Staying Connected
BUILDING A WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY OF INFORMATION ARCHITECTS
If I come across a link that makes the web a cooler place to be, I'll post it here. Also, I'm looking for links that may fit the categories I'm setting up. Let me know if you see anything useful to the mix.
Newest Link to the Page
As of Monday, 24 November, 2008
samgrant.com welcomes TWIN!
Terry and Jerry Lynn are identical twin brothers who paint collaboratively under the pseudonym “Twin”. What is remarkable in their collaboration, however, is the that they often work on a piece at the same time, seamlessly merging their styles techniques and contribution to create a fully realized work that bears no evidence of having been the work of two artist.
The artists were born and still live in a suburb outside of Memphis, Tn. They were encouraged and supported early on in their love of art by their parents and later attended the University of Memphis.
They acknowledge various influences on their work but a dominant one is the vibrant blues and jazz scene of Beale Street in their native Memphis. A southern flavor flows through much of their work, yet their abstract paintings have a markedly modern and cosmopolitan flair. The twins and their work have been featured in publications and on television and they have exhibited in galleries across the U.S. Other credits include official artist of the 1988 Essence Music Awards in New York City, and artist for the official poster for the 1997 Philadelphia Art Expo. Congrats, fellahs! You're the newest link! |
worth linking to
This section will be a showcase for former newbie sites. Highly favored stuff will find a permanent spot in the Hot Links list!
The Web Standards Awards aims to promote web site design using W3C standards by seeking out and highlighting the finest standards-compliant sites on the Internet. By showing you standards-compliant sites that make your jaw drop, we hope to show you that web standards aren't a constraint, they are a liberation! Definitely a site for the bookmarks.
PAPER? OR TOKYO PLASTIC?
Every now and then, I come across a site that uses Flash SO well, I just gotta share it with everybody. Tokyoplastic.com is so far out there, that I can't really classify it as anything more than "spectacular." It covers so much stuff that I leave it before viewing the whole site, just to have an excuse to come back again. If you're REALLY into Flash, and the levels it can achieve, this site will either make you cheer these guys, or go in the corner and cry. Either way, don't miss this site! Caution: It's a greedy little website, and demands a fast connection or else!
When the student is ready...
Fashion designers design clothes. Interior designers design homes. Computer designers design games, hit movies, and Fortune 500 web pages. The applications for design are everywhere, and Design Programs is here to help you find the school that best matches your needs
The Keepers of the CSS Keys
Designing with Cascading Style Sheets is no easy task, and those of us who struggle daily with know these truths. But some of us have found bliss in the midst of this rotating landscape, and it's only fair that we give them their props.
This site serves as a companion to the book Eric Meyer on CSS, now available from New Riders Publishing. He taught me everything I know!
The CSS Zen Garden is by far the pinnacle of CSS design. It's a demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design. So many people have done amazing things here. Someday, maybe me...?
{CSS}Dev designer Andy Peatling is a web developer living in London, United Kingdom. Currently studying for a BS in Multimedia Technology and Design, Andy finds time away from his studies to talk about web design related issues, primarily in web standards.
Online since May 1995, Jeffrey Zeldman Presents is the personal site of web designer, author, and stunt double Jeffrey Zeldman. You can always count on him for riveting commentary on Web Standards.
Jared Christensen works as a graphic/web designer out in the wild frontier of Texas, but his status as a Texan is questionable at best due to his failure to own the obligatory cowboy hat, boots, and/or three Willie Nelson albums. Worth the look. His site is primo web design.
For people who make websites
If I could list one site as the "most informative CSS site ever", it's definitely THIS one. A List Apart explores the design, development, and meaning of web content, with a special focus on techniques and benefits of designing with web standards. It covers everything surrounding the web design industry, but the CSS stuff is sweet! Bookmark and burn the boats!
A Vaulted Ceiling? NOT!
The host of the CSS Vault wrote: "This site is useful for me as a designer and I hope that it is useful for you whether you are a designer, developer, programmer, manager, or just a CSS advocate. Instead of showing off great sites to everyone, let's show off great sites that use CSS so we can inspire others to use the technology." What else is there? GO SEE IT!
iPod the Planet!
Soon the iPod will take over the planet. Apple will eventually activate the secret "mind control device" hidden in the earbuds, then we'll pick up our pitchforks and torches and burn Redmond to the ground! Hey, it could happen!!
If anyone comes looking for me, I'll be in the iLounge. 'Nuff said.
Feeling adventurous? Visit iPodHacks for the latest hacks, mods, tips and tricks. Enough links to last all year!
If you're looking for the latest fashion in iPod wear, take your credit cards to Marware, for the hottest styles to strap yourself into.
One Hit.. Wonder Where He Is Now?
I took a stab at GarageBand and put together this song as a Christmas gift to my Fall Term students. The feedback was so flattering, I've decided to repost the link. You can download the song "My Best Day" from here. Consider a token of my appreciation for your visit. iPod the Planet!
iPods Make the World Go Away
As technology becomes more pervasive in our lives, we seek out other less obtrusive gadgets to protect us from all the noise. David Kirkpatrick of FORTUNE.com says that the industry's opportunities are growing, not diminishing, as people have easier access to music and listen to it more often.
my fave web comix
These guys are my inspiration. I'm going to post my own my own comic later in the year. Just thought I'd give my visitors a glance at what impresses me. It's not always about the art. I also love a great storyline. Enjoy!
The best comic on the net, bar none, is PVPOnline. Scott
Kurtz has produced a consistent stream of great gags and storylines so good,
that I recommend you go to the archives and start from the first strip.
Jump
Start is
a daily comic strip by cartoonist Robb Armstrong. It portrays
the trials and tribulations of young African American couple Joe and Marcy
Cobb as they try to balance the demands of work and raising their young children,
Sunny, Jojo and twins Tommi and Teddy. In Marcy and Joe the reader sees an
average middle class couple, busy with work and raising a family. Armstrong
says, "The image of young blacks is so skewed, so false. I don't know
anybody who's carjacking, playing basketball, rapping. Joe and Marcy and the
characters I've developed are deep and based on real life." Thanks,
Robb! I thought it was just ME who experienced that!
I've gotten seriously addicted to Wapsi
Square by Paul Taylor. It follows
the day to day stories and relationships between a group of five post college
friends and a school teacher turned bartender. Various story lines deal
with grade school crushes, blind dates, the perceptions of others, and the
Aztec god of alcohol. Yep! You heard me!
Girls
With Slingshots is a comic by Danielle Corsetto,
following the life of an edgy 20-something coming into her own as she
juggles work, friends, and attempted relationships. It's very helpful
in my writings about women and their personalities. Oh yeah, it's funny
as hell, too.
Welcome to the Web Cartoonists Choice Awards! Fundamentally, this award, like every other award, means nothing, it’s just a title. There is no cash prize, and winning the award won’t guarantee your comic success. Also, not winning the award doesn’t mean that your comic is unworthy or inferior. There are simply a lot of online comics out there, and this is one small attempt to broaden the recognition of what fellow cartoonists we can; and hopefully expand all of our awareness of a few more great comics that are out there, that some of us may not know about.
Sites by Comrades
Some of my co-workers and past students have produced some great websites, and I thought I'd give you a look at their labors in action. If you took a web design class with me, email me a link to your site, so your colleagues can see your stuff. Or maybe... a potential client? :^)
Tangela Cummings - Admarde
Solutions
Juan Martinez - aguavivadesign
Elio Arteaga - eDesign
Gigi
Grasso - Grasso Design
Studio
Mauricio Mendoza - Control Cero | lasagrada
Atiosis Blanco - Atiosis Blanco Abbott
Omari Breakenridge - Omari
Aris Wells - Aris Wells Studio