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Bruce Mau -Selected Interviews

The Grid System: The ultimate resource in grid systems

Why Apple is great at interfaces when others are not

Here’s a nice collection of Login/SignUp forms from Adelle Charles at the Web Design Ledger. Enjoy…

g-speak overview 1828121108 from john underkoffler on Vimeo.

Source: UX Magazine

It’s a website. It’s a coloring book. It’s the new Tracy Chapman site:

“The argument is not between adding features and simplicity, between adding capability and usability. The real issue is about design: designing things that have the power required for the job while maintaining understandability, the feeling of control, and the pleasure of accomplishment.”

Source: Simplicity is Not the Answer by Don Norman

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I hope someone finds this helpful.
Web designers and developers are getting an increasing number of requests from clients for custom theme development, and a growing number of designers are also building their own themes to distribute for free or to sell as premium themes.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/15/wordpress-developers-toolbox/

Fifty People, One Question: New Orleans from Benjamin Reece on Vimeo.

Backstory (copied from the site):

Around two months ago, when we set out to film, it was another New Orleans day. A sure sign was the radiating humidity, a kind that encourages an entire coating of sweaty film. Once you get past the initial fear of the inevitable grime and heat, you feel a certain energy or “atmosphere”. Like a kid throwing himself without reserve into a mud fight. Haha…

We had an idea: ask as many people as possible, the same question. We didn’t know exactly why, I guess we were hoping to expose a slice human emotion (maybe). Just the simple act of reaching out and asking the question, is such a enthralling experience in itself. So go ahead, ask yourself…