Ryan Sholin » web design http://ryansholin.com The future of news. And more. No funny stuff. Thu, 24 May 2012 18:54:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 2006-2007 ryansholin@gmail.com (Ryan Sholin) ryansholin@gmail.com (Ryan Sholin) http://www.ryansholin.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com 144 144 Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education. Ryan Sholin Ryan Sholin ryansholin@gmail.com no no Bootstrap, from Twitter http://ryansholin.com/2011/08/22/bootstrap-from-twitter/ http://ryansholin.com/2011/08/22/bootstrap-from-twitter/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:39:31 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/?p=8247 Bootstrap, from Twitter: Wow. This is a full CSS library of sorts for that web app you were going to build next. Great treatments for forms, too. Even supports IE7. Spotted via Daniel.

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In his RSS feed, these show up with a plain title of “Status” — I find this to be sort of amusing.

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]]> http://ryansholin.com/2011/07/26/best-of-digital-news-design-winners/feed/ 0 A short list of things you might find useful http://ryansholin.com/2011/06/14/a-short-list-of-things-you-might-find-useful/ http://ryansholin.com/2011/06/14/a-short-list-of-things-you-might-find-useful/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:40:59 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/?p=8063
  • A proposed new standard for semantic metadata in, say, online news stories.
  • Michael Donohoe’s bucket list of things the New York Times could do, delivered shortly after he moved on to a new gig.
  • If you’re not following Richard Koci Hernandez on Instagram, you’re missing out on a hypercreative stream of possibilities.
  • A short instruction manual from CNN for success on the Web: Strengthen your core, then stretch yourself.
  • On Wikipedia, all roads lead to Philosophy. And data visualization.
  • The first rule of Tweet Club is exactly what you think it is.
  • A book about responsive web design.
  • How and why the Financial Times built a no-app-store-required HTML5 experience for tablets, and also, the future.
  • The New York Observer redesigns online to showcase #longreads and scoops. (See also Stock and Flow.)
  • Google ties together “rel=me” and authorship of things like news stories with a new bit of metadata.

    • Now, go build something useful.

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    ]]>     http://ryansholin.com/2011/06/14/a-short-list-of-things-you-might-find-useful/feed/ 0     Prime numbers, semi-transparent PNGs, and organic randomness in tiled backgrounds http://ryansholin.com/2011/04/23/prime-numbers-semi-transparent-pngs-and-organic-randomness-in-tiled-backgrounds/ http://ryansholin.com/2011/04/23/prime-numbers-semi-transparent-pngs-and-organic-randomness-in-tiled-backgrounds/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2011 10:36:06 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/?p=7964 Prime numbers, semi-transparent PNGs, and organic randomness in tiled backgrounds: The Cicada Principle and Why It Matters to Web Designers. Wish I had an excuse to use this.

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    ]]>     http://ryansholin.com/2011/04/23/prime-numbers-semi-transparent-pngs-and-organic-randomness-in-tiled-backgrounds/feed/ 1     Jakob Nielsen asks if “hated” web design elements can still be useful http://ryansholin.com/2011/04/01/jakob-nielsen-asks-if-hated-web-design-elements-can-still-be-useful/ http://ryansholin.com/2011/04/01/jakob-nielsen-asks-if-hated-web-design-elements-can-still-be-useful/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:08:15 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/?p=7905 Can Hated Design Elements Be Made to Work?: Jakob Nielsen asks the hard questions, makes an example of one great technique being used in a less-than-stellar way.

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    ]]>     http://ryansholin.com/2011/04/01/jakob-nielsen-asks-if-hated-web-design-elements-can-still-be-useful/feed/ 0     In which I realize I stopped learning new CSS tricks a few years ago http://ryansholin.com/2011/03/04/in-which-i-realize-i-stopped-learning-new-css-tricks-a-few-years-ago/ http://ryansholin.com/2011/03/04/in-which-i-realize-i-stopped-learning-new-css-tricks-a-few-years-ago/#comments Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:36:47 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/?p=7823 In which I realize I stopped learning new CSS tricks a few years ago: CSS: Innovative Techniques and Practical Solutions (via)

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    ]]>     http://ryansholin.com/2011/03/04/in-which-i-realize-i-stopped-learning-new-css-tricks-a-few-years-ago/feed/ 0     iPad Usability: First Findings From User Testing http://ryansholin.com/2010/05/10/ipad-usability-first-findings-from-user-testing/ http://ryansholin.com/2010/05/10/ipad-usability-first-findings-from-user-testing/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 19:21:43 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2010/05/10/ipad-usability-first-findings-from-user-testing/ Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen thinks your innovative iPad UI is too “weird.” I think he should, just maybe, stop worrying about a “back” button.

    iPad Usability: First Findings From User Testing

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    ]]>     http://ryansholin.com/2010/05/10/ipad-usability-first-findings-from-user-testing/feed/ 0     Information architecture for news websites http://ryansholin.com/2010/04/27/information-architecture-for-news-websites/ http://ryansholin.com/2010/04/27/information-architecture-for-news-websites/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:19:35 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2010/04/27/information-architecture-for-news-websites/ A series of highly valuable posts by a young European student journalist bent on redesigning the way we build our news sites.

    Information architecture for news websites

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    ]]>     http://ryansholin.com/2010/04/27/information-architecture-for-news-websites/feed/ 0     iA’s 2006 Facebook Designs, Redesigned http://ryansholin.com/2010/04/21/ias-2006-facebook-designs-redesigned/ http://ryansholin.com/2010/04/21/ias-2006-facebook-designs-redesigned/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:33:47 +0000 Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2010/04/21/ias-2006-facebook-designs-redesigned/ A design firm that will be familiar if you’ve followed discussions about online news design over the past few years recently shared their updated mockups for a redesign of Facebook. And they’re pretty.

    iA’s 2006 Facebook Designs, Redesigned

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