Loud Dog Links

December 1, 2008

• The Best Book Covers of 2008 (The Book Design Review)
  Beautiful book covers. Via Kottke.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: design, inspiration
• Does the broken windows theory hold online? (Kottke.org)
  I've always found broken window theory fascinating, and it seemed intuitively true. Now that it's been buttressed by research, Jason Kottke asks whether it holds true online - do moderated forums encourage civil behavior, and do aesthetics contribute to the quality of discussion in public forums?
  by: Josh Orum | tags: culture, design, interesting, social

November 18, 2008

• JS-909
  An experimental sound machine written entirely in javascript. No libraries and no flash. Pretty nifty.
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: audio, code, design, drums, fun, javascript, machine, music, sequencer, Sound, synth, visualization, web

November 17, 2008

• B2B Branding — Neutron LLC
  by: Jodi Wing | tags: b2b, b2bmarketing, branding, design
• Invisible Branding — Neutron LLC
  by: Jodi Wing | tags: B2Bmarketing, branding, design

November 14, 2008

• exactitudes.com/
  The apparent contradiction between individuality and uniformity taken to extremes.
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: art, clothes, community, conformity, culture, design, fun, identity, images, individuality, inspiration, interesting, people, photo, photography, photos, social, style

November 12, 2008

• WeaveZine: Summer 2008: Photographing Your Work
  by: Jodi Wing | tags: design, howto, photography

November 5, 2008

• 6 Steps For Building Successful Websites
  A great overview of the key points.
  by: Matt DeClaire | tags: design, marketing

November 3, 2008

• The Grammar of Fun (The New Yorker)
  The New Yorker examines the creation of Gears of War 2 through the eyes of one of its creators.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: design, interesting

November 2, 2008

• Presidential Candidates, Temperament & Website Copy? (GrokDotCom)
  Anyone who knows me knows I find temperament casting fascinating and useful. And I'm glad to see LD's standard copy design validated :)
  by: Josh Orum | tags: design, informationDesign, social, webDesign

November 1, 2008

• Elegant Web Typography (Jeft Croft)
  Interesting presentation on web typography; contains some good rules of thumb.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: css, design, webDesign
• So…What is Design? (Sramana Mitra on Strategy)
  Mainstream design has finally begun moving beyond aesthetics to business. Let's call aesthetic-focused design "style."
  by: Josh Orum | tags: busines, design

October 20, 2008

• Typocalypse - a set on Flickr
  The subliminal messages of fonts! Design geek humor.
  by: Martin Ferrini | tags: design, font, fonts, graphics, humor, typography

October 16, 2008

• The eyeballing game
  Similar to the color picker game, this measures how good you are at eyeballing angles and distances. Interesting.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: design, interesting

October 13, 2008

• Men, women use web like prehistoric hunter-gatherers (CTV.ca)
  Gender differences in how we approach information discovery and management.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: design, psychology

October 11, 2008

• Two Things Design Experts Do That Novices Don’t (Noise Between Stations)
  Expert designers avoid getting stuck by constantly reframing the problem.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, design

October 4, 2008

• Do you share Susan’s Cynicism? (Grokdotcom)
  Personas can be used for more than making usability decisions; they can be used for difficult client discussions.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, design, personas

October 1, 2008

• Is Your Organization Experienced? (adaptive path)
  Peter Merholz discusses the five steps of transforming a business from being interested in their customer's experiences to holding as a core piece of their strategy
  by: Josh Orum | tags: business, design
• Activity-Centered Design (Bokardo)
  Activity-centered design is about framing design in terms of human activity, unlike user-centered design which frames design in terms of the specific people who will use it or information architecture which frames design in terms of information. This isn't a new discussion, but a clear explanation.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: design, usability

September 29, 2008

• Ironic Sans presents: Ow, My Eyes!
  Awesome! Example of why white-on-black text is horrible.
  by: Josh Orum | tags: design, usability