Posted April 22nd, 2005 /
Design
I’ve just finished a complete redesign of Tiny Forest, the personal portfolio of cartoonist and illustrator Holly Tickner. The site has quite a bit in common with the original design, which she created herself. The spot illustrations, typeface, and colors are all lifted directly from her design, which you can see here:
For the new site I started with the same basic elements and simply rearranged and refined them. A thicker bar along the top gives the title a stronger impact, and subtle… Read more »
Posted March 31st, 2005 /
Design
In February I made some changes to Tense Radio, a Flash-based MP3 player for Tense Forms (a label and publisher I co-founded). The new player had a variety of subtle changes.
Previously it used a default buffering time of 15 seconds, adding to that as necessary. That’s about all Flash provides for on its own. The result is that users with fast connections had to wait longer than they should have for anything to play, and users with slow connections occasionally had to put up with pauses in… Read more »
Posted March 29th, 2005 /
Design,
Code
RSS is a very cool technology that’s quickly gaining in popularity. It’s like having your own newspaper, with only the news you care about. And instead of having to wait for the next day, it’s updated continually. While it’s quite popular already, it’s a long way from mainstream use.
One of the biggest stumbling blocks is that it’s rarely presented well. Many web sites have an “RSS”, “XML”, or “Syndicate this site” link. Most of the time if you click that link you’re presented with the feed… Read more »
Posted March 23rd, 2005 /
Design
The site was a bit of a mess today, unbeknownst to me. I was making some changes to the database for a new version of Tense Log, and one of those changes had some rather adverse effects here.
While I’m on the subject, here’s a preview of a Tense Log v2.0 template (altered slightly to get the best bits in).
Tense Log v2.0 has a completely redesigned template system that’s far more flexible. Templates are no longer limited to simple tags; you can now set parameters for more… Read more »
Posted March 03rd, 2005 /
Design
Bookmarklets (sometimes called Favelets) are just snippets of JavaScript that are stored in a bookmark. Click the bookmark and it runs a script, which can do a number of useful things. Below are a few that I use on a regular basis. In most browsers you can install these by simply dragging the link below to your bookmarks bar.
Validate HTML Validates the HTML or XHTML for the page you’re viewing.
Validate CSS Validates the CSS for the page you’re viewing.
Validate Feed Validates the RSS or… Read more »
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