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Articles from August 2008

Finding a job

August 30th, 2008 · 4 Comments

This mostly an attempt to encourage newly graduated graphic (& web) designers to apply to as many positions as possible.
Must have PHP, JS, & walk on water experience
Recently, I landed a pretty sweet job. I’m finally starting to realize all those skill-set-loaded job board descriptions were full of fluff, and rarely reflect what the company […]

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Filed under: Life · Philosophy · Jobs

Little people and snail art

August 28th, 2008 · No comments

Slinkachu, a London-based artist, has some awesome (but tiny ;) projects.
Little people in the city
Amazingly powerful scenes of little people fending for themselves in the city streets of London. He’s also releasing this book soon. I can’t wait go get my hands on its 128-pages of glory!

Inner city snail
I got a huge kick out of […]

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Filed under: Humor · Photography

Gmail user style

August 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

After reading Khoi Vinh’s post about Gmail’s white-space deficient design, I felt compelled to submit my personal user style for Gmail to UserStyles.org. Read: However, this is not necessarily an improvement upon Khoi’s design per-se, but my own personal preference for how I like to view Gmail.
I’ve done more than adjust the spacing.
I’ve been using […]

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Filed under: Design · Interface · Gmail · CSS