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HTML & CSS – The Book
Vor einer Weile wurde mir vom Verlag freundlicherweise ein Ansichtsexemplar dieses neuen Buchs für Einsteiger in HTML und CSS zur Verfügung gestellt. Es beinhaltet die meisten der Themen, die ich in meinen Kursen INT und HTML and der Hochschule Mannheim unterrichte und vermittelt den Stoff auf eine so anschauliche Art, dass es mich motiviert hat, meine eigenen Unterrichtsmaterialien ebenfalls gestalterisch etwas zu überarbeiten. Ich glaube, für Anfänger, die mit der englischen Sprache kein Problem haben, ist es wirklich gut geeignet.
Ich bin immer skeptisch, wenn es um Buchempfehlungen für sich schnell wandelnde Themen wie Webdesign geht. Bücher-Updates waren traditionell immer kompliziert und kostspielig. Aber weil das Buch hauptsächlich Grundlagen enthält, kann ich die Empfehlung ziemlich bedenkenlos aussprechen. Studenten, die noch immer gerne mit Büchern lernen, sind gut beraten damit.
Link: HTML & CSS (Amazon Deutschland)
Der Transparenz halber erwähne ich noch, dass ich einen kleinen Bonus von Amazon bekomme, für jede Bestellung, die über die Links in diesem Beitrag getätigt wird. Kostet aber nichts extra.
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Instagram, as it should look on iPhone 5 but doesn’t
So the iPhone 5 is here, and with it a new, slightly taller screen. I am not a very avid instagram user, but from what I have seen over at @fieldesign’s screen, the UI has had … issues in the past. The one thing that’s important, your photo, is not fully visible on the filter screen. Who thought this was a good idea?!
I get that you can’t make touch controls too small, but with a little nudging this should have been doable. Whatever, the taller screen would be a great opportunity to rethink the add-filter-UI in my opinion. I have not put too much effort into this, but I’m thinking something like the screenshot attached. More filters visible at a time, standard iOS pagination, resulting photo 100% visible. Sound good?
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Scuffgate – How could this happen?
The iPhone 5 is upon us, and with it a new scandal, “Scuffgate“. Apparently, some devices come out of the box, already showing scratches on their aluminum enclosures. I did some research at a Foxconn plant, where the devices are assembled. As it turns out, Apple’s explanation—that scratches are totally normal to these kinds of devices—makes sense once you have seen the conditions under which the factory produces the iPhones. See for yourself. There is no scandal, no defective machine, and no magic. Aluminum just isn’t as strong as stainless steel.
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Nolan Batman trilogy opening sound
You will definitely be missed the next time I’m at the movies, and never forgotten.
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Microsoft’s new logo, sliced and diced
I admit it: I’m stuck in a world where Microsoft is Apple’s biggest threat. Where Apple is the underdog and gets its genuinly original ideas and designs ripped off by the software giant. I’m stuck in 2005. That said, I also love design and I love complaining, and with the release of their new logo, Microsoft gave me an excellent reason to blog about them.
Exhibit A:
Am I the only one who noticed Apple already built this logo for their release of Boot Camp in 2006?Exhibit B:
Because it is fun, I’m linking to Andrew Brett Watson’s Myriad–Segoe standoff. For your consideration, I’ve summarized his graphic here. The gist: adjust the M, s and f of Myriad, and you get the Microsoft logo.If you came here for some serious journalism, you’re obviously very lost. Read the Brand New discussion of the logo instead.
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