cameron moll archives
“The designer, Rian Hughes, was researching old wood type, but instead found the lettering at the beginning and end of each reel of microfiche far more appealing. Based on the intro and outro messages, Dukane (named after a Microfiche reader) has the battered and scratched quality of mistreated film stock.”
posted by
cameron
on Friday, Mar 21, 2008
The Rolleiflex The MiniDigi AF 5.0. For the astute (or perhaps style conscious) digital photographer.
posted by
cameron
on Wednesday, Mar 19, 2008
We have a few cyclers in the group that might find this useful.
posted by
cameron
on Friday, Mar 14, 2008
Got a built-in iSight or webcam? Choose webcam mode and navigate this site with hand gestures.
posted by
cameron
on Thursday, Mar 13, 2008
Apple’s design process, based on notes from a SXSW presentation by Michael Lopp, senior engineering manager at Apple. Pixel perfect mockups, 10 comps for any new feature, and paired design & pony meetings.
posted by
cameron
on Thursday, Mar 13, 2008
Google Sites. Finally, something to save the world from Sharepoint?
posted by
cameron
on Thursday, Feb 28, 2008
How to recreate Silverback’s Parallax, the alpha-transparent PNG trick linked up here a few days ago.
posted by
cameron
on Wednesday, Feb 27, 2008
Paul Burke’s Designing for Disagreement diagram is sheer brilliance for anyone involved in iterative design and problem solving. “The ways in which individuals solve problems has become less useful than understanding the ways a collaborative team solves a problem. The value of Design for today and tomorrow lies with understanding and employing collaborative problem solving.”
posted by
cameron
on Monday, Feb 25, 2008
Drag the browser width back and forth on
this site for a slick alpha-transparent PNG trick.
posted by
cameron
on Tuesday, Feb 19, 2008
“Designers and enlightened business thinkers alike are fond of touting the strategic importance of design…. I’m a believer in that logic, but given Yahoo’s less than flattering position as an ailing company subject to the whims of stronger players, I have to ask: did design make a difference? ... Perhaps we can’t expect design to save failing companies, but if not then perhaps we should be more judicious in talking up how design can make companies successful, too.”
Khoi Vinh, Design Couldn’t Save Yahoo (related: Yahoo’s entire Design Innovation team laid off)
posted by
cameron
on Monday, Feb 18, 2008
Can’t get enough of Carly Comando’s “Everyday” (iTunes) in rotation. Some of you might recognize it from “Noah K. Everyday”, for which it was originally written, or the more recent adaptation, the NBA Super Bowl spot “Where Amazing Happens”. Finally, for those who play, How to Play “Everyday”.
posted by
cameron
on Saturday, Feb 09, 2008
Friday fun: Go to Google, type “find chuck norris”, click “I’m feeling lucky”.
posted by
cameron
on Friday, Feb 08, 2008
Not only is this a brilliant product, but the site design is equally brilliant, doubling as the product page. (Pardon the “brilliant” puns.)
posted by
cameron
on Wednesday, Feb 06, 2008
Ten years ago this month I returned from serving a full-time mission in Mexico. Just two months following my return I found myself again in Mexico, returning to the headquarters of my mission for a special conference at which Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, would be speaking, along with Elder L. Tom Perry.
In a bizarre turn of events, the night before he was to speak I was asked to translate from Spanish to English for both President Hinckley and Elder Perry as they sat and listened to the other native Spanish leaders scheduled to speak the following day. You can imagine I didn’t sleep much that night, pondering at length how I was ever going to translate for a man revered by many, myself included, as a prophet of God.
The following morning I sat on the stand about a dozen chairs down from where President Hinckley would be seated. As he entered the building I had the privilege of greeting him. I’ll never forget the look on his face as we shook hands. It was one of being physical exhausted, likely due in part to the fact that he was traveling to several locations throughout Mexico within just a few days, and definitely due in substantial part to being 87 years old.
Incredibly, this was ten years ago. I’m certain he was rarely less tired during those latter ten years than on the day I saw him. And yet he never rested, figuratively (and probably literally). I remain in awe of all that he accomplished, dedicating more temples than any other church president, among other very notable efforts.
As an aside, I totally botched the translation. I considered myself fairly fluent in Spanish at the time, but because we were in an enclosed, round, completely concrete stadium, the reverberation from the stadium speakers and my location on the stand made it nearly impossible to hear what was being said. Since that day ten years ago, I’ve long wished I could greet him anew for the chance to apologize for my deficiencies that day. However, being the incredible, humble man he was, I’m certain it was of little consequence to him. “Carry on, good brother” or something along those lines presumably would have been his reply.
We’ll miss you, President Hinckley.
posted by
cameron
on Monday, Jan 28, 2008
