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October 28, 2010
Khoi Vinh on Publishing for iPad
Sound observations from someone who worked in a prominent position at one of the largest and most respected content publishers in the world. Below are a few highlights from Khoi's remarks.
On how we consume content:
The fact of the matter is that the mode of reading that a magazine represents is a mode that people are decreasingly interested in, that is making less and less sense as we forge further into this century, and that makes almost no sense on a tablet…. In a media world that looks increasingly like the busy downtown heart of a city — with innumerable activities, events and alternative sources of distraction around you — these apps demand that you confine yourself to a remote, suburban cul-de-sac.
On Adobe's heavy hand in the process:
In my personal opinion, Adobe is doing a tremendous disservice to the publishing industry by encouraging these ineptly literal translations of print publications into iPad apps. They've fostered a preoccupation with the sort of monolithic, overbearing apps represented by The New Yorker, Wired and Popular Science.
On publishers failing their way to success:
There are no easy answers for content publishers right now, which is why in some ways they can hardly be blamed for their iPad enthusiasm — at the very least, they aren't ignoring the sea change that tablets represent. Perhaps like many of us, they need to fail their way to success. That's a legitimate strategy, and if they're nimble enough to recover from these wild miscalculations before it's too late, then I applaud them for it.
October 26, 2010
BBEdit 9.6 Adds HTML5 Support, Among Other Things
Plenty of people have tweeted or blogged this already, but having been a BBEdit user for nearly a decade, I'd be foolish not to do so, as well. The release notes are exhaustive, and Jeffrey Zeldman summarizes things quite nicely.
2009 charity: water Annual Report (PDF)
The financials — the core of an annual report — don't begin until page 38. But if you appreciate good design, I'm fairly positive you'll enjoy the 37 pages leading up to the financials.
Browserscope
A community-driven project for profiling web browsers. Shows test results for security, rich text, Selectors API, network data, Acid3, and JSKB.
How Media Changes Politics
Seth Godin:
When attention is scarce and there are many choices, media costs something other than money. It costs interesting. If you are angry or remarkable or an outlier, you're interesting, and your idea can spread. People who are dull and merely aligned with powerful interests have a harder time earning attention, because money isn't sufficient.
Spoken like a pro — Seth Godin is clearly an archetype of interesting.
October 25, 2010
Brooklyn
This short piece was shot and assembled last week during my first proper visit to Brooklyn — or the entire state of New York, for that matter.
Prior to speaking at Brooklyn Beta, I spent a day exploring Brooklyn. I took the recommendation of others to begin at the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, working my way to the Brooklyn Bridge and ending at the Manhattan side of the bridge. The entire journey took me 5 hours, though one could do it in an hour without a tripod, lots of stops for photos/video, and lunch at Pete's Downtown. (I've mapped my footpath on Google Maps.)
Brooklyn Beta was astounding, especially for a first-time conference. The speaker roster was diverse, the audience roster even more impressive, and the venue an inspirational backdrop. Twitter feedback is still rolling in as I write this, and yet the conference ended three days ago. Kudos to Cameron Koczon, Chris Shiflett, and many others for pulling it off.
Hoefler & Frere-Jones and Mailchimp sponsored the event. Coincidentally, the text for my slides was set in Knockout, and Jonathan Hoefler, Knockout's type designer, happened be sitting in the audience. Jonathan and I have exchanged emails a couple times, finally meeting one another at the conference. He struck me as a humble guy who has every reason not to be humble — a champion and craftsman of influential typefaces and typography in our industry. It was really a pleasure finally meeting him.
At the 0:11 mark in the video above, you'll see the gear I used:
Canon EOS 7D
Canon 17-55mm f/2.8
Zacuto Z-Finder Pro 3x
RODE VideoMic with dead cat
Matthews M25 tripod
The shot where I'm filming my gear was done with a Canon HG10 camcorder. Music is "So Long, Lonesome" by Explosions in the Sky.
Thank you, Brooklyn. You're absolutely lovely. I'll be back to see you again next month for Future of Web Design.
October 19, 2010
Quiet
Things will probably be a little quiet around here this week. I'll be speaking at Brooklyn Beta in a few days, so amidst travel and content preparation, the post button may be left untouched. (I may not be as quiet on Twitter or even Instagram.)
Speaking of speaking, I'll be speaking on HTML5/CSS3 at Future of Web Design in New York next month. I hope you'll join us. Tickets are still available and can be purchased here.
And speaking of conferences and HTML5/CSS3, check out Cameron Adam's opening title sequence for Web Directions South, about which he writes:
Because of the nature of the conference and the talk I gave on browser animation the previous Friday, I decided not to take the easy option (by doing it in After Effects) and instead opted for the much more perilous path of HTML5 & CSS3. 2458 lines of JavaScript and 841 lines of CSS later, I had a title sequence I was pretty happy with.
Inspiring. Influential.
October 15, 2010
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, 2010
Some day I may grow tired of posting well-produced, tilt-shift, fast-forward films. Today, however, is not that day.
Coachelletta by Sam O'Hare.
TED iPad App
Just diving into this myself, but I'm sure it'll be handy resource for inspiring talks.
Speaking of inspiration, this is feature is genius:
'Inspire Me' button. Touching this icon reveals an elegant watch face and the question: 'How much time do you have?' Dial up a time, choose the type of talk you want (Inspiring? Funny? Jaw-dropping?) and you'll get a playlist of talks that fits your schedule.
It actually works in reverse order. Choose the genre then dial up a time. I did 'Ingenious' then '10 minutes' and was served Michael Pritchard talking about the Lifesaver water filter.
It just a small-but-significant, brilliant feature if you ask me.
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