http://www.55disk.com Apple Mac, CSS, design and productivity Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:13:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Once you own an iPhone, you discover that it’s more than a phone. It’s a way of life. Take a look at some ideas to help you get the most out of your iPhone, wherever you go. Apple creates a dedicated area to using you iPhone for all kinds of useful things. www.apple.com Found ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~4/460641627" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~3/460641627/ http://www.55disk.com/2008/11/21/iphone-your-life/ Nice HDR photography of time lasped San Franscico . This was an HDR time-lapse from Twin Peaks. It was a glorious moment because mother nature was behaving, unlike the last 2 early morning efforts where I was too fogged in. I was also shooting with my new Nikon D700 and a ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~4/450561386" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~3/450561386/ http://www.55disk.com/2008/11/12/twin-peaks-san-francisco-hrd-time-lapse/ Need a task manager for your mac, then look no further than Things. An excellent all round package for task management, easy to use and intuitive too.  You can also use this on your iPhone - read the iPhone app information here Things - from Cultured Code Watch the screencast here<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~4/449643256" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~3/449643256/ http://www.55disk.com/2008/11/11/things-task-management-has-never-been-this-easy/ Great article/tutorial on designing large backgrounds and implementing them using CSS. From Web Designer Wall comes a great article for using large images as backgrounds using CSS. Learn how to centre and repeat your images to create a seamless background effect. www.webdesignerwall.com<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~4/444458614" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~3/444458614/ http://www.55disk.com/2008/11/06/design-large-css-backgrounds/ Another great use of typography to explain a brand/concept. Nice use of movement that seems to be the style used these days. amd typography from MFD on Vimeo. Designed by www.kurtnoble.com<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~4/441955675" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~3/441955675/ http://www.55disk.com/2008/11/04/amd-typography/ Love this video from ilovetypography.com love the animation and sequence. Typography in Motion from ilovetypography.com on Vimeo.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~4/441931244" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~3/441931244/ http://www.55disk.com/2008/11/04/typography-in-motion/ I was looking around for typography inspiration not for a brochure but just for a fun web project. I came across Hyperakt Group, a design agency with some varied and interesting work. I love this project for North Star Fund, excellent use of typography, colours and design. Hyperakt has been charged with unifying and strengthening ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~4/441041042" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~3/441041042/ http://www.55disk.com/2008/11/03/hyperakt-group-typography/ DrupalCon is the official Drupal unconference that attracts the most talented open source developers and innovative web shops in the world and brings them together to share knowledge, make decisions on the future of Drupal, and get to know each other in person. It's also the premiere opportunity for Drupal users ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~4/439893648" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~3/439893648/ http://www.55disk.com/2008/11/02/drupalcon-event-for-drupal-developers/ Well produced website and some great work from this agency. I especially like the work they have created for BoxWish, great colours and some nice fonts used throughout the design. Great use of CSS make this site accessible to all. Some of their recent work, love the use of colour on BoxWish.   www.kyanmedia.com<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~4/438889836" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~3/438889836/ http://www.55disk.com/2008/11/01/kyan-media-design-agency/ Another great site developed for Oakely UK. Nice use of flash and photographs of there sponsored sports people, from Skateboarders to BMX riders. www.oakley.co.uk/kye/<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~4/438066117" height="1" width="1"/> http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/55disk/hBKL/~3/438066117/ http://www.55disk.com/2008/10/31/oakely-uk/