Cute illustration by designchapel.com
I really love this guy's style. He is just so incredibly talented, and has a killer portfolio. I'll be posting more of his stuff for sure.
Instapaper updates their favicon.
Just a small detail... but I noticed that instapaper updated their favicon. I like how they went with a chicklet style. Kudos! It looks much better. It's interesting that they went with a 16x16px instead of their original size, 57x57px. I'm assuming they went with 16x16 because it's a smaller file size, which means faster load time.
Old Instapaper favicon (57x57px 3.7 bytes)
New Instapaper favicon (16x16px 0.495 bytes)
They could probably go with a 32 color gif—I was able to squeeze it down to 0.273 bytes simply from photoshop. And there are more ways to slim it down further...
Old Instapaper favicon (57x57px 3.7 bytes) New Instapaper favicon (16x16px 0.495 bytes)They could probably go with a 32 color gif—I was able to squeeze it down to 0.273 bytes simply from photoshop. And there are more ways to slim it down further...
11 awesome things that made me smile today.
Just going through my daily feed of awesome, and I just wanted to share. In rank order:
11. Killer While graffiti.
10. Tilted soccer field.
9. Nikon D700 camera cake.
8. Analog iPad.
7. Dog leg table.
6. Closet organization.
5. Hanging fruit and herbs.
4. Reservoir Dogs poster.
3. Sexy pink lounge chair.
2. Turtle shaped bacon + hot dog burger.
1. Danger Zombies Run poster.
11. Killer While graffiti.
10. Tilted soccer field.
9. Nikon D700 camera cake.
8. Analog iPad.
7. Dog leg table.
6. Closet organization.
5. Hanging fruit and herbs.
4. Reservoir Dogs poster.
3. Sexy pink lounge chair.
2. Turtle shaped bacon + hot dog burger.
1. Danger Zombies Run poster.
Create flames.
I was playing around with this online app that lets you build your own flames. I created this in literally 15 seconds. Try it out yourself here! Hat tip: Jim
10 Golden Principles for Successful Web Apps (via Fred Wilson)
Here are some gold nuggets I found recently. You can view the full presentation here.
Speed
Instant Utility
Voice
Less is More
Programmable
Personal
RESTful
Discoverable
Clean
Playful
Speed Instant Utility Voice Less is More Programmable Personal RESTful Discoverable Clean Playful
Based off AddThis Trends, Facebook Email has potential.
As Facebook positions themselves as the ultimate identity and communication platform, they are planning to make some big moves soon... like building an email system. Why email? Well, it's a logical addition to their platform since they have your real identity and all your contacts. Pictured left, is a screenshot of Facebook's current messaging system (FYI, this is not real email). When they launch a real email system, this could potentially put a dent into other email services (like Gmail, Y! Mail, Aolmail, etc).Why is there potential in Facebook email? Well, if you check out the AddThis Service Directory, you'll notice the fastest growing trends are email services. Here are some numbers, based on the last 30 days of data:
Email App: Has grown 122% (pictured left)AddThis Email: Is the 2nd most used service on the AddThis platform, just behind Facebook. It has grown 5.09%.
Y! Mail: Has grown 21.46%
Gmail: Has grown 56.35%
Hotmail: Has grown 21.26%
AOL Mail: Has grown 11.3%
When you combine all the numbers and consider the growth, there's no question that email is one of the most popular ways to share. Everyone can email, even your mom. On the other hand, she'd have to be really savvy to communicate and share on Twitter. This is why Facebook email has huge potential—everyone, including your mom, will be able to use Facebook to message back and forth with their friends. By moving into the email space, Facebook can collect more data and retarget you and your friends with their ads. That's money in the bank. So, how much data will they have?
As it is today, Facebook makes up nearly 1/3 of all the sharing on the AddThis platform. If you combined Facebook + Facebook Email, they could potentially command a larger portion of sharing. From the perspective of AddThis, Facebook could collect even more data and traffic. So there's probably some big money there.
Cool book cover concept. Hat tip: Annie
Slick social media animation by JESS3.
Nice animation by jess3. I wonder what program they used to animate it...
JESS3 / AIGA Baltimore lecture from Jesse Thomas on Vimeo.
15 things you should know about breasts.
Another useful diagram... this time, the illustrator explains 15 things about breasts that you should know.
Minimal chair.
I love this chair. It's probably not comfy, but it just looks super minimal and classy.
James White, a rock star illustrator.
James White is a digital illustrator that has designed some really cool posters. I've included a bunch of his work below. If you'd like to see more, check out his blog here.
Someone hire this guy to direct a pop music video or do an intro for a movie. He has phenomenal style.
Someone hire this guy to direct a pop music video or do an intro for a movie. He has phenomenal style.
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