius website and shop
15 Exceptionally Useful Resources for WordPress... →
One of the great benefits of designing and developing for WordPress is the amount of quality resources that are available from others in the WordPress community. Many times these resources…
5 Sliding Content Techniques, Examples &... →
The more intuitive layout structure is designed, the better users can understand the content. Whatever content you have to present, you can present them in a more interactive & more responsive ways….
