Author Archives: Dylan Damian

20+ Free And Fresh Icon Sets | Graphics

Even more great icon sets linked through the comments. 
20+ Free And Fresh Icon Sets | Graphics

Micro Persuasion: Identity Through Online Lifestreams

 Steve Rubel has also started a tumblelog at his personal site.
Micro Persuasion: Identity Through Online Lifestreams

uncov / Like You Didn’t See This Coming (facebook)

I have an account but all I remember off Facebook is the High School Classmates ads plastered over the site. Uncov rocks.
uncov / Like You Didn't See This Coming (facebook)

Has anyone on the Apple Environmental Team seen an AT&T bill? « The General Theory of RIAtivity

Has anyone on the Apple Environmental Team seen an AT&T bill? « The General Theory of RIAtivity
Totally. 

Shawn Blanc » The Brent Simmons Interview

Great quote from the developer of the fantastic NetNewsWire.
A third thing is that, at heart, I’m an extreme minimalist. An anti-pack-rat. NetNewsWire has a bunch of features, yes, no doubt — but were I not compelled by my temperament to prune and cut and simplify obsessively, it would be, well, a very different app.
I was […]

iPhone’s keyboard is “2x slower” than “other phones” | The Boy Genius Report

I call bull.
It seems that a survey company, namely one conducted by Chicago-based consulting firm User Centric, seems to indicate the following: The iPhone’s keyboard is slower than your average phone keypad. How much slower? Roughly 2x as slow, taking study participants almost twice as long to compose messages than it did on other QWERTY-equipped […]

Advertising Age - Steve Rubel - Three Strategies for Thriving on the Decentralized Web

Long-form online content has been usurped by all things bite-size, whether it be widgets, YouTube clips, or micro blogs powered by services such as Tumblr, Jaiku and Twittergram.
Agreed. Another good observation:
Think web services, not websites.
Advertising Age - Steve Rubel - Three Strategies for Thriving on the Decentralized Web

Designing With Grid-Based Approach | Developer’s Toolbox

Inspired by Khoi Vinn’s and Mark Boulton’s presentation Grids are Good, we’ve decided to take a deep look in the articles about grid-based designs. We’ve read through over 50 articles and selected some of the most important and interesting facts web-developers should know about the grid-based approach. Besides, we’ve listed the most useful references, tutorials […]