Design and digital culture NEWS // December 2002
Striking
colors and fonts useage on Nando Cornejo appropriately named site {BLOCKMACHINE.net}
Minimal
but striking with a good seperation of interface section and elements: .:
l a m o s c a :..
Pared-down
and eclectic use of lines and elements: C A T A R S E
Sign
of the times: Netscape browser to disappear? Read: AOL
'Communicator' Threatens Netscape by Nate Mook, BetaNews
and Why is there still
Communicator 4.x releases now that Netscape 6 has been released?
Big
brother looming again. I wonder why they don't put their all out efforts
in monitoring spammers and pornographers??? Nah national security is
something that everyone will pay for (not minimizing the threat nor the
problem) whereas spammers and pornographers are very lucrative and profit
bearing businesses ultimately pouring more money to the tax coffers.
Bush to propose ISPs as monitors. Government seeks internet
security system by John Markoff and John Schwartz / New York Times
Bedding
of serious < Magnitude!
Gosh this is beautiful.
The
guys from redoctober.... relaunched
a new site version (again!) Explorative nav not really usable but innovative.
Check it out.
Bubbles
and opening frame for navigation, ready, set2net,
go!
Thanks
to Allan (for your call + digging info), Anton for re-posting on your
blog and Porter (for the link). Rob from FWA just
sent me this note:
*Check out http://www.k10k.com which is obviously the same people/set-up.*
Proof of concept of domain squatting! Quite similar to another company
that did the same with the .tk extension for several domains, including
netdiver.
A month ago netdiver was ripped off - tx to all who have reported this
and tx to Pirated-Sites for
featuring it (check the side by side comparison).
My initial mails went nowhere... since the site is written in chinese.
Recently the site owner added a *notice* and link to netdiver; tx to
Hadlina - I now know what it means: *if I receive a notice of copyright
I will take the site down*(sic)???... Pretty lame excuse... especially
that the css was ripped, the graphics were butchered and the content
taken as was one of the portfolios pages...
But that's not the first time we're ripped... and this, is a much worst
scenario. In 1995, we registered *netdiver.com* as both our company name
and domain. Guess what? The billing contact was the ISP, we didn't know
and over some problem (which we later solved and though we had tried
to reclaim the right to transfer it)... to no avail, the domain name
was hijacked upon expiry and resold...
The domain was held up by a squatter (we have tried through the years
to contact owners without success) until Nov
15 / 02 when it was transferred to yet another owner and for the
first time since '97, a site is up... which is opening on this topic
*Top sites for WEB DESIGN* and the page title reading as: *netdiver.com:
best sites for WEB DESIGN* but when you click on a subsequent link on
the left - it looks like some kind of a directory listing... then you
are taken to another titling which says: *search results for INTERNET*
and this on ALL pages except when you hit the *home* button...
If there is anybody that can help us it would be greatly
appreciated; we - think - they are possibly waiting for us to make a
huge offer of money to buy back the domain...
From
the producer of Requiem from a dream, visit his site --
murAtDesiGn __--
Using
a QT .mov as interface? Impossible? Check .movTV
On
the topic of copyright and distributing your work while protecting it
- have a look at Creative Commons project;
Sabin Densmore wrote a good article related to this: Copyleft
and the independent content producer.
She
is a true interactive explorer and immersive techniques artist, her name? Seol
Euna 
,
please proceed, have a glance.
The
Psychology of Navigation by Jesse James Garrett
The Laughting
Stock: illustration with originality, wit and style. Featuring
the best in rights-protected stock illustration and assignment resources.
He
self-describes as an illustrator and visual thinker - his work is splendid:
jeremy otis *
CSS
has enabled immense flexibility in the positioning of images on HTML
pages. If used correctly, it can help create page designs match that
of print.
Super
Ragged Floats by Nilesh Chaudhari.
Heard
On The Street: New Names Good For Dot-Coms by Ken Brown
“A funny thing happened on the road to respectability.
A study by a group of finance professors shows that companies that shedded
their dot-com names saw their shares jump, as if investors were rewarding
them for mending their greedy ways.”
“Pyongyang
has issued a series of threats, including one to "destroy the earth"
if the US resorted to nuclear war against it. South Korea's president,
Kim Dae-jung, and the president-elect, Roh Moo-hyun, sought to calm the
mood by saying they wanted a peaceful resolution.”
Rumsfeld
gets tough on North Korea by John Gittings in Hong Kong and Suzanne
Goldenberg in Washington
Industrial
design shop who is ergonomic by design? Non-obstrusive use of flash with
cool actionscripts: :::ARTIM:::
Interesting
presentation for their manifold services .:: PSD:Fitch.
Illustrations???
en français: AGENT 002.
User
Agent Accessibility Guidelines becomes a W3C recommendation.
A
flashforum and bowlfull of resources: Kirupa.
Uh-oh!
Spam the spammer (initiated by Slashdot and
how Ralsky gets
what he deserves)??? The
web bites back from BBC News
Creative
Types: A Lot in Common by Kendra Mayfield
About copyright and other related issues - a must read
because
“Like McGuinn, many artists are turning to the Web to maximize
exposure, yet retain some control over their work.”
Showdown? IE
Continues to Gain (93%) in Browser Wars by Thor Olavsrud
Trusted
computing' threatens consumer freedom by Matthew Fordahl
From Palladium to LaGrande read how the big guys are going
to take over our machines with trusted
computing in order “to thwart hackers and foster online commerce,
the next generation of computers will almost certainly cede some control
to software firms, Hollywood and other outsiders.”
Usability
is NOT everything! brought to you by nothing.ch.
Another
whimsical + flash design for a talented firm - Cyclone
Design
They
produce unconventional design projects this :::::
SMOL, a Collectif Gaussien de qualité.
They
are back online - GRAF d'SIGN;
beautiful illustrations.
I
am completely impressed by the illustration proficiency and storyboarding
sense and humor of this site: <<<===----
Rolito lanD
Going
retro for ~~LINOLEUM a
studio de communication créative.
Flash
to its best - interactive nav + presentation of content: HRS DDB.
s
Another
flash site designed with humor and extremely well done illustrations: >>>
Salted Herring.
Chris
Bush has got some Sectorzero_code
snipppets available for downloads: kSQL; newsapp; query a query;
credit card encrypt and more.
Eat
Me, Drink Me, Push Me: In which the subtle arts of the interface are
examined by Christina Wodtke. Worth reading with visual support
as examples.
This
is an incredible flash usage: an illustration of a hand as a cursor?
Check this debut site for DigitallyGrown
This
is a must read interview with
Gene Gable:
“As much as we all like to romanticize brands (and Seybold certainly
benefited from that) in the end, unless you are an owner, they are really
just places to work. And we've all left great jobs because of strategy
disagreements or differences in vision.
We are at significant intersection as an industry, and
everyone is going to have to adapt and change once more. I'd rather make
those changes in a more stable setting...”
I
just love this: 3 New Good Reasons Why You Should Make A Trip To Your
Nearest LOMO Shop brought to you by fFurious.
Australia
makes landmark net ruling. Australia's high court has ruled that
the financial publishers Dow Jones can be sued in the Australian state
of Victoria over an article that appeared on their website (in the
US) <source: BBC News>.
Some
execs scored big as company values plunged by Chris O'Brien and
Jack Davis. Check the numbers cashed in - this is disgusting.
Get
the camera, Honey! It's a tech IPO! by John Paczkowski (or how
Seagate is facing more greed than money)
E-Mail
Overload Is a Myth (sic - wonder *Who* was their base target audience?)
Study Says Findings Differ From Popular Belief by Shannon Henry
Voluntary
Downsizing. People who dare to downsize get mixed results by Todd
Pitock
Designlink:
A monthly newsletter for architects and designers brought to you by HM
folks. There are research summaries, case studies, designer biographies,
a search engine and archive of past news and lots of relevent links to
events and resources.
Who
wouldn't want to design (with flash) like Ac'laim does? Take your time
and visit all sections... let the *about* movie roll and see for yourself!
Exhilarating!
+R.I.P+
(tnation) don't let the title fool you - DesignTemple is an outstanding
minimalist site for a tremendously talented designer.
Consult
on the fly a *poster*
archive for quick conceptual ideas.
Check
this site portfolio the boygirlgboy studio. Now you've got to visit from
top to bottom this mini-site they
developed and check the fluidity and smart useage of interactivity. I
am floored!
Vespertine
has now renewed under Mette Walsted and now she operates under Mending .
From
the Rustboy vastly talented author/maker: XL5design.
Check the portfolio - this guy is so talented - every project he thouches
turns spectacular.
Another
fonts site: Closefonts - monolith.
Opera
browser global donations
program. This offering is available for:
Schools, kindergarten through the 12th grade
Web designer schools, organizations or companies
Organizations representing physically challenged people
Clean
and lean with potent talent, YEAHYEAH...
A
striving studio who builds community / cultural projects: FLAT.
Retro
feel with top notch projects: McGarr creative. Casey, HE actually turned
out to be... not a powagirrrl!
Colors!
This topic has produced more debates than are colors in the web-safe
palette but Quick
Color Class laced with examples does it better by Adrian Roselli
New
browser on the block - that has the same filtering option as Mozilla
(kills popups): Crazy Browser is
a freeware.
Cool
idea: join the *workspaces*
project! Send a pix of your desk, office, lounge or wherever you work. <source:
Anthony B.>
Did
you know that Niko Stumpo (theremediproject)
was a professional skater? Attention: more in
this unusual interview!
A
must visit site - full of information: mybigfuture;
take care of yours!
Executives
from AT&T Business Services, IBM Global Services, and Intel Capital
Investments on Thursday formally launched a jointly owned company called
Cometa Networks, with the intention of building the largest nationwide Wi-Fi
network by Ephraim Schwartz.
The
coolest industrial design objects byMaze from
an amazing creative crew.
A
cool site for a contemporary theatre: ::
The Boise.
Who
said that blue corporate was dull? Meet Burnkit v.1.
The
flash intro is a piece of art and truly innovative: Habit shoes.
PHP
Intro to Objects and Classes by Tony Light.
Interior
designers with an edge? S+2 Design.
Howard
Rheingold: SMART
MOBS [7.16.02]
“The big battle coming over the future of smart
mobs concerns media cartels and government agencies are seeking to reimpose
the regime of the broadcast era in which the customers of technology
will be deprived of the power to create and left only with the power
to consume.”
STU
Magazine (channelstu) new facelift.
Website
design guidelines for improving usability by Craig Cockburn
Usernames.
What on earth do we need them for?
Email
security and issues with online banks.
Country
drop lists for form validation and breaking the rules of usability.
A
naive line art site design with strong 3d skills: longneck.
One
of the first fonts repository FOUNTAIN has
got a new face & fonts.
Love
is for the human race. It is all we need. My wish to you all: may love
abound.
Today
- take a moment to ask for world peace. While tensions are rising and
threat of mass destruction are issued it will take but a moment - don't
underestimate the power of prayer.
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