Weekly News

I have been busy and neglecting this blog the last three weeks. Lots of work and lots of school. Check back soon for some more news on some stuff that I am working on. Here are some of the things that I have been looking at:

• The News, Block by Block - piece on http://centraldistrictnews.com.
• Business cards: Replaceable with Evernote?
• iPhone firmware 2.0 adds Chinese handwriting recognition, Newton sweats
• McCain Differs With Bush on Climate Change
• ‘Nixonland’ - Rick Perlstein’s sprawling, rollicking book argues that Richard Nixon is the explanation for everything - or at least for the rise of the right and the decline of almost everything else.
• THE MINIMALIST; Sunday Morning, Yucatán - Mark Bittman
• Dalai Lama Expects Talks to Resume
• Witness to a Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan
• Google Reader iPhone Beta Launches

If you aren’t reading Aquarium Drunkard by now you are totally blowing it. By far my favorite music related website. As always some good posts over there:

• Dirty Laundry :: The Soul of Black Country
• Off The Record :: The Everybodyfields (Tennessee)
• Car Jamming, Pt 4 :: Levon Helm - Short Film

Some inspiration and tutorials:

• How To Slice & Dice With Photoshop To Make Your Websites - Basic but good refresher
• Sunday Type: mirror type
• minimalexperimental is a platform for online and offline design exhibitions
• Five More Principles Of Effective Web Design

Finally, I think this posted is one of the coolest designs I have seen in awhile, poster by Tribal DDB Senior Art Director Sergio Moctezuma (Gigposters User: Moctezuma).