Inspiring Web Design - TheBoldItalic

The Bold Italic is a website that let's you experience San Francisco in new ways through the eyes of "bold" locals and their stories. What caught my attention is the clean IA and the great graphic design.

National Geographic's International Photography Contest 2009

National Geographic's International Photography Contest attracts thousands of entries from photographers of all skill levels around the world every year. While this year's entry deadline has passed, there is still time to view and vote for your favorites in the Viewer's Choice competition.

Goodbye noah

Little Noah who got all the christmas cards died Monday. Goodbye Noah, your family is in our thoughts and prayers. Please send donations to the following: Department of Pediatrics and Oncology University of Michigan 1500 East Medical Center Drive D4202MPB Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-5718 Checks payable to: The University of Michigan – Noah’s Pediatric Oncology Fund OR Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan 230 Huron View Blvd. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48103 Checks payable to: Make-A-Wish Foundation of Michigan – Memo: Noah Biorkman

50 Fresh Interactive Studio and Social Media Agency Websites

Here is a showcase of 50 outstanding websites of digital marketing agencies, interactive advertising studios and online PR bureaus.

clients from hell

A collection of anonymously contributed client horror stories from designers.

How to kill an idea

How to kill an idea

lensculture.com

Lens Culture is an online magazine celebrating international contemporary photography, art, media, and world cultures.

Prix Pictet

Prix Pictet is a yearly photography prize awarded for a body of work that focuses on environmental sustainability sponsored by the Geneva private bank Pictet & Cie.

lifehacker Five Best Online Backup Tools

Local backup is a useful and necessary part of securing your data against catastrophe, but with the advent of broadband and inexpensive online storage, you've got little reason to not back up critical files to the cloud as well.

The History of the Internet in a Nutshell

Here’s a brief history of the Internet, including important dates, people, projects, sites, and other information that should give you at least a partial picture of what this thing we call the Internet really is, and where it came from.

Doing Good With Photos

One of morgueFile's great contributors started a photo project that let's you do good and express your passion for photography. Please visit The Photo Project and participate.

BERLIN WALL - Then and Now

20 years ago the Berlin Wall fell. At the same time the city changed its face, again. The New York Times did a very creative job illustrating the before and after combining photographs.

typekit.com

The easiest way to use Real Fonts on your website. Add a line of code to your pages and choose from hundreds of fonts. Simple, bulletproof, standards compliant, accessible, and totally legal.

Holy smokes, that was close!

This footage was taken by surveillance videos at North Station in Boston. A drunk woman falls on to the train tracks and it ever so close to being run over by a train. Luckily a few people waiting on the platform was able to wave and get the conductors attention in time to brake early enough. via here and now

Top 5 Sites For Free Sound Effects Downloads

Whether you’re working with things like video, music, animation, games, or any other media, sound is critical. The use of sound effects can make or break a project, but sometimes finding that right, good-quality piece of audio can be difficult. Here’s the top 5 websites for free sound effects downloads.

Are You Getting Scammed by Facebook Games?

Are You Getting Scammed by Facebook Games? Accusations have surfaced that some facebook games can lead some more gullible players, including children, into Internet scams, especially if they have a cell phone. You can read a frank question and answer session from a facebook game developer on Reddit AMA. On a side note, if you are interested in working for facebook, see if you can solve any of these puzzles.

"We ought to be doing things that are romantic!"

Says Dr. Dyson from the Planetary Society Project. He is referring to sailing space powered by light . An idea too fascinating not to share, I find it inspiring.

japanese bar codes

Attention package designers, check out what the japanese do with bar codes. blog post here.

Noah Biorkman

Diana Harrison Biorkman has a 5-yr old son in his last stages of a 2 1/2 year battle with Neuroblastoma cancer. They are celebrating Christmas this weekend and Noah loves Christmas cards.

Send a Christmas card to Noah:

Noah Biorkman
1141 Fountain View Circle
South Lyon Michigan, 48178

13 Tools for Building Your Own iPhone App

These days, everyone wants to build their own iPhone applications, but not everyone knows how write the code necessary in order to create them. Fortunately, there are now a number of tools that allow non-developers the ability to create their own iPhone apps without knowing programming or scripting.

15 Podcasts That Will Make You Richer

Unless you’re a child prodigy like Warren Buffett, or you have a trust fund, this stuff doesn’t come on its own. It takes years of learning and experience. And what better way to learn than to throw on a podcast in the car, at the gym, or in another convenient setting?

Papercraft Self Portrait - 2009

Eric Testroete's inventive halloween costume for 2009.

6 Ways To Take Your Webdesign From Good To Great

6 Ways To Take Your Webdesign From Good To Great. The difference between good and great webdesign is relatively small. The average person may not be able to explain the tangible differences that make up great design, but they can usually spot a design they like. By examining some awesome sites, Andrew Houle attempts to put a finger on some of the small details that make up the difference.

labs.ideo.com

Welcome to the ideo workshop, playroom, garage, and launch pad. This is a place where they show bits of what they are working on, talking about prototyping, and sharing.