I am a designer who lives in code, entrepreneur, and an idea incubator driven to make our world a better place.
Today was my last day at Tumblr.
Five years...
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
Robert A. Heinlein, quote from Bobby McKenna’s talk at Valio Con 2013
Inspiration is our survival from procrastination and most powerful form of energy we have as creative people. via @joshlong #vcon
Josh Long at Valio Conference 2013
The Hunger Games is back on Tumblr with their latest refresh of the Capitol Couture blog. Hands down this is one of the most beautiful and flawlessly executed themes I have seen a brand create for Tumblr. Brands and agencies take note, this is how it should be done.
Anyone know what agency is behind the creation of this campaign?
ATTN: Audiophiles!
You can now post SoundCloud sets to your blog! Just share to Tumblr from SoundCloud or paste the set URL into the “external URL field” when creating a new audio post.
To celebrate, we put together a super rad 15-song playlist featuring some of our favorite bands on Tumblr.
Follow our official music blog and track #music for all your music needs.
We just did a quick test with the new SoundCloud sets feature, and thanks to some recent improvements it should work flawlessly with all of the Style Hatch Tumblr themes! If you run into any issues let us help you out - support@stylehatch.co
“Drawing a labyrinth with salt is like following a trace of my memory,” — Motoi Yamamoto
I REALLY love these animations.
Tumblr nails the details like this better than any other platform their size.
Kreuzberg, Berlin.
(via phootcamp)
In theory, what you do first is give your users or your customers something new to play with. They get familiar with it and they start to develop patterns around it. You learn about how those patterns are working and you learn about the things that, if it is an interface change, what are they experiencing in the new interface? How is the usability? What do they like? What don’t they like?
We take it over the course for a few days, because on day one, change is always hard. But after a few days, users start to get use to their new surroundings—and then you take those new surroundings away from them. On that last day, we consider that the actual deprivation study: You are putting the old thing that they were used to back in front of them. Then you measure the emotion around those three days of changes. Are they disappointed to have the old thing? Do they miss the new thing?
I want to introduce you to your brother from another mother—another group of humans that, like you, is quite under-appreciated: the type designer. Type designers and web designers have an amazing amount in common, that’s why it’s super wonderful that they’ve been collaborating more lately. Web designers are pumped that they can use more than a handful of fonts on the internet, and type designers are pumped that this new group of people using their fonts actually know how to use computers.
A wonderfully thorough and helpful guide to type design targeted towards web designers by Jessica Hische.
Designer Janna Hagan put together a great list of unique repeatable backgrounds. This is a great resource for anyone looking to add a background image to one of our Style Hatch Tumblr themes.
Tumblr is an aesthetic pleasure, like entering a modern art museum for the first time.
Baig: A Tumblr guide for newbies
(via bijan)
Daft Punk in Cinema 4D! Get the models free at Greyscalegorilla
Created by Nick Campbell of Grayscale Gorilla If you’re looking to learn 3d rendering, compositing or animation Grayscale Gorrilla is a fantastic resource.
David always obsessed over his newest ideas, features, and designs until they were completely polished and ready to go. He’s a workaholic — he truly lives and breathes Tumblr. I’ve never even seen him show any desire to work on a side project. David is all Tumblr, all the time. […]
We — internet users, creative people, publishers, socializers — will be much better served if David can focus on his product’s features, design, and messaging instead of worrying about server architecture and raising more money.
This is why I’m optimistic about the Yahoo acquisition.
Marco Arment skillfully articulates the early days of Tumblr and David Karp’s unrelenting focus on Tumblr. Tumblr has very bright days ahead.
Profit is an enabler. It’s usually (not always) an indicator that you’re doing something that your customers really need, at a price point that makes sense. Profit gives an organization the ability to iterate faster, reach more people and beat subpar competitors. And most importantly, stay in business.
Entrepreneurs: Don’t listen to the “must be not-for-profit if you want to change the World” bullshit. The folks who figure out how to build a truly profitable and lasting company will be the ones that really change the World.
Graphic Lamps by Delightfull
I love these floor, table and wall lamps based on different typefaces. There are some truly beautiful lights in their alphabet and numeral set. I think I need that slab serif ‘E’.
Delightfull, who are based on Porto, will be at Clerkenwell Design Week coming up next week in London.
Thanks to @Mae84 for the awesome link.
