http://www.thewatchmakerproject.com/ Links, thoughts, videos, and quotes bookmarked by The Watchmaker Project. en rss@thewatchmakerproject.com Copyright 2011 2011-10-11T22:44:18+00:00 http://keithcirkel.co.uk/jwerty/ http://keithcirkel.co.uk/jwerty/#When:22:44:18Z 2011-10-11T22:44:18+00:00 http://subtlepatterns.com/ http://subtlepatterns.com/#When:11:11:02Z “Quick, what was big about a year after tiling background patterns were discovered in 1998? I’m going to start a blog about that and be rich…” 2011-10-11T11:11:02+00:00 The Creative Brain On Exercise | Fast Company The Creative Brain On Exercise | Fast Company#When:22:33:33Z …exercise isn’t just about physical health and appearance. It also has a profound effect on your brain chemistry, physiology, and neuroplasticity (the ability of the brain to literally rewire itself). It affects not only your ability to think, create, and solve, but your mood and ability to lean into uncertainty, risk, judgment, and anxiety in a substantial, measurable way… 2011-10-10T22:33:33+00:00 http://www.natehallinan.com/index.html http://www.natehallinan.com/index.html#When:02:56:04Z I wish I could draw properly. :( 2011-10-04T02:56:04+00:00 http://www.andkon.com/arcade/sport/wonderputt/ http://www.andkon.com/arcade/sport/wonderputt/#When:10:54:26Z Beautiful little Flash golf game. 2011-10-03T10:54:26+00:00 http://masonry.desandro.com/ http://masonry.desandro.com/#When:00:47:02Z Another one for the layout toolkit. 2011-09-30T00:47:02+00:00 http://fluidsquares.com/ http://fluidsquares.com/#When:00:35:05Z Pretty much exactly what I was planning with the design for the lifestream app I’m building. Yoink! 2011-09-30T00:35:05+00:00 http://uxmag.com/design/the-psychologists-view-of-ux-design http://uxmag.com/design/the-psychologists-view-of-ux-design#When:01:58:53Z Some useful psychological heuristics for assessing your UX work. 2011-09-29T01:58:53+00:00 http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1406&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: FunctioningForm (LukeW Ideation + Design) http://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1406&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: FunctioningForm (LukeW Ideation + Design)#When:02:13:11Z Jumping into Mobile First with both feet. 2011-09-27T02:13:11+00:00 http://uxmovement.com/forms/9-things-designers-can-learn-from-targets-checkout-form/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: uxmovement (UX Movement) http://uxmovement.com/forms/9-things-designers-can-learn-from-targets-checkout-form/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: uxmovement (UX Movement)#When:02:11:29Z 2011-09-27T02:11:29+00:00 Interface Design is Copywriting « Bokardo Interface Design is Copywriting « Bokardo#When:00:44:04Z Good design is not an accident. It’s not something that just happens by someone getting lucky. Sure, once in a while someone stumbles upon a cool core mechanic that happens to work, but to create a solid interface that many people can use and enjoy takes real attention to the details. 2011-09-27T00:44:04+00:00 http://smacss.com/book/ http://smacss.com/book/#When:22:37:37Z 2011-09-25T22:37:37+00:00 http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/09/critics-call-foul-as-google-takes-aim-at-javascript-with-dart.ars/ http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/09/critics-call-foul-as-google-takes-aim-at-javascript-with-dart.ars/#When:09:52:55Z 2011-09-16T09:52:55+00:00 Making things, infinite games, and Fred Brooks Making things, infinite games, and Fred Brooks#When:11:41:22Z The programmer, like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. He builds his castles in the air, from air, creating by exertion of the imagination. 2011-09-10T11:41:22+00:00 http://lessframework.com/ http://lessframework.com/#When:02:07:23Z A possible candidate for inclusion in any redesign I may do, although my mind doesn’t work well with odd numbers of columns… 2011-01-26T02:07:23+00:00 http://lessframework.com/ http://lessframework.com/#When:01:07:23Z A possible candidate for inclusion in any redesign I may do, although my mind doesn’t work well with odd numbers of columns… 2011-01-26T01:07:23+00:00 http://soundcloud.com/shamantis/j-biebz-u-smile-800-slower http://soundcloud.com/shamantis/j-biebz-u-smile-800-slower#When:08:53:27Z Reminiscent of Blade Runner-era Vangelis, and surprisingly listenable. 2010-08-24T08:53:27+00:00 http://joshduck.com/periodic-table.html http://joshduck.com/periodic-table.html#When:03:30:11Z Finally, a genuinely useful piece of information design. 2010-08-24T03:30:11+00:00 #When:02:01:41Z A general rule of thumb is that if you look at a section of code and think “Wow, I don’t want to try and describe that”, you need to comment it before you forget how it works. 2010-08-03T02:01:41+00:00 From Drupal’s coding standards From Drupal’s coding standards#When:02:01:41Z A general rule of thumb is that if you look at a section of code and think “Wow, I don’t want to try and describe that”, you need to comment it before you forget how it works. 2010-08-03T02:01:41+00:00