I’ve always appreciated someone who has multiple talents. But I much prefer someone who does one or two things extremely well over someone who does a mediocre job at everything.
This article is a must read.
Category: Internet
Ideal image sizes for your social media posts: It’s actually really complicated
Who would have thought sharing an image on social media could be so complicated. After all the particulars, it appears that it boils down to using 1024×512 for horizontal images, and 800×1200 for vertical images.
It surely helps to scale and crop your images to the perfect size for each social network, but the bottom line is that if you share compelling images (or pictures of Kim Kardashian’s ass), people will click and open the full size image anyway.
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
With just a little bit of searching about this movie, I saw quite a few sites pointing to the full length HD movie online. I haven’t watched it because it requires a (free) registration to a site which, let’s be honest, is not a legal movie site. The only reason I even share it is that I came across it searching for the trailer on YouTube and they have the link right there.
One of the many versions of the movie poster is below.
5 web design myths debunked
Following-up on my earlier post today, here are 5 web design myths that simply aren’t true.
“You can’t have too much choice” is a phrase that all of us are familiar with, but in the context of design, is it true? Bluntly put, no it’s not. In fact, it couldn’t be further from the truth.
I had said that “above the fold” was complete bullshit, and number 2 in this article explains why quite nicely. Too many choices is another area where designers struggle with client requests, along with white space.
This article is a great read, with lots of informative links.
Welcome Apple World Today
It didn’t take long for some TUAW alumni to start a new site after AOL shut down the long-running Mac-related news site. TUAW was one of those sites I had a love-hate relationship with as far as content, but I always respected the writers and their work.
Apple World Today has launched, with Steve Sande, Dave Caolo, and Kelly Hodgkins at the helm. I’m looking forward to seeing what these guys come up with on a daily basis; as I’ve grown tired of the sensationalistic headlines (and quite craptacular articles) found at some of the other Mac sites out there.
I also recently added SixColors (by Jason Snell, former editor at Macworld) and MacSparky to my “check regularly” bookmark folder in Safari.
60% of your fellow designers are breaking the law every day
Ever wonder how many of your fellow graphic designers break the law? Well, around 60% of them are at least honest about it when they say they are. Grab a copy of The Hidden Risks of Font Misuse, a survey of creatives conducted by Extensis.
About 80% don’t bother to read a font license, because around 80% of us can’t understand a frigging word of the legal mumbo-jumbo. I suspect this is at least 50% of the problem.
Prevent Facebook from sending message Read receipts with AdBlock Plus
Adblock Plus, an open-source content-filtering and ad blocking plugin for all major browsers, today announced a new feature for Facebook users: the ability to turn off read receipts. In short, you can now prevent Facebook from telling senders you saw their messages. VentureBeat has the full scoop.
Flashback to the 80s: Play the Internet Arcade
If you remember dropping Quarter after Quarter into arcade games at the mall when you were a kid, you’re going to love the Internet Arcade. Tons of arcade games, available to play on the web. I spent about an hour playing a few games. The only downside is you must use Firefox or Chrome, Safari just doesn’t seem to work.
Google Street View vs. cleavage
The story is interesting in the fact that it sets a precedent (in Canada) for the ever-gray area of “expectation of privacy.” As is usually the case with these legal stories, all the genius’ in the comment section are more fun to read than the brief article.
Google announces new way to screw with your email
I’m not sure what people’s fascination with making the email process into anything but email, but apparently Google is on board. Gmail wasn’t bad enough, now there’s Google Inbox. I wonder how long it’ll be before they kill this, too.