http://stephencaver.com/ en stephencaver@gmail.com Copyright 2009 2009-08-07T15:06:17-08:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/yPYHUPSmuPA/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/revised_cola/#When:15:06:17Z <p>Someone start a grassroots campaign to get Pepsi to switch back to the 1973 logo. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/revised_cola/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/yPYHUPSmuPA" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-08-07T15:06:17-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/revised_cola/#When:15:06:17Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/eSnIitLMbF8/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/a_list_apart_redesigning_your_own_site/#When:15:22:45Z <p>Lea Alcantara writes about how she approached the redesign of her personal site and business front, <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/redesigning-your-own-site/">Lealea Designs</a>. Her approach works for her because her site is business centric but there are a bunch of great take aways for those of us working on something more close to the vest. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/a_list_apart_redesigning_your_own_site/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/eSnIitLMbF8" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-08-05T15:22:45-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/a_list_apart_redesigning_your_own_site/#When:15:22:45Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/m_yKwSghe38/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/neutron/#When:15:20:57Z <p>Brand New reviews the new Tron logo. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/neutron/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/m_yKwSghe38" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-08-05T15:20:57-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/neutron/#When:15:20:57Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/bVXQ5Mc_otQ/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/get_gravatar/#When:20:47:42Z <p>A jQuery plug-in for fetching gravatars via Ajax. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/get_gravatar/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/bVXQ5Mc_otQ" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-08-03T20:47:42-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/get_gravatar/#When:20:47:42Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/Z-HlWRU14pM/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/memento/#When:17:17:53Z <p>Greg tells the story of how Airbag came to be, and how the Happy Cog merger happened. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/memento/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/Z-HlWRU14pM" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-08-03T17:17:53-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/memento/#When:17:17:53Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/ivoFwqUMhV4/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/happy_cog_merges_with_airbag_industries/#When:17:15:36Z <p>These are exciting times around the <del>Airbag</del> Happy Cog West office. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/happy_cog_merges_with_airbag_industries/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/ivoFwqUMhV4" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-08-03T17:15:36-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/happy_cog_merges_with_airbag_industries/#When:17:15:36Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/-pv5alpSdtI/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/just_like_riding_a_bike/#When:17:13:19Z <p>Designers need to remember that using an interface is a learned skill, no matter how intuitive. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/just_like_riding_a_bike/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/-pv5alpSdtI" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-08-03T17:13:19-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/just_like_riding_a_bike/#When:17:13:19Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/x7FaCNNSpBw/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/the_right_proposal_for_type_on_the_web/#When:20:18:05Z <p>I don&#8217;t know if this proposal will ultimately solve the problem, but what we need is eloquently summed up: &#8220;No workarounds, no middlemen, no bullshit.&#8221; It&#8217;s reassuring to see smart people are working on it. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/the_right_proposal_for_type_on_the_web/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/x7FaCNNSpBw" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-07-15T20:18:05-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/the_right_proposal_for_type_on_the_web/#When:20:18:05Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/iE9waKX0CyY/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/youtube_dropping_ie6_support_soon/#When:16:32:58Z <p>Because my personal time is a finite resource, this website has never supported any version of Internet Explorer. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/youtube_dropping_ie6_support_soon/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/iE9waKX0CyY" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-07-14T16:32:58-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/youtube_dropping_ie6_support_soon/#When:16:32:58Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/q82aUwZDjoA/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/lead_pipe/#When:16:06:57Z <p>Andy Clarke details the problem with CSS font stacks and line-height. This problem has been known to me for sometime and it doesn&#8217;t look like we&#8217;re going to get a solution anytime soon. This is why the current best practice is to specify fonts in the font stack that are of similar shape and size.&nbsp; </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/lead_pipe/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/q82aUwZDjoA" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-05-08T16:06:57-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/lead_pipe/#When:16:06:57Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/PULXdczDxgs/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/lo_fi_tweet/#When:18:40:04Z <p>Hear hear! </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/lo_fi_tweet/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/PULXdczDxgs" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-05-07T18:40:04-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/lo_fi_tweet/#When:18:40:04Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/XUcNJW-mQvY/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/designing_effective_mobile_interfaces/#When:16:04:35Z <p>Audio from <a href="http://www.meaganfisher.com">Meagan Fisher&#8217;s</a> FOWD talk on mobile design. See, Meagan, <a href="https://twitter.com/deadgraviti/status/1655854016">I told you</a>. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/designing_effective_mobile_interfaces/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/XUcNJW-mQvY" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-05-06T16:04:35-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/designing_effective_mobile_interfaces/#When:16:04:35Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/LwxdObUqCV4/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/ee_code_tees/#When:16:02:01Z <p>Love it. EE nerds rejoice! </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/ee_code_tees/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/LwxdObUqCV4" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-05-06T16:02:01-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/ee_code_tees/#When:16:02:01Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/_VmiM5aQ5Oc/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/a_fighting_logo/#When:15:40:02Z <p>I do not envy the task that the designers of this mark had. A very tricky topic to design for and they did a marvelous job. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/a_fighting_logo/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/_VmiM5aQ5Oc" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-05-06T15:40:02-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/a_fighting_logo/#When:15:40:02Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/Rl1rEprGSgg/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/renaud_ftw/#When:16:26:56Z <p>Jim launches his new personal website &amp; blog. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/renaud_ftw/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/Rl1rEprGSgg" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-05-01T16:26:56-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/renaud_ftw/#When:16:26:56Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/hraL8Z4l_YU/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/dear_designer_you_suck/#When:17:38:55Z <p>I agree that we need an independent body of design critics to remain objective, but I&#8217;m doubtful that there every will be any significant movement towards such a body.&nbsp; </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/dear_designer_you_suck/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/hraL8Z4l_YU" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-04-10T17:38:55-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/dear_designer_you_suck/#When:17:38:55Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/smJrdJVAGYQ/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/life_so_far/#When:17:34:18Z <p>A photoset by Jeffrey Zeldman. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/life_so_far/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/smJrdJVAGYQ" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-03-31T17:34:18-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/life_so_far/#When:17:34:18Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/gTCyc1XIf54/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/gridmaker/#When:16:29:28Z <p>I kind of want to call it YAGT (Yet Another Grid Tool) — but this one adds intrigue to the plot in that it is also a Photoshop CS4 plug-in. I haven&#8217;t had the opportunity to test it out, though, so your milage may vary.&nbsp; </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/gridmaker/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/gTCyc1XIf54" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-03-31T16:29:28-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/gridmaker/#When:16:29:28Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/9TmNOrSsK8E/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/reflections_on_layer_tennis/#When:23:07:11Z <p>Excellent write up from Jason Santa Maria regarding his recent Layer Tennis match with Derek Powazek. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/reflections_on_layer_tennis/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/9TmNOrSsK8E" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-03-30T23:07:11-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/reflections_on_layer_tennis/#When:23:07:11Z http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/scaverlinks/~3/Co9wpU9cqys/ http://stephencaver.com/link/view/mlb_iphone_app/#When:18:45:18Z <p>The 2009 season cannot get here fast enough. </p> <p><a href="http://stephencaver.com/link/view/mlb_iphone_app/" class="permalink" title="Permalink">Permalink</a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/scaverlinks/~4/Co9wpU9cqys" height="1" width="1"/> 2009-03-30T18:45:18-08:00 http://stephencaver.com/link/view/mlb_iphone_app/#When:18:45:18Z