Archive for February, 2008
Wordpress tutorial:
how to apply a dynamic body class or ID
Written at 2pm on 23.02.08
I’m leaving Carsonified
Written at 10am on 20.02.08
How can we stop the thieves?
Written at 4pm on 08.02.08
Typesites
Written at 8pm on 06.02.08
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Speaking engagements
- Future Of Web Design, London 17th & 18th April 2008
- Future Of Web Design, New York 7th November 2007
- SkillSwap Bristol 25th September 2007
- iDesign: design for life (part of the London Design Festival) 18th September 2007
- Oxford Geek Night 25th July 2007
Recent posts
- Learning lessons
- The to-do list problem & the ‘Things’ solution
- Week one of working for myself
- FOWD London 2008 wrap-up
- Create the perfect logo feature in .net magazine
- ‘A Gosling’ by Stuart Kolakovic
- Speaking and teaching at FOWD
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Blogroll
UPDATED! I’ve been known to while away a few hours on these blogs, most of which are written by my friends in the industry...
- Jørgen Arnor Gårdsø Lom
- Jina Bolton
- Nathan Borror
- Mark Boulton
- Sam Brown
- Andy Budd
- Kevin Cornell
- Jeff Croft
- Jon Hicks
- I Love Typography
- Shaun Inman
- Roger Johansson
- Daniel Mall
- Kyle Meyer
- D. Keith Robinson
- Jason Santa Maria
- Dave Shea
- Jonathan Snook
- Jon Tan
- Typesites
- Tim Van Damme
- Khoi Vinh
- Web Designer Wall
- Rob Weychert
Recent Comments:
- Francis said: Hi Elliott, I tried Things few months ago but was not convinced. I went on their...
- Dan Rubin said: I tried Things a few months ago and wasn’t able to get into it, for the...
- Neil Evans said: As a designer who’s had his work stolen lock, stock and barrel I can...
- Jimothy said: I read this article :) Very good stuff! If only I could find a way to afford it....
- inspirationbit said: I’ve also been freelancing on a side for almost 5 years, but only this...
- Davin said: I do freelance work every now and then, and there have been times when I have been...
- Davin said: Just started using “remember the milk” and I’ve forgotten to...
- Tim Van Damme said: Ghaa, I’m going through the same problem! I’ve planned projects...
- ikram-zidane said: isnt there is such thing as ‘dynamic menu highlighting’ in the wp...
- James Mitchell said: @Chris Garrett - I’ve found that the best way to handle personal...
Recent Reads
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Basics Design: Layout (Gavin Ambrose & Paul Harris) - A beautifully designed book about beautiful design. Some key layout principles are presented in an engaging way, and this is more a book about inspiration than pure instruction.
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Poe: Illustrated Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe) - Some fine contemporary illustrrators take on some Poe classics and the result is a gorgeous collection of words and art.
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Penguin By Design (Phil Baines) - A history of Penguin Books’ cover designs, as educational and inspirational as you’d expect from this prolific publisher.
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Thinking with Type (Ellen Lupton) - I first saw this sitting on a desk in the nytimes.com offices, and after thumbing through it, realised it was one of the best books about the technicalities of typography that I’d seen.
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Hellboy: The Troll Witch and Other Stories (Mike Mignola) - The latest Hellboy trade paperback collects yet more classic stories, although this time Mignola is joined by other artists.
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The Ten Commandments of Typography (Paul Felton) - A book of two halves (the flip-side deals with so-called ‘Type Heresy’), this is a witty but informative book bout typographical techniques.
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Great Beers of Belgium (Michael Jackson) - No, not that Michael Jackson. This is the one who really knows his stuff when it comes to fine beers.
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London: The Biography (Peter Ackroyd) - A lively, engaging book about the history of London, told as it the city itself were a living thing.
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Tres Logos (various) - I could look through logo books until the cows come home; this kind of collection is invaluable to the identity designer, and this is, of course, just one book.
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Business Cards 2: More Ways Of Saying Hello (various) - This is another great source of inspiration and a lovely ‘coffee table’ book that’s a joy to flick through even if you don’t need to design a business card.
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Schild’s Ladder (Greg Egan) - One of the most full-on sci-fi books I’ve ever read, with its use of real physics and exploration of quantum mechanics shaping much of the narrative.
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Wolverine: Weapon X (Barry Winsor Smith) - A landmark story in the history of this legendary comic book character, Weapon X has become a real classic.
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Casa Batlló: Gaudi (various) - Sam and I visited Barcelona last year, where we saw several amazing architectural feats by Gaudi. This book captures some of the beauty that our camera couldn’t.
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The Fundamentals of Typography (Gavin Ambrose) - This was the first bok I bought specifically about typography, and it pretty much does what it says on the tin, although a nice bit of history is thrown in as well.
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Analog In, Digital Out (Brendan Dawes) - Magnetic North’s main man explores some arty, experimental projects without any of the ponce usually associated with the genre. This is a book about merging new and old ideas, and it’s inspiring all the way through.
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The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins) - Possibly one of the most important books in print today.
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Foundation’s Edge (Issac Asimov) - Another Asimov classic, this part of The Foundation Saga encapsulates some monumental ideas about humanity far beyond the boundaries of regular sci-fi.
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Web Standards Creativity (various authors) - 10 great lessons for writing better markup, using the latest CSS, and adding subtle Javascript tricks
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Transcending CSS (Andy Clarke) - Rethink the way you design and code. This book was hugely influential on me whilst building the latest version of this site and made me even more pedantic
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Dune (Frank Herbert) - An absolutely legendary sci-fi novel full of very complex ideas... much better than the film!
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Neverwhere (Neil Gaiman) - A dark and charming tale of a man who eschews normal life for the secret underworld of ‘London Below’
Thanks @danrubin for the reminder - I must text my Mum! 1 hr ago
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.net magazine
This site was featured in the showcase section of issue 166, accompanied by an mini interview with me. More info here -
Artzmania magazine
Malaysian e-magazine Artzmania chose elliotjaystocks.com as “best Web 2.0” in the blog section of their latest issue. More info here -
Computer Arts magazine
My CSS navigation tutorial appeared on pages 60 & 61 in issue 137. More info here -
.net magazine
The Trojan Records website I designed while at Sanctuary was featured in the ‘showcase’ section of issue 163 -
Smashing magazine
This site was featured in Smashing magazine’s hugely popular article ‘60 Visually Appealing Designs’ -
Web Standards For Skeptics
Sitting alongside sites by some of the ‘great masters’ of web design, elliotjaystocks.com was used in this presentation at at the Refresh Miami meetup
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