Bikes: Design Matters

11th October 2011 by Dan

Design Within Reach founder Rob Forbes has begun a new venture. Beyond changing how we buy modern classic furniture he’s considered how the public uses bikes. Taking on design, civil engineering and the community, I believe he’s come up with something newsworthy. It’s called PUBLIC and it hasn’t reinvented the bike but it is changing the way we identify it’s purpose. As a biking commuter I know first hand that biking is a severely under appreciated transportation resource. A better infrastructure for bikers needs to be developed and for good reason. It’s clean, promotes health, in some cases decreases travel time. Take a look at his video as it really speaks to changing how we view bikes.

Adobe Typekit

10th October 2011 by Dan

So Adobe bought Typekit? True story. Whether this is a good or bad thing is for you to decide. Here are my initial thoughts.

1. Adobe loves designers. We’re their No. 1 customer and they usually listen.

2. Adobe buying things is nothing new. Heard of Macromedia, anyone?

3. Typekit was small potatoes. Their idea was revolutionary but this satellite approach to changing the web isn’t one that works and history proves that.

I, for one have already implemented Typekit into what I do and I know it’s not the easiest process. Hopefully this merger will make the process a whole lot easier.

Read the full article here:

Adobe Acquires Typekit

Player No. 3: jQuery

10th October 2011 by Dan

HTML5 isn’t done yet. This site told me so. CSS3 wants to style my site.. but all the browsers won’t cooperate. Is that the end of the discussion? Not even close. There’s a part 3 and probably the most important part. Scripts! It’s not that exciting but it is worth talking about. I’ve explored what to expect from HTML5 and CSS3 but what will make a huge difference in the future of web development is scripting languages.  As I research and find what’s possible I’ll share it here, for now check out my first find.

This tutorial featured by NetMagazine talks about using jQuery to develop an interactive site using Google Street view and other micro sites.

Full Tutorial Here:

Create an interactive street view with jQuery