‘Nerd’ Archive

The dopest free font i’ve seen in ages.

Alte Haas Grotesk Font | dafont.com.
It’s definitely gonna pop up in my next few design pieces. Without a doubt. Nerd stuff I know. Get over it.

Wordpress 2.7…

…is dope as hell. Upgrade now: http://wordpress.org/download/

Blackbird: A Browser for black folks.

Blackbird provides African Americans with easy access to advanced features and services, greater visibility and access to hard-to-find African-American online content and a platform for sharing their entire internet experience on the web.
I think this is REALLY stupid. It’s not even offensive to me. It’s just a DUMB idea. Why the hell would anyone want [...]

Still not sure who to vote for?

Check out: whoshouldyouvotefor.com. All you do is take a survey and check off how important you think a certain issue is in this campaign. Takes like 5 min.
Interestingly enough, when I did the survey, I got 48% Obama and –45% McCain. Actually that isn’t a surprise at all. I wonder who I would end up [...]

FFFIIINNNAAALLLYYYY — A Myspace Redesign!

This is soooo long overdue. Looks like Myspace contracted Adaptive Path to redesign one of, if not THE ugliest popular social networking site on the web. What a feat for these guys. They blogged about some of the project challenges (See: Rethinking Myspace, Myspace & Creative path, The Shelf-life of Social Networks) but in the [...]

Thought this was a pretty smart logo.

Not the best logo i’ve ever seen, but definitely smart. Not sure who did it.

Facebook design improvements…

It looks like Facebook is turning the profiles into a Psuedo Blogging/Aggregating system. Cool idea, but I already have a real blog for that. And my blog is way cooler. Especially because I can change my design whenever I want and there are no Apps/Ads

Google X Feedburner

Looks like Google and Feedburner have decided to join forces. I guess it couldn’t hurt. But I wonder if this merger is causing errors in the Stuff White People Like Feed in my Google Reader. Are anyone else’s subscriptions acting screwy in Google Reader?

Another interesting idea from Upstart Blogger

Ashley over at Upstart Blogger is at again with this rather innovative idea on getting a successful blog up and running in no time. All you have to do is pitch your idea and if he likes(loves) it you’re in! Once you’re in, Ashley awards you a custom blog design and one years professional blog [...]

5 words I wish I had a reason to use in everyday, normal conversation.

Apropos
Expeditiously
Drygulch
MollyWhop
Attackative (not in the dictionary — YET)