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Bond Cars

Keir Whitaker — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 10:25:08 +0000

For fans of 007, cool cars, and creative CSS alike – this one’s for you!

Makers UK

Keir Whitaker — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:16:38 +0000

Small production teams and freelancers from all around the country come together to show off their skills on November 15th in London

Mission Workshop Bags

Keir Whitaker — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:38:06 +0000

You can never have enough messenger bags in your life, right? Some lovely objects of desire displayed here courtesy of Mission Workshop (apparently started by some ex Chrome employees – at least according to my local bike shop owner).

Roaming Mi-Fi

Keir Whitaker — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 08:48:49 +0000

Given the costs of data-roaming outside Europe this could be a great option if you travel frequently to the USA

Easy Text Messaging

Keir Whitaker — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:41:40 +0000

Clockwork looks like the simplest SMS interface I have seen in a long time. Only 5p per text too.

HiRise for iMac

Keir Whitaker — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 08:12:49 +0000

Another nifty little product from Twelve South. I particularly like the way it allows you to marry heights with an external Thunderbolt display.

iPad Design Lab

Keir Whitaker — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:22:49 +0000

iPad Design Lab: Storytelling in the Age of the Tablet by Dr. Mario Garcia (a legend in the world of newspaper design) is coming to the iPad soon

Moon Clerk

Keir Whitaker — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:45:42 +0000

Always interesting to see new payment platforms enter the market, Moon Clerk looks like it could be a contender.

Pictaculous

Keir Whitaker — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 08:55:14 +0000

A very sweet colour palette generator courtesy of our friends at MailChimp

10 UK web agencies to look out for

Keir Whitaker — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:05:31 +0000

A great round up of UK web talent, they even included us – thanks Simon

The ultimate VW Transporter

Keir Whitaker — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:20:35 +0000

$87,000 will get you this rather tasty looking VW Transporter, enough room for the whole family and stylish to boot

Le Corbusier – Furniture and interiors 1905-1965

Keir Whitaker — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 08:28:42 +0000

A comprehensive account of Le Corbusier’s extensive work in furniture and interior design – one for the wish list

Time-scale based transit maps

Keir Whitaker — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 08:52:31 +0000

Not only do they look great but these maps show how long your anticipated journey time is – useful!

WordPress Can Guide Missiles

Keir Whitaker — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:11:21 +0000

A great spot by Viper007Bond! Who knew jQuery could bring down planes?

Rebranding American Airlines

Keir Whitaker — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 08:26:07 +0000

A very interesting article on FastCo Design about the trend for unsolicited rebranding exercises permeating the web

Samsung shares drop $12 billion after Apple’s court victory

Viewport Industries — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:29:44 +0000

So that’s the price of copying, then.

The internet startup model is broken and how to fix it

Keir Whitaker — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:36:32 +0000

“Support real web workers, real designers and developers like yourself”!

The Compendious Coffee Chart

Keir Whitaker — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 09:34:57 +0000

A comprehensive compendium of the varied ways–from Chemex contraptions to French presses to the simple automatic drip–to produce wondrous, life-giving coffee

30 web design secrets to boost your skills

Keir Whitaker — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:01:37 +0000

Leading experts (oh and one of us too!) in web design reveal the secrets that make their lives easier!

Useful Print And Online Magazines For Web Designers

Keir Whitaker — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:58:59 +0000

Great round up of books, magazines and editorial based sites aimed at web designers and developers — a few of these are lying around our office already

An Audience with Daniel Howells

Keir Whitaker — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:45:35 +0000

Nice interview with our good friend Daniel Howells about his various digital projects and career to date

Creating an Online Archive for CreativeMornings

Keir Whitaker — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:23:33 +0000

A worthy KickStarter campaign to fund the development of an online archive of the CreativeMornings talks from around the globe. Duly backed!

Learning to Love the Boring Bits of CSS

Keir Whitaker — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:18:18 +0000

Great article on A List Apart by Peter Gasston on the less talked new features in CSS

Kevin Rose Rebooted

Keir Whitaker — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:43:28 +0000

An interesting article from Venture Beat about one of our Insites: The Book interviewees Kevin Rose and his work at Google Ventures

Responsive javascript with minwidth.js and relocate.js

Viewport Industries — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:36:28 +0000

An interesting take on content re-ordering, using Javascript to move elements with a specific class into a sidebar on wider screens

A Tour of the Shopify Office

Keir Whitaker — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:38:53 +0000

I can testify that the Shopify office in Ottawa is a pretty amazing place to work and hang out in

Responsive Line Breaks

Keir Whitaker — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:35:34 +0000

Dan Mall shows us two techniques for controlling line length in responsive designs

Side Project to Business

Keir Whitaker — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:31:44 +0000

Netmag have kindly posted our print article from earlier this year online

The Story of the World’s Greatest Ad

Keir Whitaker — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 18:35:56 +0000

The ad that made the Mad Men mad. Now analyzed more deeply than any other ad before

Re-designing the E-mail Client

Keir Whitaker — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:32:56 +0000

A great read with some interesting ideas for re-designing the classic e-mail client

Shopify: a Review, a Workshop and a Friend

Keir Whitaker — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 15:30:45 +0000

A review of our recent Shopify Workshop in London