Who cares about gradients, rounded corners, fancy Flash slideshows or tacky jQuery effects.
Who cares about subtle shadows, elegant typography or grid obsession.
The Big Picture by Boston.com does one thing and it does it well: Amaze us with the power of imagery.
It’s the best proof that proper content does not need anything much to decorate it. Just some proper way of putting it on the screen.
Now we’re talking about emotion-based design. Chec out the latest issue about G20 protests in London.
(Thanks @olrandir for reminding me the coolness of it all.)
Some of the links that are still in my “make sure you check them out” list since last week:
- Everyone’s favourite Happy Cog has started the redesign of Mozilla.org – and they’re kind enough to keep us informed during the procedure. Just the kind of stuff I like reading on web.
- Cufón is really gaining traction these days as a viable Flash-free alternative to sIFR – will make sure to check this out on future projects.
- Ego iPhone app by Garrett Murray spoils me – my Mint, Feedburner and Twitter stuff all in one? Ego bliss. Ironically, those are the stats I most often check out.
- This post from ever-inspiring Cocoia blog is not only creative – it friggin’ kicks creativity ass. So nice. So nice.
- I love this metaphor – Ember, an iPhone client for 37Signals’ Campfire, coming from overcommitted apps. Really like the name metaphor. I don’t use Campfire though, so I can’t really tell how convenient such an iPhone app would be.
This concludes another busy Monday, my dear friends. Let’s hope Tuesday holds even more interesting stuff for us. Have a great week!
Today, the good colleagues at Phaistos Networks and yours truly (or, as our secret cult name is, phaistonians) have launched our latest baby project, Pathfinder YouNews.
Essentially, it’s a citizen journalism hub, featuring news, contributions and commentary by Pathfinder.gr users, on various aspects of everyday life.
Lots of work have gone into that project, along with tons of UI revisions, tweaks and little things that should make your life easier using the service. If you’d like an invite to the public beta, just leave a comment over at the introductory post of the service (or here, if you wish) and ask. Oh, make sure you have a Pathfinder.gr account first, it’s essential to participate in the beta program.
I’m quite proud of the work we’ve done for this and I hope it takes off as well as possible.
Be prepared for many more Pathfinder.gr launches during the next few months. Things will be getting quite interesting, I assure you.
