The Creative Technologist →

Creative Technologists are a new type of breed. The Creative Geek (or “Creek” for short) has a very unique and mixed profile. It’s a profile where the left side of the brain meets the right side. Creeks are logical, rational, analytical and objective which are all qualities coming from their technical background and left side of the brain while equally they are random, intuitive, synthesizing and subjective which are all qualities coming from the right side and creative side of the brain. They have this unique blend that looks at the parts as well at the wholes.

Not too keen on the “Creek” definition, but wholeheartedly agree with the need for people that are both Creative and Technology “aware” and can drive innovation within organizations.

July 28, 2010
0 notes

Lovely video by Alex Faaborg exploring tab positions in Firefox 4. I’m totally sold on the “Tabs on top” concept. One of my biggest gripes with Firefox (that includes Safari) though is still the lack of a unified search/address bar. Less is truly more when it comes to browser UI.

June 25, 2010
0 notes

Bonus points for the soundtrack. Kno is a new device, that is geared at the education market (double display, text-book-like shape). It’s a tad big for my taste, but includes some nifty features I’m missing on my iPad (scribbles and notes). Perhaps Microsoft should have another look at their Courier concept.

June 22, 2010
2 notes

Making an iPad HTML5 App & making it really fast →

Great advice from Thomas Fuchs. I had my own run in with CSS3 related hardware acceleration some time ago; a bit odd, that everyone’s trying to figure out, how this beast really works (open standard, implementation’s mind-boggling) — hope to see some solid articles coming out soon with additional test-cases.

June 16, 2010
3 notes

Absolutely hilarious video describing how gameplay may become ubiquitous in the near future. Unimaginable potential for Digital disciplines (ranging from Digital Marketing, PR to Media) and E-Commerce. (via Pieter-Paul Walraven)

June 12, 2010
4 notes
Introducing Stationery Version 2.0. I’ve been a bit busy working on P302, but finally managed to complete the massive update (or is it upgrade?). The theme should be available shortly, after the guys/girls at Tumblr hit the Approve button. The new version includes full support for semantic HTML5, the latest CSS3 standards, including neat transforms and box-shadows and every imaginable Tumblr feature. It’s still the same clean design and I do hope you’ll enjoy it! Here’s a full list of Release Notes: NEW: Full semantic HTML5 support (including <article>) NEW: CSS3 Animations (very subtle) NEW: Typekit support NEW: Support for custom Background colors NEW: Support for Facebook Like (Page) boxes NEW: Toggle About section NEW: Toggle Search section NEW: Toggle Blog Tools section NEW: Support for changing section Headers NEW: Support for Group Blogs NEW: Toggle Post Author metadata on Group Blogs NEW: Support for Tags NEW: Support for Likes NEW: Support for Latest Tweet NEW: Support for Answer posts NEW: Support for <figure> and <figcaption> NEW: Supports both “Ask a question” and “Submit” UPDATED: Asynchronous Google Analytics support UPDATED: Asynchronous Disqus support UPDATED: Audio Post styling UPDATED: Chat Post styling UPDATED: Now fits better on 1024px screens (iPad anyone?) REMOVED: Elsewhere section (replaced by Tumblr’s Page functionality) The Premium-grade theme will remain free of charge and I do hope you’ll show your support for my “hobby”, once I manage to get my first Premium theme out (secret sauce, but it’s going to be delightfully minimalistic and sweet). Here’s a quick tip to add images with stylized captions into Text posts: <figure> <img src="smith.jpg" alt="Photo: J. Smith" /> <figcaption>Your description goes here</figcaption> </figure> For those of you wondering, where the pre-formatted “Elsewhere” section went; Tumblr now supports creating Pages/Links, which renders my old implementation obsolete. Here’s the full story on that. Update: IE refused to join the party; Modernizr provided the fix.Update: Fixed an issue with Unlisted Youtube vids.

Introducing Stationery Version 2.0. I’ve been a bit busy working on P302, but finally managed to complete the massive update (or is it upgrade?). The theme should be available shortly, after the guys/girls at Tumblr hit the Approve button.

The new version includes full support for semantic HTML5, the latest CSS3 standards, including neat transforms and box-shadows and every imaginable Tumblr feature. It’s still the same clean design and I do hope you’ll enjoy it!

Here’s a full list of Release Notes:

  • NEW: Full semantic HTML5 support (including <article>)
  • NEW: CSS3 Animations (very subtle)
  • NEW: Typekit support
  • NEW: Support for custom Background colors
  • NEW: Support for Facebook Like (Page) boxes
  • NEW: Toggle About section
  • NEW: Toggle Search section
  • NEW: Toggle Blog Tools section
  • NEW: Support for changing section Headers
  • NEW: Support for Group Blogs
  • NEW: Toggle Post Author metadata on Group Blogs
  • NEW: Support for Tags
  • NEW: Support for Likes
  • NEW: Support for Latest Tweet
  • NEW: Support for Answer posts
  • NEW: Support for <figure> and <figcaption>
  • NEW: Supports both “Ask a question” and “Submit”
  • UPDATED: Asynchronous Google Analytics support
  • UPDATED: Asynchronous Disqus support
  • UPDATED: Audio Post styling
  • UPDATED: Chat Post styling
  • UPDATED: Now fits better on 1024px screens (iPad anyone?)
  • REMOVED: Elsewhere section (replaced by Tumblr’s Page functionality)

The Premium-grade theme will remain free of charge and I do hope you’ll show your support for my “hobby”, once I manage to get my first Premium theme out (secret sauce, but it’s going to be delightfully minimalistic and sweet).

Here’s a quick tip to add images with stylized captions into Text posts:

<figure>
    <img src="smith.jpg" alt="Photo: J. Smith" />
    <figcaption>Your description goes here</figcaption>
</figure>

For those of you wondering, where the pre-formatted “Elsewhere” section went; Tumblr now supports creating Pages/Links, which renders my old implementation obsolete. Here’s the full story on that.

Update: IE refused to join the party; Modernizr provided the fix.
Update: Fixed an issue with Unlisted Youtube vids.

June 8, 2010
11 notes

At tad off-topic; but this combines some of my favorite things - Daft Punk, Adidas and Star Wars. Somehow, this leaves me craving for an intergalactic football display by Beckham. (via ideasareawesome)

June 7, 2010
20 notes

Apple's HTML5 and Web Standards website →

html5watch:

Apple just launched a website which demoes some great examples of rich webpages made using standards-based technologies. A fantastic resource.

Some of the best examples I’ve seen so far. You’ve got to love the Javascript/CSS3 Transitions demo, which kicks serious ass.

June 4, 2010
61 notes