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Evolution of Car Logos
via Neatorama by Alex on February 17, 2008
This article should come in handy for the next time you’re stuck in traffic: have you ever wondered why the Audi in front of you has a logo of four interlocked rings? Did you know that the Cadillac emblem was inspired by a family crest of a nobleman who later turned out to be a fraud? Or that Volkswagen was Hitler’s idea?We took a look at the evolution of tech logos before. Today, let’s...
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Ex-Apple Team To Launch Stealth Startup Fotonauts
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on February 18, 2008
A team of five former Apple software engineers, led by former Apple Exec Jean-Marie Hullot, have been working on a new stealth desktop/web photography focused startup called Fotonauts since late 2006. Sometime in the next couple of months, they’ll launch publicly. The company is based in Paris, France.Hullot, who worked with Steve Jobs at Apple in the 1980’s, left with him to serve as CTO of...
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Why Google Buys Companies
via RB | Popular | min 3 by (author unknown) on February 24, 2008
Philipp Lenssen via Google Blogoscoped shared by 13 peopleWatching Google from the outside – with the limited information that offers – it seems they buy companies mainly to get more:Data. Like articles, meta data, digital archives, photographs.Users. Or in more general terms, customers or market share.Technology. Mostly, that’s software, like web or desktop applications.Developers....
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Best Of February 2008
via Smashing Magazine by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz on February 28, 2008
Every month we take a look around and select some of the most interesting web-development-related web-sites. We read articles, check out tools, analyze the advantages of new resources. Below you’ll find useful references, tutorials, services, tools, techniques and articles we’ve found over the last 30 days - an overview of web-sites you shouldn’t have missed in February 2008.All images can...
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Grid-Based Design: Six Creative Column Techniques
via Smashing Magazine by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz on March 25, 2008
by Sean HodgeGrid systems bring visual structure and balance to site design. As a tool grids are useful for organizing and presenting information. Used properly, they can enhance the user experience by creating predictable patterns for users to follow. From designer’s point of view they allow for an organized methodology for planning systematic layouts.After creating a well-structured and...
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Now More Than Ever: 50 More Excellent Blog Designs
via Smashing Magazine by Vitaly Friedman & Sven Lennartz on May 07, 2008
Designing blogs is easy. Designing blogs in a unique way is hard. Whatever blog engine you are using, there are literally thousands of templates available which you can apply directly, without any significant code modifications. That’s efficient, but it’s not creative, because using a default blog-template you risk to end up with some wide-spread look which has actually nothing to do with...
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Digital Image Resources on the Deep Web
via ReadWriteWeb by Sarah Perez on May 13, 2008
Sometimes you stumble across something that really makes you say "wow" and reminds you that there's so much more to this internet thing than just the latest web app. Case in point is this article describing some of the visual resources available on the web. The deep web. These images won't show up in search engines' image searches or on Flickr (save one exception), but instead can...
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Layers Tutorial for Photoshop Beginners [Tutorial]
via Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy on May 21, 2008
The Digital Photography School blog has an instructive tutorial on using layers for those just getting their feet wet inside Photoshop, or other high-end image editors like the open-source GIMP. Those jumping in will learn how to make transparent layers, using masked layers to roll back effects, and duplicating layers for sharpening and other effects. Hit the link for a quick schooling, including...
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The Camera Flash Experiment
via Improv Everywhere by Charlie Todd on May 29, 2008
See it larger on flickrFor our latest mission, 700 agents lined the length of the Brooklyn Bridge a week before its 125th birthday. In the rain and cold we created a wave of camera flashes across the bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Enjoy the video below and then read on for the report and tons of photos.(Also available on YouTube)edited by Jamey Shafer / song by Tyler WalkerDigital Video:...
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Big Picture is a fantastic and dead-simple new site from...
via kottke.org by jason@kottke.org on June 03, 2008
Big Picture is a fantastic and dead-simple new site from boston.com. Each entry tells a story through high-quality newswire images displayed at large sizes; recent entries include a look at Saturn from the Cassini space probe and the daily lives of soldiers in Afghanistan. If you're frustrated by the tiny news imagery we get spoon-fed to us on the web, this site will be a welcome addition to...
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