Loud Dog Links 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 Links of Interest! tag:www.louddog.com,2008://2 Loud Dog Copyright (c) 2008 Ask H&FJ: Four Ways to Mix Fonts 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 fonts design Josh Orum fonts design Is there a way to know what fonts will work together? Building a palette is an intuitive process, but expanding a typographic duet to three, four, or even five voices can be daunting. Here are four tips for navigating the typographic ocean, all built around H&FJ's Highly Scientific First Principle of Combining Fonts: keep one thing consistent, and let one thing vary

Ask H&FJ: Four Ways to Mix Fonts

]]> The Death of the Pageview (ReadWriteStart) 2010-03-18EDT14:23:20-14400 2010-03-18EDT14:23:20-14400 2010-03-18EDT14:23:20-14400 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 analytics Josh Orum analytics For startups that sell something, metrics like average revenue per user (ARPU) and customer lifetime value (CLV) are vastly more valuable than detailed pageview tracking. It doesn't make any sense to focus on pageviews (an approximation for value) when you can measure the real thing directly.

The Death of the Pageview (ReadWriteStart)

]]> Loud Dog - Job Board - Interactive Art Director/Flash developer 2010-03-16EDT19:11:08-14400 2010-03-16EDT19:11:08-14400 2010-03-16EDT19:11:08-14400 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 jobs Matt DeClaire jobs Maybe this is you.

Loud Dog - Job Board - Interactive Art Director/Flash developer

]]> Don’t be original, just be good (Scott Berkun) 2010-03-15EDT17:38:36-14400 2010-03-15EDT17:38:36-14400 2010-03-15EDT17:38:36-14400 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 Josh Orum Great video featuring Paul Rand

Don’t be original, just be good (Scott Berkun)

]]> Harmony - Procedural drawing tool 2010-03-10EST12:05:53-18000 2010-03-10EST12:05:53-18000 2010-03-10EST12:05:53-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 html5 canvas javascript Matt DeClaire html5 canvas javascript Bravo.

Harmony - Procedural drawing tool

]]> PodCamp Nashville 2010 Presentation (Cameron Daigle Dot Com) 2010-03-08EST19:31:37-18000 2010-03-08EST19:31:37-18000 2010-03-08EST19:31:37-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 design usability Josh Orum design usability Every day, your cursor protects you from unclear UI. It helpfully turns into a text cursor as you hover over textboxes, or a hand as you hover over a link or action item.

iPad has no such thing. Bad UI will stick out like a sore thumb, both in apps and on websites. Your tappable areas had better look tappable. Your controls had better look controllable.

PodCamp Nashville 2010 Presentation (Cameron Daigle Dot Com)

]]> Problem Solving & Kobayashi Maru (Scott Berkun) 2010-03-04EST19:59:46-18000 2010-03-04EST19:59:46-18000 2010-03-04EST19:59:46-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 projectManagement design Josh Orum projectManagement design Rad post on requirements elicitation by Scott. I call it perception: the ability to see the true needs that underlie any request. Most of the time, when someone asks for something, they are actually proposing a solution to an unstated problem.

Problem Solving & Kobayashi Maru (Scott Berkun)

]]> Web Design Criticism: A How-To (Smashing Magazine) 2010-03-02EST12:50:08-18000 2010-03-02EST12:50:08-18000 2010-03-02EST12:50:08-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 design webdesign Josh Orum design webdesign

Web Design Criticism: A How-To (Smashing Magazine)

]]> Make the Most of Your Transactional E-mails (Direct Mag) 2010-03-02EST12:24:43-18000 2010-03-02EST12:24:43-18000 2010-03-02EST12:24:43-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 webapps emailMarketing Josh Orum webapps emailMarketing Confirmation e-mails are the most likely emails to be opened and read. So, include a little marketing in them without going over the top.

Make the Most of Your Transactional E-mails (Direct Mag)

]]> Tips and Tricks for developing Mobile Widgets (Carsonified) 2010-03-01EST12:46:26-18000 2010-03-01EST12:46:26-18000 2010-03-01EST12:46:26-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 webdevelopment mobile Josh Orum webdevelopment mobile Interesting post on things to look out for when developing web apps for mobile devices (especially iPhone). Of specific interest: HTML5.

Tips and Tricks for developing Mobile Widgets (Carsonified)

]]> iPhone web app performance (Niall Kennedy) 2010-02-27EST16:30:52-18000 2010-02-27EST16:30:52-18000 2010-02-27EST16:30:52-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 mobile iphone webdevelopment development Josh Orum mobile iphone webdevelopment development I was interested in why Safari on my iPhone wasn't caching pages, so I looked it up. Apparently it just doesn't cache pages after you close it, and it doesn't cache anything over 25KB, pretty small these days. Article has a bunch more information on typical download speeds, etc.

iPhone web app performance (Niall Kennedy)

]]> Coding your First jQuery UI Plugin | Nettuts+ 2010-02-24EST20:15:35-18000 2010-02-24EST20:15:35-18000 2010-02-24EST20:15:35-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 javascript tutorial jquery Matt DeClaire javascript tutorial jquery Big fan. Fan boy? Probably. jFanboy? That's just silly.

Coding your First jQuery UI Plugin | Nettuts+

]]> Words that Zing (A List Apart) 2010-02-17EST20:00:54-18000 2010-02-17EST20:00:54-18000 2010-02-17EST20:00:54-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 copywriting Josh Orum copywriting Insight into using powerful language on websites (or within any copy).

Words that Zing (A List Apart)

]]> If your product is Great, it doesn't need to be Good. (Paul Buchheit) 2010-02-13EST20:17:55-18000 2010-02-13EST20:17:55-18000 2010-02-13EST20:17:55-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 Josh Orum Love this philosophy.

If your product is Great, it doesn't need to be Good. (Paul Buchheit)

]]> Why Web Developers Should Switch to Google Chrome 2010-02-10EST16:00:42-18000 2010-02-10EST16:00:42-18000 2010-02-10EST16:00:42-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 chrome webdev Matt DeClaire chrome webdev As soon as this article is as applicable to OS X, then I'm in.

Why Web Developers Should Switch to Google Chrome

]]> How CEOs think (Persistent Sys CEO Blog) 2010-02-04EST23:02:39-18000 2010-02-04EST23:02:39-18000 2010-02-04EST23:02:39-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 business Josh Orum business Focus on top-line growth, partnering to solve complete business problems, and maintaining high levels of involvement in a few priority areas.

How CEOs think (Persistent Sys CEO Blog)

]]> Selecting a CMS: How to Build a Short List (CMS Wire) 2010-02-04EST15:29:28-18000 2010-02-04EST15:29:28-18000 2010-02-04EST15:29:28-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 business cms Josh Orum business cms Some interesting and straightforward guidelines to select a CMS. Not a list of CMSs, but just an outline of a good selection process.

Selecting a CMS: How to Build a Short List (CMS Wire)

]]> Why HTML5 Isn't Going to Save the Internet (Gizmodo) 2010-02-03EST19:32:42-18000 2010-02-03EST19:32:42-18000 2010-02-03EST19:32:42-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 webdevelopment development Josh Orum webdevelopment development Every once in a while, Gawker comes out with an awesomely detailed article. This is one on HTML5, video, and why Flash isn't going away. While some platforms stop supporting Flash (iPhone), and some don't support HTML5 (Internet Explorer), we'll have to start browser testing all over again to serve up the right content.

Why HTML5 Isn't Going to Save the Internet (Gizmodo)

]]> Great CSS3 Example 2010-02-01EST12:02:33-18000 2010-02-01EST12:02:33-18000 2010-02-01EST12:02:33-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 css3 Matt DeClaire css3 I can't wait.

Great CSS3 Example

]]> Making dough or spam? The perplexing case of designing lead generation pages (Carsonified) 2010-01-29EST15:01:39-18000 2010-01-29EST15:01:39-18000 2010-01-29EST15:01:39-18000 2010-03-19EDT14:54:51-14400 landingpages leadgen design Josh Orum landingpages leadgen design Interesting review of lead gen & landing page design. Some nice examples as well.

Making dough or spam? The perplexing case of designing lead generation pages (Carsonified)

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