links for 2009-03-25

• Noah Stokes
  My. Fucking. Hero.
  (tags: web design superhero)
• Handmade and Artisan – Gifts, Jewelry, Clothing, Art & Food – 1000 Markets
  Cool marketplace for independent artisans & craftspeople. Like Etsy, but different.
  (tags: local art design business market ecommerce crafts handmade gifts jewelry)
• Billings | Developer Information.
  The Billings2.5/3 Applescript API documentation.

  I've been using Billings3 for a few months now for freelance time & invoice management and it's really pretty solid. Customizable invoices, robust time-tracking, and this Applescript API (to name a few of the pluses). Pretty cool stuff for getting info into the desktop version. Hopefully the iphone version is in development.

  (tags: billings osx applescript api documentation)

• Written on March 25, 2009
• Filed under Links

links for 2009-03-24

• Hiyoooo!
  You can't say it any better than the king
  (tags: fun edmcmahon hiyo)

• Written on March 24, 2009
• Filed under Links

links for 2009-03-19

• YouTube – Extreme Sheep LED Art
  O. M. G.
  (tags: creative sheep video led wales wtf? art fun)

• Written on March 19, 2009
• Filed under Links

links for 2009-03-14

• Make a Google Custom Search For Your Blog, and Make Money | Pro Blog Design
  Why should you use Google Custom Search?
  Because the WordPress search function isn't the best.

  Well said.. I wonder if codex.wordpress.org is using the same search functionality, because it's f*ing ghetto.

  I might try rolling this into the site this weekend.

  (tags: wordpress search google howto blog webdesign tutorials blogging_tips)

• Written on March 14, 2009
• Filed under Links

Replace Default Field Values with Labels

Lots of times, it makes sense to pre-populate a form field with some text to guide the user. Usually you see this when space is limited, and the site tries to use the field’s value as a label. However, the field’s value isn’t the label— it’s the value. We see this often when a form has little real estate available to it, or sometimes when the designer doesn’t want to clutter up the interface with extra text. Read more…

• Written on March 12, 2009
• Filed under Code; Tutorial

links for 2009-03-12

• jQuery Sparklines
  Now, that's some pretty insane stuff.

  Via SimpleBits.com

  (tags: css javascript data graph charts graphics visualization jquery js plugin web design tools)

• Written on March 12, 2009
• Filed under Links

links for 2009-03-11

• The Typographic Desk Reference (TDR)
  Looks like a pretty solid reference that I may have to wishlist ;-)
  (tags: font typography resource books design reference fonts)

• Written on March 11, 2009
• Filed under Links

Apple’s (New) Game Plan

Much to my excitement, Apple released updated iMacs, Mac Minis, MacPros and a host of other items last Tuesday. I’d been looking forward to picking up a new iMac for a month or so, since keeping my media on an airdisk drive is really grating on me. At the time, I began looking at the high-end iMac (3.06gHz, 2GB DDR, 500GB HDD) and saw that it was upgradable to 4GB DDR/1TB for a few hundred bucks more. Deduct my company’s employee purchase plan discount and that became a pretty solid machine at a reasonable price. Read more…

• Written on March 9, 2009
• Filed under Apple; Op-Ed