Excellent points from Garett Murray. Facebook really is becoming frighteningly large and the gradual feature creep doesn’t make the experience any better. The scary thing is that it’s too big to cut out. Too many of my friends use it for too many things, I’m sure for many, it has replaced email.
Edit: I forgot to give a proper via for this as I was on my iPhone and it wasn’t as easy as it could be. I found thanks to a tweet from Sam Brown.
My thanks to Pat for this little write up in response to a question I emailed him this morning. Hi-res images in Tumblr themes, something I’ve been wondering how to do for a while now.
I really like it when designers show us glimpses of their process. This is a really interesting one from Jon Hicks as he evolves an illustration to create the new Woo Themes mascot.
This weekend I’ve done a little work on this site. It’s sporting a temporary new theme while I work on creating a more suited design for this place. I’ve also included a couple of pages, my about page is now alive as well as an easier way of contacting me.
The other major addition is my portfolio section, which is now live at work.philbowell.com.
For a while now I’ve been trying to work out the best way of displaying my work. I’ve wanted something easy to upload and maintain, tried several different methods out but it wasn’t until Dan at Simplebits decided to use a second Tumblr site that it really hit me this was what I’ve been looking for. Since Tumblr has made blogging so much easier and more enjoyable I figured it was the best way to make keeping my portfolio updated.
Feedback on your design work is incredibly important, it’s what helps you grow as a designer. Developing an understanding of why someone has commented on a particular element is essential to this.
There’s one thing which I do find important in receiving feedback. It’s always easier to accept if it comes from someone you respect, especially if that feedback is negative. That doesn’t mean that feedback from people you don’t respect, or don’t know well, should be discounted but it is important to find people who are more knowledgeable and experienced from which to learn.
Randy Murray in When You Have A Burst Of Creativity, Go With The Flow
I couldn’t agree more. Often times I find myself suddenly hit with a burst of creativity and I just have to keep going until I stop. For me it’s usually late at night, which doesn’t help with the getting enough sleep thing, but that time of night with low lighting when it’s really quiet and you feel all cocooned up, well it just can’t be beaten.
I don’t carry a lot of cash around with me, most of the time I use my card, this isn’t a good thing. One of the reasons is because ATM’s are such a pain to use. I’m not a tall man, but, because ATM’s are built for easy wheel chair access (a good thing) there’s always the little ATM dance to ensure I can see the screen clearly. Generally you can’t get it all to be clear and the general user experience is not very pleasant. If they role this out in the UK then I’d be happy, and probably carry more cash.
(Via Sam Brown)
Fantastic advert from Vodafone UK. Of course it helps when my favourite F1 team and my favourite F1 driver is involved, but then McLaren are always open to doing great creative pieces for their sponsers. I always think of McLaren as the Apple of Formula 1.
(via Khaled)
Derek Powazek on Your right to comment ends at my front door.
I can understand this. I turned comments off on my old blog, I don’t have comments here and I don’t have a list of notes below my posts, because I don’t want to write with the pressure of hoping I’ll get a big response. Going comment free allowed me to write so that I enjoy it, this can only be a good thing.
