pass the relish

“Google Doctype is an open encyclopedia and reference library. Written by web developers, for web developers. It includes articles on web security, JavaScript DOM manipulation, CSS tips and tricks, and more. The reference section includes a growing library of test cases for checking cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility.”

There are an awful lot of reference sites out there, but Google does a few quality products you may already be familiar with so this could be worth keeping an eye on.

by Joshua on May 14, 2008

Yes, I’m talking about that Processing, the data visualization programming language, but in Javascript. This particular bit of overachieving was done by none other than John Resig, a name you may recognize as the brains behind the jQuery javascript library. Then again, you can expect only greatness from a guy who maintains a pie chart of his current interests.

There are oodles of demos, so check it out.

by Joshua on May 9, 2008

Those Brits… they sure know humour!

by Steve Palmer on April 30, 2008

Fluid is a neat Mac tool that builds “site specific browsers”. What does that mean? Well, it means if you have a site that you always have open (say Gmail, Basecamp, or Harvest) you can use Fluid to create a stand-alone app that is a dedicated browser just for that site.

Why would anybody do that? It keeps the tab-count to a minimum in your main web browser and because Fluid’s apps are stand-alone they run independently of your browser so if you’re watching sixteen Flight of the Conchords videos simultaneously and your Firefox takes a nosedive it won’t take your email, to-do lists or timesheets with it.

Fluid apps use the ultra-stable and generally reliable webkit engine — same one that Safari is built on so it’s fully road-tested on the Mac.

Sexy-fy your Fluid apps with nice high-res icons from the Flickr Fluid icon pool.

by Steve Palmer on April 28, 2008

Yeah, its geeky. But its funny.

Poetic Prophet (aka the SEO Rapper) and his jammy jam, Design Coding…

by Shawn on April 14, 2008

Yes, I know. Plush toys aren’t exactly a new innovation. Not even ones that spit out some sort of lame audio track on impact. But I couldn’t help but be filled with nintendo fanboy glee when i threw a novelty-sized shell across the room at an unsuspecting bystander, followed by the trademarked ’shell knocking’ noise, and a 1up sound clip. The coin block makes the predictable coin noise, but nintendo has done it again by slotting in a randomized ‘mushroom’ noise to get you going… or i guess growing? If price isn’t a factor for you ($40 each), be sure to make these novelty items a part of your next mario pajama party.

by John on April 7, 2008

I’m amazed at the subtle elegance of the Seed Conference web site. As someone who has a tendency to over-design (before, hopefully, reining it back) it’s work like this that reminds me of how elegant simplicity can be. No gradients — shocking!

by Joshua on April 3, 2008

If you’re growing old waiting for FFFFOUND to open up their nifty image bookmarking service to the general public there’s still hope. No, I didn’t hack into FFFFOUND but I did find a pretty rock solid alternative at We heart it. Like FFFFOUND, We heart it lets you bookmark images, tag them, comment, see who else tagged them and search the entire pool by tag. It’s still early on so the features are a bit limited but it’s certainly worth poking around and seeing what’s there. For the designers in the crowd it’s a helluva of a resource for really inspiring images. Photography, illustration, art… the real cream of the crop.

If you do sign up for an account be sure to install the bookmarklet - makes bookmarking images a real snap!

by Steve Palmer on April 2, 2008

Cabel Sasser, designer at the world’s best software company, Panic, gives a great talk at the C4[1] Mac developer conference. He gives some insight into the origin and the evolution of Panic and speaks at length about the design process behind Relish’s de facto official dev environment, Coda.

by Joshua on March 29, 2008

8 Classic Dunks. Winner takes all.

Known for its breakthrough sites, Nike didn’t disappoint when it decided to take a debate that’s been raging for over 20 years and raise it to the next level. Enter Dunk Wars: an epic and sometimes ruthless battle where two teams, each representing a classic Dunk and captained by their own legendary sneakerhead, go mano-a-mano each week to find out which Dunk truly is king. Choosing only 8 competitors couldn’t have been easy but adding to the drama was Nike’s controversial inclusion of the Terminator. How would a winner be chosen? There was only one way to find out… let the public decide!

Congrats to Arcade Agency for whipping up a visual feast for the eyes. With custom logos, classic chenille patches, vintage cheerleader outfits, and gorgeous glamour shots, no detail went overlooked. Luckily for us, Arcade brought us in to do the flash development, giving us ring-side seats for this timeless battle for sneaker supremacy.

Want to be a part of history? Watch the battles and then cast your vote!

by Sacha on March 24, 2008