Fake-Up (via *thefwa.org).

Rexona V8 from grupoW. Diseño ilustrativo y un juego muy divertido. Felicidades grupo!

Pre-orders being accepted for the Optimus Maximus Keyboard – Word is it’s going to retail for around $1500. If I had money to piss away I would definitely be getting this keyboard.
The Real Story of JPG Magazine (via) – pretty bullshit situation in my opinion, I feel bad for Derek.

In one evening, Paul removed issues 1-6 from the JPG website, removed Heather from the About page, and deleted the “Letter from the Editors” that had lived on the site since day one. Paul informed me that we were inventing a new story about how JPG came to be that was all about 8020. He told me not to speak of that walk in Buena Vista, my wife, or anything that came before 8020.

NRA.org Redux: Death by Pride – Wow. The NRA website is crappy. Really crappy.

Web 2.0 ‘distracts good design’ (via) – whether you love him or hate him, you can actually learn some things from Jakob Nielsen. Say what you want about his sometimes off-the-wall remarks on his site, UseIt.com, but there’s method to his madness, and I respect that. Even when he says things like Flash is 99% Bad (published October 2000).
On “Just”, Awesomeness, and ™ – a little heady, but good.

I decided, recently, to have a go at excising the word “just” from my vocabulary. Not in the adjectival usage (“just” as in “justice”) nor in the noun (“just” as in “a large-bellied pot with handles”, according to the OED) but as an adverb. Oh, you know, I’ll just write this article on language minutia and graphic design.

Design View – Versus

Few things are as compelling or as fruitful as a rivalry. Any landscape, no matter how vibrant or contentious, is merely tepid without the conspicuous presence of two, and only two, powerful and clearly defined antagonists.

Horizontal Navigation; nine ways to skin a cat

Once you start perusing the web for inspiration rich entities, you quickly notice the very small world from which everyone seems to be working from – especially when you get as specific as horizontal navigation. At the end of an intense brainstorming session, we thought it would be fun to highlight some of the most commonly used techniques for designing horizontal navigation.

There were only 2 good things on TV this past Sunday:
60 Minutes – check out the video clips from the show, except for Andy Rooney. That bastard is just getting too old and starting to make no sense what-so-ever. He’s like a bad caricature of George Carlin.
…and Bad Santa. Even with the bleeped out words it’s entertaining. It’s a crude movie, but it has heart, kinda like me. 🙂

I’m always surprised how many designers and art directors still don’t know about setting action keys in Photoshop. If you’re not familiar with Actions in Photoshop, you really need to get on this now. Once you start using them, you’ll appreciate how much time you’ll save yourself on tedious and repetitive steps.
These are some of my Action Keys I have set in Photoshop:
F1 – Delete Layer
F2 – Duplicate Selected Layer
F3 – Flatten Image
F4 – Image Size dialog box (for image resizing)
APPLE+F4 – Canvas Size dialog box

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Image via MacNN
Seeing patent diagrams like these just gets me fired up. People like to complain that Apple updates their products too often, and that they’re forced to constantly catch up. I’ve mentioned this before, but this is a problem with the consumer, not Apple.
Apple’s goal is to always be improving on their products. They remind me of this Edison quote (via ThinkExist):

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

An Incomplete Manifesto for Growth. Words by Bruce Mau, Design by Mike Tucker (via k10k)

Microsoft knocks on Yahoo’s door again – From what I can gather, this isn’t the first time MS has approached Yahoo. I can totally understand MS’s rationale but what would Yahoo gain from the deal?
Yahoo! CEO Terry Semel has not been doing the best things for his company, and I don’t thing being associated with Microsoft would help.
For instance, when I see a Google-Apple alliance, I see a great partnership. I don’t get that feeling when I imagine a Yahoo-Microsoft alliance.

Sorry for serious post, but this is sounds crazy for me, and yes I am from New Jersey and I still know people who commute in and out of the city.

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Big ups to my fellow Schemers at Schematic who were responsible for the redesign of ABCNews.com. Great job guys and girls.

I was born on this day 30 years ago. My sister called me today to wish me a happy birthday and to call me Old Man River. To tell you the truth, it feels great to be 30 and I wouldn’t trade it to be any younger. I make more money, have more knowledge and have a clearer picture of the things I want to accomplish in life. Things have just begun.

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Pardon the mismatched appearance of the site, I’m retro-fitting a retro design onto the page templates in Movable Type. Eventually everything will be just as golly-gee-swell as the homepage.

Maybe you’re one of those people who is still not down with DRM and won’t buy encrypted content from iTunes or you might be the type who won’t buy digital music & videos – period. It’s all good. iTunes still has content for you, tons – and it’s all free.
I’ll admit I was a little late to discovering all the great, free content iTunes has, but now that I have, my morning subway commute is so much better (and I think I might be a little smarter too).
Most of the free content I speak about comes in the form of video and audio podcasts. The great thing about podcasts is that they automatically sync with your computer and iPod everytime you launch iTunes (and plug in your iPod).
Below are my favorite podcasts to listen to and watch. Don’t be scared off if these selections don’t match with yours. I guarantee if you do some exploring, you’ll find things you like.
TEDTalks (video) –
Cool Hunting Video (video) –
Ask a Ninja (video) –
The Show with ZeFrank (video) –
New York Times Video – Technology | David Pogue (video) –
NPR: Fresh Air (audio) –