Entries 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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Tags: 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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Tags: 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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Tags: Design · Interface · Gmail · CSS