Matthew Aebersold

Rarely do I plug a book other than the Bible, cause there really is no other book as good. But if you’re serious about Web Design, than there is none better than the new book published by the FWA: Guidelines For Online Success.

I can’t tell you just how good of a book this is. It doesn’t endorse specific technologies over others, but rather it provides very practical, conceptual practices that can be applied to any and every web project to make the project much more successful. The principal of ‘Why reinvent the wheel’ really applies here, because hundreds of industry leaders TELL you what has worked for them and why it was successful. There’s definitely a wealth of knowledge and experience there, plus examples of some really kick-ass work.

Well worth the $40. I would have gladly spent double.

Cheers, Matthew.

This is a really cool video, showing the first shipment of the DeLorean to the United States in 1981. Although the music makes me want to vomit my breakfast.

Excerpt from a sermon by Rev. S.M. Lockridge.

Got this from +good (http://www.plusgood.co.uk/)

It’s starting to feel like I look at this all day:

Here’s a glimpse into the thought process of a web designer. What we have to think about and worry about, in addition to a graphic designer’s responsibilities. I got this exerpt from this year’s STEP Best Of Web issue.

Besides the usual parameters for judging a design - layout, typography, color, use of imagery - they must also consider factors exclusive to the digital realm: interface ease-of-use, continuity, scalability, content management, on and on. The design dimensions of the web and motion graphics, it seems, are enormous. And because the technologies for digital design are ever-evolving, keeping current on the state of the digital arts has become, for all practical purposes, a full-time job.

Tom Biederbeck - Editor, STEP Magazine

This one’s worth your time.

Cheers, Matthew.