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Organ is my first tumblr theme. See the demo! Well, it’s...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0800

Organ is my first tumblr theme. See the demo!

Well, it’s more a CSS experiment that doesn’t use any JavaScript for the animation. Make sure you test it in Safari/Chrome.

You can use this theme on your own tumblr blog, but keep its limitations in mind and at the moment it only supports picture posts: Download theme

Credits: Background pattern by Squidfingers.

FITC Amsterdam 2010 was my first “big” Flash...

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0800

FITC Amsterdam 2010 was my first “big” Flash conference I attended. So far I just knew some of the big names from their blogs and websites, so it was great see and listen to them in person.

ps. The picture above is from ISO50’s session.

The World is moving to HTML 5

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:42:54 -0800

The World is moving to HTML 5:

One of the best posts about this whole “Flash vs HTML5” argument that started after Apple’s iPad announcement.

The Magic Mirror is just a little demo. It’s still not...

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:35:53 -0800

The Magic Mirror is just a little demo. It’s still not complete. The idea is to add Facebook-Connect so it would know what kind of [spoiler-alert “product”] to show, personalized on your gender, age and so on..

I’m also not sure if there is a company that would want to make fun of their clients (Dove is just used as an example). So this might just remain a little lab demo.

Note: If you can’t see yourself in the mirror after confirming in the camera settings, just right-click and pick the right webcam driver.

Playing around with After Effects. It kinda looks like Darth...

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:20:53 -0800

Playing around with After Effects. It kinda looks like Darth Vader.

Happy to announce that I joined refunk in Amsterdam.

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Happy to announce that I joined refunk in Amsterdam.

"Happy 2010"

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

“Happy 2010”

Video

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:35:21 -0800

Avatar! If you believe the hype about James Cameron’s new...

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:16:06 -0800

Avatar! If you believe the hype about James Cameron’s new movie Avatar, then it’s gonna change how films are made. I haven’t seen it yet, but soon I will. Hopefully in 3D.

Above you see Jake Sully’s Avatar and me. Had to stretch my face and squeeze his to kinda match the proportions.

The Future Post

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:59:00 -0800

Sometimes when I write a new post I wish I could set the post date in the future. Why does everything have to be in the past? When I write about an upcoming event, visitors will see it too early and when the event get’s closer that post is already buried with new ones.

As an example, let’s say I plan to attend Chirp, the Twitter Developer Conference. I probably post about it when I first find out about it, or when I get my ticket and maybe after the event already happened. But Nobody will see it right before the event occurs!!

Below a quick example:

The “future posts” appear above normal posts for an easy glance what’s coming up. After the set time passed, a post would fall below the NOW line and you could even update it with news from the event.

A tumblr theme could look like this:

{block:FuturePosts} ... {/block:FuturePosts}
NOW
{block:Posts} ... {/block:Posts}

Actually any kind of stream with chronological posts could use it, even Twitter or Facebook statuses. It would kinda be like a public calendar. Let’s see.

Tumblr Mosaic Viewer

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:01:00 -0800

Tumblr Mosaic Viewer:

This is pretty cool. Let’s you view all my content in a nice mosaic.

Casa Garvera

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Casa Garvera:

A quick and simple site for a friend. He is selling his house in the beautiful Swiss Alps.

acryliccowboy: Machinarium is a point-and-click adventure game...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:33:03 -0800

acryliccowboy:

Machinarium is a point-and-click adventure game from indie Czech developers Amanita. From the gorgeous hand drawn illustration and animation, to the refreshing soundtrack, Machinarium is abso-fucking-lutely beautiful.

With a free demo available online it’s hard not to be be captivated by it’s charm. (via Sam Wieck)

"Can you re-upload the photos on my site? I think they are fading from so many people clicking on..."

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:25:53 -0800

“Can you re-upload the photos on my site? I think they are fading from so many people clicking on them.”

- (via clientsfromhell)

Passing a lighthouse.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:19:00 -0800

Passing a lighthouse.

Typekit

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:12:58 -0800

Typekit:

Typekit has launched! I used it for the top navigation, the titles and text posts.

This is the new Design Process: Skipping Wireframes and...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:11:00 -0800

This is the new Design Process: Skipping Wireframes and Photoshop comps! Well, sort of.. This video shows all the different design steps needed to create the Shitty Day site, from start to finish. As you can see, I tried to implement some principles I picked up some day:

Getting Real: Create a working prototype first, worry about Design later.
Design from the inside-out (can’t remember the link): Concentrate first on the content (Tweets), then the things around it.
KISS: Keep it simple..

So, where are all the wireframes and Photoshop comps? They got skipped..!! no wait.. actually you could say that the wireframe (basic layout at the beginning) and the Photoshop comp got created straight in HTML. And once it was all done.. Boom.. the whole project was done!

It all seems pretty easy, but I think this process works only for smaller simple apps, micro sites, promotions and so.. For bigger and more complex projects, the traditional approach might still be better.

Credits: The Shitty song is from 28if..

Shitty Day is a side project I created just for fun. It searches...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:38:00 -0800

Shitty Day is a side project I created just for fun. It searches for Tweets from people that write about their shitty day. The results can be seen in a fun way (toilet paper roll) and users get encouraged to send back some love. You might even could argue that it will have a therapeutic effect (you’re not alone with your shitty day).

First I intended doing everything in Flash, but then I thought it’s a good chance to play around with some CSS3, jQuery and the Twitter API. And a lot of fixed PNGs to let only the paper roll scroll. Watch the making of video.

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Here a short video showing the making (actually cutting) of my...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:43:00 -0800

Here a short video showing the making (actually cutting) of my new business cards.

I just got the new Moo MiniCards. YAY! When they arrive in the...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:04:00 -0800

I just got the new Moo MiniCards. YAY! When they arrive in the shiny box, they are actually still not finished.. Just by cutting off the edges it looks like the card got shifted from a samurai sword cut. Yes, the inspiration comes from the Samurai Vodka design.

Watch the making-of.. ahh.. no.. cutting-of video.