Kern Type: The kerning game
Fun, educational and just what the type doctor ordered. Check it out on the iPad for some multitouch love as well.
Latest Additions to the Notebook
‘Solo’ Giveaway: Manage your projects beautifully
The great folks over at Thrive are giving 5 free year-long subscriptions of ‘Solo‘ to our readers and Twitter followers.
Solo is an all-in-one project management application which “helps freelancers to make more informed business decisions. Focusing on maximizing time and utilizing business data, Solo is built on the ideal of combining great functionality with beautiful design.”
And beautiful it is – just check out that fancy grid work – which makes it really stand out from the rest. Data is presented in beautiful visual form, which is my favorite part of the UI, not to mention the ease of use of the entire system.
The Giveaway: Five Free, One-Year Subscriptions
In order to win, tweet about this giveaway with a link to this post and the hashtag #thrivesolo (the hashtag is important as this will be how we’ll be tracking entries).
Here’s a sample tweet: (feel free to copy and paste if you like)
Yes! @behoff is giving away 5 free subscriptions to @thrivesolo to beautifully manage freelance projects http://behoff.com/Afda #thrivesolo
I will be selecting five people by random at the end of tomorrow (October 5th). Happy tweeting and project managing.
‘CSS for Print Designers’ book
Here’s the book all of you print folk have been waiting for: CSS for Print Designers. While I haven’t read it myself (yet), it’s been reviewed by a good group of friends I personally trust.
Magnola: A lovely typeface for $8!
Magnola, a new “multilingual, feature packed distinctive style headline didone” is available for quite the bargain: $8! Check out the beautiful ligatures.
50 Influential Designers in America
Fast Company rounds up their 50 most influential designers from America with quite a few that have influenced my work as well. The info graphic design, well that’s another story.
Dribbble Job Board
Dribbble has introduced Backboards, a new job listing section. They kick things off with quite the opportunity with listing from companies such as Big Cartel, Yelp!, GitHub, Path, and more. What are you waiting for? Go get hired!
