Create Twitter-Style Dropdowns Using MooTools2010/03/12 Twitter does some great stuff with javascript. What I really appreciate about what they do is that there aren’t any epic JS functionalities — they’re all simple touches. One of those simple touches is the “Login” dropdown on their homepage.
Ask Poly2010/03/10 Poly is like a "living bar chart" - a set of robotic columns suspended from the ceiling at Digit HQ. These concertina-like structures expand and contract automatically in response to online polls to form a live animated graph.
Very Useful 65 Wordpress Hacks | Design your way2010/03/09 You have here in this article a number of 65 interesting Wordpress hacks or articles that will teach you in detail how to edit your WP theme like a Wordpress rockstar.
Theo Aartsma 20092010/03/09 Some really beautiful and inspiring experimental typography from this designer.
Dynamic To Top WordPress Plugin to scroll long pages back to the top2010/03/06 After some requests I decided to update* and wrap UItoTop into a plugin for WordPress. This plugin automatically adds a dynamic “To Top” button to easily scroll long pages back to the top. This way is much more simple to add the functionality to a theme as it only involves uploading and activating the plugin.
The first draft of this visualisation was created in about 8 hours before the deadline for USA by Designers expired, on the day before I had to move out of my house and before I’d started any packing! So, to say I was rushed, stressed, and clock watching is a HUGE understatement. What’s shown below is the [...] […]
This week I’ve been working on a sweet new data visualisation that aggregates opinion from twitter for a specfic event or set of topics. All week it’s been evolving, growing in ability and scope and I think it’s about time it deserved a little mention on DTN. I’m not going into too much detail right now [...] […]
So lately I’ve been thinking about just what I want Designing The News to be and I had a Jerry Maguire moment - an epiphany. There are alot of data visualisation blogs out there that consistently post great examples of data visualisation, and for me putting together last weeks post wasn’t fun. If felt like [...] […]