14 Social Media Icon Sets

Posted by on Aug 16, 2009 in Blog, Design, Web Development | 0 comments

As many of you know, there are some crappy icon sets out there. Here are a few that I deem acceptable for general consumption. Enjoy! Aquaticus Social icons High Gloss Web 2.0 Icons 108 Free Matte White Square Social Networking Icons 154 Matte Black Social Media Icons Web 2 Icons Webtoolkit Icon Set Vol. 1 Free Vectors – 20 Free Social Bookmarking Icons Social Media Icons Pack 34 (ou plus)...

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Woo! WordPress 2.8.

Posted by on Jul 8, 2009 in Blog, Design | 0 comments

WordPress 2.8 is out! If you haven’t already you should go download it now. As of this post WordPress 2.8 has been downloaded 1,522,482 times, that’s pretty amazing. I’m actually blown away every time I install a new version of WordPress. It seems like they iron out a few more rough spots each release and the whole experience just gets that much better. As far as open source...

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User Friendly Design: Attachment Icons

Posted by on Jul 7, 2009 in Blog, Design, Featured | 0 comments

User Friendly Design: Attachment Icons

Last October I helped launch www.psylabstudios.com, an online store for my friend Lars so he can hawk merch for his band Oneiroid Psychosis. This was my first foray into ecommerce, one that went pretty smoothly all things considered. We couldn’t use SSL, so we ended up using the Google Checkout API. I wrote a custom shopping cart for the site using the Google Checkout PHP...

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Fugue – The Best Icon Set on the Web

Posted by on Jul 6, 2009 in Blog, Design | 0 comments

Fugue – The Best Icon Set on the Web

Having the right icon set can make or break a web development project. Confusing icons will frustrate users and drive them away from your application. There is no excuse for using ugly icons or even no icons at all on your web application. Fugue For my last few projects I’ve been happily using an icon set called Fugue. Available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, the Fugue...

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Photos, Multimedia and Journalism

Posted by on Jun 20, 2009 in Blog, Design, Strategic Communications | 2 comments

Well, it’s been a long time since my last post, but for good reason! I’ve had quite the busy term and I thought it would be nice to show you what I’ve been up to all term. The main thing keeping me busy was a photojournalism class at the University of Oregon. I ended up with a pretty nice portfolio and a multimedia story on Eugene’s local (now defunct) Bar 201. You can...

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