31Three - Notebook

Mocksup - Make more of your mockups

Jesse — 2010-02-08T18:06:02+00:00

Imagine being able to easily browse every version of every mockup you’ve ever created, as well as everything that was ever said about them.

With Mocksup you can. Mocksup keeps every version of every mockup you upload and gives you a quick interface for going back in time to view what old mockups looked like and what was said about them.

northtemple - Stockholm Syndrome

Jesse — 2010-02-08T15:52:27+00:00

Those us us who work in tech love our tools with all their complexity. We relish in the fact that we know all the keystrokes for doing every little task in our favorite apps. We are secure in our investment of so much time and energy and effort to learn all the tricks and nuances of our computers.

We fool ourselves by thinking traditional computing is easy.

It isn’t.

I love the story that leads up to this final point… way too familiar.

UIs that lie

Jesse — 2010-02-02T14:24:12+00:00

User interfaces are one of the principal sources from which a person learns about his or her work. That understanding gets turned into diagrams, charts, and maps that, whether accurate or not, come to define the work that person does each day.

Authentic Jobs - Twenty Ten Promotion

Jesse — 2010-01-08T14:29:30+00:00

Post a listing on Authentic Jobs between now and January 22 and you’ll receive 20% off. More importantly, 10% of your purchase will be donated to Charity:Water to help bring clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations.

To participate use the promo code THREETEN

Minor iCal Fix

Jesse — 2009-11-25T23:07:19+00:00

I was just using iCal and wondered if the interface wouldn’t make a lot more sense with just one minor tweak. The toolbar on the top is how it currently looks, and the one on the bottom is my modified version. Currently, the monthly navigation is for some reason tied to the display options, and the “today” button is left sitting alone by itself. Wouldn’t it make more sense to group all the navigation elements together? Just my 2 cents.

Making divider lines in Photoshop

Jesse — 2009-11-24T17:01:28+00:00

Here’s another quick tip I use for making dotted or solid lines in Photoshop. When you need divider lines that are equally spaced for side navigation or tables, try using a text box with a lot of period’s or underscores instead of individual layers. It makes it easy to keep the divider lines equally spaced, and also makes it easy to adjust them later on just by changing the leading.

If you just need a single dotted line, just use a pixel font and set the anti-aliasing to “none”.

Making dotted borders in Photoshop

Jesse — 2009-11-24T14:48:53+00:00

I posted this earlier on Twitter, but figured I should make a more permanent home for this tip.

Create an alternating checker board pattern (different sized patterns will make different sized dots/dashes)
Apply a “Stroke Layer Style” to the desired layer
Change “Fill Type” to “Pattern” and select the pattern you created in step 1.

John Nack requests feedback for Graphic & Web design enhancements in Photoshop

Jesse — 2009-11-23T19:50:37+00:00

Some of the ideas presented are exactly what I’ve been waiting for… specifically:

Buttons with states (editable Up, Down, Over, etc.)
Intelligent widgets (e.g. buttons that resize smartly a la 9-Slice)
Intelligent, skinnable charts (including ones with live data feeds)
Linked files (edit one document & have the change reflected in several documents that link to it)
Symbols (reusable objects that can be dragged in from a Library panel)
Type styles (edit a style definition in order to update multiple type layers at once)
Pixel-accurate Web rendering (i.e. text and objects that appear exactly as they would in a browser)

Don’t forget to take the survey!

Gallery of Apple’s new store in New York

Jesse — 2009-11-12T15:44:26+00:00

Stunning

Authentic Jobs - No Retweet Necessary Contest

Jesse — 2009-11-09T18:58:45+00:00

I love the way you sign up for this contest…

You won’t win through frivolous activities such as retweeting, posting a comment, or Facebookery. You’ll win by actually using Authentic Jobs in a way that benefits you.

I hand selected a Apple TV for you… now go sign up!

Carrosserie

Jesse — 2009-11-05T20:22:04+00:00

I’ve had a lot of people asking what font I’m using on this site… so in an effort to keep my inbox cleaner I figured I’d post it here.

Really digging that retro vibe.

In depth look at the Microsoft Courier interface

Jesse — 2009-11-04T19:13:30+00:00

This tablet prototype is looking really nice… and something that I think I’d might actually use.

Authentic Jobs gets completely retooled + 20% Discount.

Jesse — 2009-11-04T14:24:18+00:00

Cameron just announced a totally revamped Authentic Jobs:

What began over Christmas break in 2007 culminates today with a completely retooled Authentic Jobs. Thanks to the noble efforts of Myles Grant, Ben Bodien, Jeff Croft, Jon Linczak, Jake Spurlock, our listing partners, and feedback from many of you, I’m proud to announce some of the new features we finally unveil today.

Head on over to check out the new features, and take advantage of the 20% discount when posting a job with promo code RETOOLED.

Autistic artist finds inspiration in New York city

Jesse — 2009-11-03T21:53:41+00:00

Wiltshire was recently in New York for the last of nine massive panoramic drawings of major cities around the world. He has drawn each from his unique memory that stores the complete view of a city after taking a helicopter ride that lasts minutes.

Absolutely unbelievably amazing.

31Three.com - Version 5

Jesse — 2009-11-03T18:41:18+00:00

Last week I had the unfortunate experience of losing most of my previous website (the database was thankfully salvaged) which pushed me to redesign this website a little earlier than I had hoped. It’s still very much a work in progress, but I wanted to get it launched sooner rather than later.

My first mockup for this redesign was a bit different. I actually came very close to running with it, until Chris Merritt convinced me that I’d come off looking like I sold poetry and scrapbooks instead of web design.

Thanks Chris… I owe you one.

Modern genealogy charts

Jesse — 2009-11-03T16:29:43+00:00

A lovely way to display your heritage – Via DesignSponge

Xero Personal

Jesse — 2009-11-02T14:49:02+00:00

The Xero team is broading their scope to now include personal accounts as well:

We want to change how people save and how they act with their money. All of us were blown away when our interaction team walked us through the early designs several months ago. We think we’ve built a tool that people will enjoy using again and again.

Due in early 2010.

Recent job listings, testimonials, and 100th Kiva loan ~ Authentic Boredom

Jesse — 2009-09-10T15:28:49+00:00

Congrats Cameron!

Note & Point

Jesse — 2009-09-08T13:53:08+00:00

A gallery devoted to making your Keynote and Powerpoint presentations look that much better. By good friends Dave Ruiz and Christian Ross

John Nack on Adobe: Vector graphics software… from 1963

Jesse — 2009-08-18T15:08:28+00:00