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Advent Calendr

2010-11-22T15:11:00+00:00

Today I’m launching Advent Calendr, a site that lets you turn your Tumblr blog into an advent calendar for Christmas!

You can easily customise how your calendar looks, share it with family and friends and take advantage of Tumblr’s scheduling and queue features to post something each day in December.

If you have a Tumblr account, just enter your details and you’re good to go! If you don’t use Tumblr yet, it’s quick and easy to sign up and you’ll have your calendar up and running in minutes.

The site is the culmination of a few months work and I’m pleased with how it’s turned out.

Check it out and let me know what you think in the comments!

[QL] Responsive Web Design

2010-05-25T12:20:00+00:00

A great article by Ethan Marcotte on refining fluid CSS layouts for different viewport sizes and resolutions. The example page is excellent.

[QL] Designing for iPad: Reality Check

2010-04-14T14:13:00+00:00

An excellent discussion on designing user interfaces for the iPad by iA.

[QL] Tips on Combining Fonts from Hoefler & Frere-Jones

2010-03-18T21:42:00+00:00

Great pointers on pairing fonts that work well together, and with gorgeous example pieces.

[QL] SublimeVideo

2010-02-02T00:25:00+00:00

A beautiful video player built with pure HTML5 and JavaScript, soon to be released for non-commercial use. Move over Flash.

[QL] Atlas: an IDE for Cappuccino Apps

2010-01-27T14:40:00+00:00

The 280 North guys are doing some insane things in your browser.

[QL] Indie Relief for Haiti

2010-01-19T20:22:01+00:00

Tomorrow, Wednesday 20th, all proceeds from sales of a ton of great indie Mac and iPhone apps will be donated to Haiti through a variety of charities. If you haven’t donated something already, please consider splashing out on an app you like the look of and help a country in crisis.

[QL] Pastebot

2009-12-15T12:00:00+00:00

Another amazing looking app from Tapbots. Their UIs are lickable.

[QL] Scroll Clock

2009-11-19T16:40:00+00:00

Nifty! Check out the gallery too.

[QL] Ira Glass on Taste vs. Ability

2009-11-06T17:09:01+00:00

This is so good to hear. I dislike almost everything I design and have folders full of work that’ll never see the light of day, but that’s OK. One day my ability will catch up with my taste, I just have to keep at it. The fact that Glass is brave enough to play his old tapes like that proves how genuine the advise is.

[QL] XKCD Movie Narrative Charts

2009-11-02T14:34:01+00:00

Awesome. I especially love the one for Primer. Sums the film up pretty well.

[QL] 10/GUI

2009-10-14T18:14:00+00:00

Awesome. But why not an on-screen software keyboard? Or even better, a keyboard projected under the fingers on the touchpad? The localisation and app-specific benefits would be massive and, I think any iPhone owner would agree, it doesn’t take long to get used to.

[QL] Dyson Air Multiplier

2009-10-14T17:54:00+00:00

A desk fan without blades. Dyson have been producing some very cool stuff recently but this is something else…

[QL] TabToolkit

2009-09-22T15:34:01+00:00

Agile Partners, creators of the indispensable GuitarToolkit, have released a companion tab app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Awesome.

[QL] Screenr

2009-09-15T10:16:00+00:00

“Now you can create screencasts for your followers as easily as you tweet. Just click the record button and you’ll have your ready-to-tweet screencast in seconds.” Very slick.