Amazon announces Kindle Fire HD with a 8.9" 254ppi high resolution display and 4G LT wireless. The base 32GB model starts at $499.
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A Goodbye and a Hello.
After almost six years I’ve decided it was time to leave my position as Web Designer at Dyad Communications and find a new opportunity at a larger creative agency. This will allow me to further my professional growth and work on new types of projects. It’s hard to put into words nearly six years of work experience. I’ve had such an amazing time working on so many well designed websites. At the time I started at Dyad back in 2006, they had only a handful of websites. Over the years that list has grown to over one hundred desktop and mobile websites. I’ve had the opportunity to work with designers and developers that are highly respected in the industry. The work we did while I was there, always tried to push what was creatively and technically possible. It was a privilege to contribute to their portfolio of work. Since I left Dyad in early June, I’ve been the Senior Web Developer at May Media Group, a publishing company located in Marlton, NJ and New York City. While this was not the right fit for me I’ve met and worked with many amazingly smart and talented people. That brings me to my big announcement, the Hello.
I’m extremely excited to announce that starting today I’m now Senior Interactive Developer at One Trick Pony. One Trick Pony is an advertising and design agency that works with many well known brands such as American Express, Virgin Mobile and Turner Classic Movies. I’ll primarily be responsible for developing cutting edge HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript websites for desktop and mobile devices.
This means I’ll continue to work on what I love to do; creating amazing web presences for equally amazing clients. I also look forward to collaborating with a new group of super talented individuals. Together, I’m very excited to see where we can push the web.
In addition to this news, I’m now opening up myself to additional (very select) freelance opportunities. While my primary focus will be my work with One Trick Pony these select opportunities will allow me to provide my design and developer services to non-competitive businesses, friends and associates. Feel free to contact me on Twitter.
I can’t wait to share with you what we’re working on. In the mean time check out the work we do on our website.
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The Final Nail in the Coffin
On August 15, Adobe will no longer offer Flash for Android through the Google Play store. Any Android device that does not already have Flash will be unable to download it any longer. It is the end of a very long, difficult road for Adobe as it cedes video on mobile browsers to HTML5.
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iconmonstr
A nice, growing, collection of free glyphs. Includes SVG downloads, so you can easily import the icons into Icomoon or Fontello (if you’re like me and prefer webfont-based icons).
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“ Dismissing an idea is so easy because it doesn’t involve any work. You can scoff at it. You can ignore it. You can puff some smoke at it. That’s easy. The hard thing to do is protect it, think about it, let it marinate, explore it, riff on it, and try it. The right idea could start out life as the wrong idea. ” — Jason Fried
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Starbuck teams up with Square
This is another step toward a lifestyle where all you’ll need when you leave your house is your mobile phone.
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Adobe ceases development of Flash for mobile browsers
…and so continues the slow and painful death of Flash.
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Microsoft views the Surface as a “stage for Windows 8.” It’s 9.3mm thin, has full size USB 2.0 ports, a massive kickstand and weighs only 1.5 lbs. The casing is made out of magnesium (specifically, a material Microsoft calls VaporMg) and screen is covered in the Gorilla Glass 2 and optically bonded, a feature Microsoft brags was specifically made for the Surface. The Surface is directly aimed at consumers, and with that, the iPad.
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