John Gruber once wrote, “In hindsight, I think the use cases for the original iPad are simplicity and delight.” Haze for iPhone nails that mission for weather: “Is it going to be warmer tomorrow? Don’t read it. See it. The beautifully animated background shows you the …
“Photoshop speaks a fundamentally different language from the web,” writes PM Jacob Surber. That’s great for many things, but Adobe’s new Edge Reflow—available to download now, for free—takes a different approach, creating designs that present themselves differently …
Adobe Edge Animate 1.5 has arrived, bringing support for CSS filters & gradients that can be animated, plus enhanced Web font support (powered by Typekit). You can download it here, and check out the details in this blog post and in the demo below:
Heh—cute. [Via Andrew Kavanagh]
“It is a curious thing that the more the world shrinks because of electronic communications, the more limitless becomes the province of the storytelling entertainer.” — Walt Disney [Via Ron Green]
Okay, I’ll admit it: my first reaction was basically “Man, the world needs to wax Jay Maisel’s proverbial car even further about as much I need a hole in my head.” But dang if this 7-minute piece by The Big Picture isn’t totally charming. (If only it were higher res! …
This joins PXLPFCT, TYPENRD, & LIGHTRM on my growing list of faves. [Photo courtesy of Dan McSweeny]
This subject came up at lunch as we chatted about whether tools can & should aspire to help people be better illustrators, storytellers, etc. My initial reaction was that no, Instagram doesn’t make you better, but it makes a great many people feel better (giving photos some flair, …
Photojojo—the effortlessly, inimitably charming little photo newsletter/store—has just introduced Photojojo University. Site creator Amit Gupta explains, “It’s photography fundamentals, taught for people discovering photography for the first time with a phone.” Each lesson is …
“WOW!!!” writes Russell Brown. “This is a fantastic set of Photoshop CS6 tips and techniques for FREE! Really fantastic stuff.” In the free 77-page CS6 Superguide eZine, ”The new features of most of the CS6 Products are covered in depth, with articles from industry …