http://jasonsantamaria.com/oddities/ en Copyright 2008 2008-07-24T01:23:01-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.brandrepublic.com%2FDiscipline%2FDesign%2FNews%2F833185%2FLondon-2012-Olympics-logo-ineffective-say-marketers%2F&seed_title=London+2012+Olympics+logo+ineffective%3F http://www.brandrepublic.com/Discipline/Design/News/833185/London-2012-Olympics-logo-ineffective-say-marketers/ Markers are skeptical of the London 2012 Olympics logo and feel it’s going to be ineffective. I’m shocked, an ill-conceived, bland, and meaningless logo deemed ineffective? I don’t know what to believe in anymore. #]]> 2008-07-24T01:23:01-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fliterature.sdsu.edu%2FonWRITING%2FvonnegutSTYLE.html&seed_title=How+to+Write+With+Style http://literature.sdsu.edu/onWRITING/vonnegutSTYLE.html How to Write With Style. Brief, poignant, and dependably awesome, as usual. #]]> 2008-07-23T20:31:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apple.com%2Ftrailers%2Fwb%2Fwatchmen%2F&seed_title=Watchmen http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/watchmen/ Watchmen trailer, a film adaptation of arguably the best comic book story ever. This looks like it could be very good. #]]> 2008-07-23T13:49:01-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.typeradio.org%2Floudblog%2Findex.php%3Fcat%3DParker%2CMike&seed_title=Times+Roman http://www.typeradio.org/loudblog/index.php?cat=Parker,Mike real origins of Times New Roman, a typeface created by yacht and airplane designer, Starling Burgess, nearly 30 years before it was credited to Stanley Morison. The Font Bureau plans to release Starling, a revival of the original Times New Roman, complete with a variety of beautiful weights and styles. #]]> 2008-07-22T15:54:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.typography.com%2Fask%2FshowBlog.php%3FblogID%3D122&seed_title=%40%23%24%25%26%3F%21%21%21 http://www.typography.com/ask/showBlog.php?blogID=122 grawlix is. #]]> 2008-07-16T18:46:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gametrailers.com%2Fplayer%2F36411.html&seed_title=Xbox+360+Dashboard+Walkthrough http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36411.html new Xbox dashboard. Looks like the design brief was: “swipe the Apple TV interface and toss in some Miis.” It’s a shame, the current “blades” interface is still pretty unique. (via Todd Dominey) #]]> 2008-07-15T20:41:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fguidelines%2Fnewmedia%2Fdesed%2Fvisual_language.shtml&seed_title=BBC.co.uk+Design+Standards+and+Guidelines http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/newmedia/desed/visual_language.shtml design standards document on their site outlining the thinking behind the new grid and design system. (via Subtraction) #]]> 2008-07-15T16:59:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Foutpostapp.com%2F&seed_title=Outpost http://outpostapp.com/ Outpost, manage your Basecamp projects on your iPhone. If this works as good as it looks, it will rock. #]]> 2008-07-15T16:39:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fdesignobserver.com%2Farchives%2Fentry.html%3Fid%3D38779&seed_title=Man+Man http://designobserver.com/archives/entry.html?id=38779 I Was a Mad Man, William Drenttel on his seedy past in pitching design. #]]> 2008-07-15T14:43:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fzoomii.com%2F&seed_title=Zoomii http://zoomii.com/ Zoomii, a virtual bookstore that seeks to emulate the experience of browsing shelves of books through a Google Maps style interface. It’s a bit quirky, but really intriguing. #]]> 2008-07-14T19:06:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.joystiq.com%2F2008%2F07%2F14%2Fnetflix-coming-exclusively-to-xbox-360-at-no-additional-cost%2F&seed_title=Netflix+360 http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/14/netflix-coming-exclusively-to-xbox-360-at-no-additional-cost/ coming exclusively to Xbox 360 at no additional cost. #]]> 2008-07-14T19:01:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lulu.com%2Fcontent%2F2709735&seed_title=Dear+Lulu http://www.lulu.com/content/2709735 Dear Lulu, is a calibration document for testing colour, pattern, format, texture and typography through Lulu’s printing. Great idea! #]]> 2008-07-10T14:25:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lostandtaken.com%2F&seed_title=Lost+and+Taken http://www.lostandtaken.com/ Lost and Taken, Free stock textures for your graphic design and photography projects, both for personal and commercial use. Loads of good stuff here. #]]> 2008-07-09T20:21:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ironicsans.com%2Fthsrs%2F&seed_title=Thsrs http://www.ironicsans.com/thsrs/ Thsrs, the thesaurus that only gives you synonyms shorter than the word you’re looking up. Awesome… er, rad. #]]> 2008-07-09T20:20:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alexpoole.info%2Facademic%2Fliteraturereview.html&seed_title=Serif+vs+Sans+Serif+Legibility http://www.alexpoole.info/academic/literaturereview.html Which are more legible, serif or sans serif typefaces? I’ve read some of the material he cites and what much of it comes down to is: it depends. People read best what they read most, and because of the wide range of type styles, a baseline is pretty much nonexistent. (via the marvelous Big Contrarian) #]]> 2008-07-09T14:21:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FList_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver&seed_title=List+of+problems+solved+by+MacGyver http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_problems_solved_by_MacGyver List of problems solved by MacGyver. Noted for future reference when in a tight spot. #]]> 2008-07-09T03:49:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themaninblue.com%2Farticles%2Fhandwritten_typographers%2F&seed_title=Handwritten+Typographers http://www.themaninblue.com/articles/handwritten_typographers/ Do typographers exert some extraordinary control of the pen that laypersons don’t? Does a typographer’s handwriting influence the typefaces they produce? So he tracks down some well known typographers and gets samples of their handwriting. I’m happy to see my handwriting is on par for illegibility. #]]> 2008-07-08T20:13:01-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.houseind.com%2Findex.php%3Fpage%3Dshowfont%26amp%3Bid%3D665&seed_title=Studio+Lettering http://www.houseind.com/index.php?page=showfont&id=665 Studio Lettering, new collection of hand-lettering typefaces from House Industries. The OpenType contextual support is wonderful. #]]> 2008-07-08T20:08:01-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seero.com%2Fvideo%2FSteve_McQueen_3&seed_title=Bullitt+Chase+Scene http://www.seero.com/video/Steve_McQueen_3 Video for one of the best car chase scenes ever (from Bullitt with Steve McQueen, of course) paired with GPS Google Maps tracking of the cars’ locations through the Mission in San Francisco. (via Jeremy Keith) #]]> 2008-07-07T23:11:00-05:00 http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Oddities&seed=http%3A%2F%2Funexpectedlyquit.com%2F&seed_title=Unexpectedly+Quit http://unexpectedlyquit.com/ Unexpectedly Quit, every time an Adobe application misbehaves I upload the error message. A great means to vent Adobe related frustrations from Mike Essl. #]]> 2008-07-07T17:33:01-05:00