Outside the Big Bang Blog
All the cool things we come across that don't fit inside the big bang.
Sat 01 Nov
2008
Who are you? What do you look like? What are you allowed to do?
Posted at 11:52 AM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
Kim Cameron strives to solve these questions in part one of his presentation on Project Geneva. Very interesting and explained in pretty basic english.
Mon 27 Oct
2008
Google Earth for the iPhone Released
Posted at 8:05 AM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
Congratulations to the Google Earth folks for releasing this sweet interface for the iPhone. The touch gestures are particularly impressive. Hit the jump for their introductory video.
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Fri 24 Oct
2008
<head> Web Conference: October 24-26, 2008
Posted at 8:26 AM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
Big Bang Technology will be there most of the day. Should be interesting.
Thu 23 Oct
2008
Classics: Reading Redefined, for iPhone & iPod Touch
Posted at 12:59 PM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
Fri 10 Oct
2008
Is There Anything You Wish CSS Could Do? 15 Designer/Developers Sound Off
Posted at 8:46 AM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
Fairly interesting list of responses from some big time CSS players.
Tue 07 Oct
2008
Youtube, now in Super HD!
Posted at 8:33 PM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
While Max is posting serious articles. I can't help but try to offset it a little bit.
(Via Andy Baio.)
Tue 07 Oct
2008
A List Apart: Articles: Ten Years
Posted at 9:10 AM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
If you don’t like the music on the radio, start a band. If you don’t like the way existing publications are defining your profession, start a magazine.
Happy birthday A List Apart!
Thu 02 Oct
2008
Some Copywriting Basics
Posted at 5:33 PM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
I’ve been thinking a lot about good copywriting lately (And I’m taking a course at Seattle’s School of Visual Concepts on the subject), so I thought I’d share a few good, if not a little obvious, points about what constitutes good copywriting. And good writing in general…
Some simple advice from Tiffani Jones of Blue Flavor
Wed 01 Oct
2008
Happy Wednesday
Posted at 5:41 PM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
An excellent example of tilt-shift video. (Via cubicle 17)
Tue 30 Sep
2008
Looking For a Reason to Hide
Posted at 11:18 AM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
Seth Godin on current events:
Growth is frightening for a lot of people. It brings change and the opportunity for public failure. So if the astrological signs aren't right or the water is too cold or we've got a twinge in our elbow, we find an excuse. We decide to do it later, or not at all.
(Via Airbag Industries.)
Mon 29 Sep
2008
CSS Systems for writing maintainable CSS
Posted at 1:30 PM by Cameron Westland in Technology,Outside the Big Bang
I gave a talk this morning at BarCamp London 5 about CSS Systems, a new term that I am using to define a top-down approach to architecting a site's CSS.
A CSS System is a reusable set of content-oriented markup patterns and associated CSS created to express a site's individual design. It is the end result of a process that emphasizes up-front planning, loose coupling between CSS and markup, pre-empting browser bugs and overall robustness. It also incorporates a shared vocabulary for developers to communicate the intent of the code.
(Via Natalie Downe.)
Wed 24 Sep
2008
Five CSS design browser differences I can live with
Posted at 8:48 AM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
The belief that all browsers should see the same design often requires us to resort to presentational markup, forked CSS and JavaScript DOM wizardry
At Big Bang Technology, we've started taking this very seriously. IE6 is on the chopping block.
(Via blog.)
Tue 23 Sep
2008
Kickstarter
Posted at 5:20 PM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
We help you raise money for your ideas. How? By giving you the tools to connect deeper with your network and audience.
This looks like it could be interesting.
Tue 23 Sep
2008
Nintendo’s Wario Land meta-ad destroys YouTube UI
Posted at 5:18 PM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
This is the most fun I've had watching a commercial in a long time.
watch until the 15 second mark; inspired by the HEMA ad?
(Via Waxy.org Links.)
Tue 23 Sep
2008
Announcing the Konigi Store
Posted at 5:13 PM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
I think I'll be getting some of these:
The Wireframe Graph Paper Notepad is made for visual designers, interaction designers, and information architects designing for the screen. The notepad has 50 sheets at 8 1/2 x 11 inches on white 70# paper, glued on the left side. The ink is a non-photo blue (cyan) so that the grid lines and any sketch lines made in non-photo blue pencil can be knocked out when scanned and processed in graphics software.
(Via urlgreyhot - michael angeles.)
Sat 20 Sep
2008
Wow. “Something About Us” using Nintendo DS + Theremin + Vocoder
Posted at 1:21 AM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
This is amazing.
(Via Andy Baio)
Thu 18 Sep
2008
Museo Sans released | i love typography, the typography and fonts blog
Posted at 2:29 PM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
Just one brief announcement today. Hot on the heels of an extended Anivers, Jos Buivenga releases Museo Sans, the other half of his incredibly popular Museo:
(Via simplebits.)
Wed 17 Sep
2008
CIBC Phishing hits home
Posted at 3:19 PM by Max Cameron in Outside the Big Bang
My buddy Dave just successfully averted a Phishing attempt, but why was he so lucky?
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Tue 16 Sep
2008
Fifty People, One Question
Posted at 8:17 PM by Cameron Westland in Outside the Big Bang
what do you wish would happen by the end of today?
(Via Andy Baio.)
Mon 15 Sep
2008
My favorite News Source
Posted at 3:19 PM by Max Cameron in Outside the Big Bang
I always watch Democracy Now. It's the only daily news program I trust.
Mon 11 Aug
2008
The Kids Community Garden
Posted at 11:11 AM by Max Cameron in Outside the Big Bang
For the past nine weeks, we've been volunteering at the Kids Community Garden in Cedervale Park...
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