Don’t ask me why but that’s what I decided to type into Google today when I found myself sitting idle. I guess I just wanted to see if someone had attempted it. Sure enough I was able to find what I was looking for via Dribbble.
Html5 Matrix Code Rain — by Collin Henderson
Also check out the demo (recommends that it be viewed in safari or chrome)
I know I’m late to the party on this one but this is pretty freaking cool.
I realized today that part of the genius of Apple’s product events is that they get people like me, who may not be able to afford the latest and greatest, just as hyped and excited about their products as the people who can. I imagine this gets a lot of people talking, probably talking so much that the people who can afford the products start to listen even when they aren’t keen on Apple’s every move.
My Twitter stream turns into a play by play. People call their friends to ask if they’ll be buying white or black. I tell my brother about it over the phone as he calls me on the way in to work. Word spreads quickly.
When the first iPad came out I found myself hyping it to some relatives that happened to be discussing the pros and cons of iPad/Kindle/Nook. Knowing full well I wouldn’t be purchasing one any time soon I still sold it as the obvious choice of the three. Now I’m starting to see why my mother ended up with an iPad before I did?
I know this isn’t an earth shattering revelation, the excitement that Apple creates around their product has been mentioned time and again. I just found it interesting when I finally realized I get just as caught up in the excitement as the next.
Kudos Apple you win again.
An article I’ve left open in the browser and have found myself rereading several times over the past week. Titled “on design”, it offers a wonderful insight into the difficult to define practice of design.
A good designer creates effective solutions to an established problem. A great designer phrases the problem in a way so it can be solved.
Ron Johnson – ronjohn.net
A project and initiative attempting to establish a format for giving credit and revealing the people involved in the creation of a website by adding a simple file to the sites directory, humans.txt. I would live to see this catch on. Besides offering an unobtrusive way to establish credit for those that have worked hard to build a site as well as the tools used, it also provides a valuable resource for those that might take over or take the place of some of the initial team members. (Check out the example included on the site.)