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• Commented on How to (re) Make Money: Part 1, Print
  Hawt. Love the color coordination between the sections and the artwork. A small detail but really make those sections feel integrated and polished....
• Commented on Cover of the Day, June 13, 2011
  That water looks like heaven. :)...
• Commented on Cover of the Day, May 30, 2011
  Amazing. The original's really that dark?...
• Commented on First Look: The Newsweek Redesign
  Gorgeous. This magazine deserves a second chance....
• Commented on Should You Work For Free?
  Jessica's lettering is gorgeous -- http://jessicahische.com/ I love that those Dutch web guys make the "information wants to be free" argument when they've plastered a giant PLEASE DONATE button next to the stolen content...
• Commented on Should You Work For Free?
  Jessica's lettering is gorgeous. Take a look to make yourself feel better after reading that depressing exchange: http://jessicahische.com/...
• Commented on Cover of the Day, November 22, 2010
  This is so trippy -- love how the colors vibrate. I want to paint my apartment walls like this. :)...
• Commented on Cover of the Day, December 15, 2010
  Wow....
• Commented on Bloomberg Businessweek
  I don't know what's gotten into business mags, but they're kicking all sorts of tail. Definitely need to include Worth and whatever Neil Jamieson does over at Money among the droolworthy specimens. And all this amidst a climate that basically...
• Commented on Inspired: God and The Web
  I'd like to thank Wired for all the creepy looks I'm getting on the subway while reading this issue. How ... best ... to ... fold ... back ... cover ......
• Commented on Fast News for October 26, 2010
  Adobe's beta digital mag tools are so much fun ... It's really hard to go back to static print after playing around with these. :D...
• Commented on Cover of the Day, October 1, 2010
  Love what Businessweek has been doing, especially with typography. If memory serves, they had a genius feature on commodity futures a few weeks back with all the typography done with plants. The mag just feels really alive. I didn't know...
• Commented on GreenSource Magazine: Forward-Thinking Design
  Great stuff -- love this magazine. Smart and gorgeous. One thing you don't see here is how awesome the paper stock is. It's got that great chunky feel like Monocle. Really liked Ted's work at the Village Voice. Great to...
• Commented on Another "Inspiration?" Cover
  Wow ... There seems to be something funky going on in the design culture at regional magazines. Yeah, there's a lot of editorial overlap between titles, but that doesn't excuse lazy (or IMO unethical) art direction. Do publishers or editors...
• Commented on Just Add Water
  SPD could take a leadership role and promote its members many talents -- even just a simple portfolio gallery with contact information (and transparent freelance rates). There are many considerably talented designers here who would be more than happy to...
• Commented on Mag App: Popular Mechanics (Beta Edition)
  I do like the vertical-for-more-story, horizontal-for-next-story navigation in some mag apps, but it seems like you risk mixing up some readers who just aren't mentally picturing a magazine that way. Their mental model is left-to-right, page by page. So when...
• Commented on Mag App: Popular Mechanics (Beta Edition)
  Amazing job on the issue. Best tablet mag yet .. And nice to see ratings finally rewarding the creative effort instead of moaning about the prices. An inspiration, and then some. :)...
• Commented on Seattle Met Magazine Flash Mob Cover
  Love the small touches -- especially the handwriting on "Fairview Fanny..." :)...
• Commented on Happy 10th Birthday to the Staff of O Magazine
  o_O Oprah, you are my hero. :)...
• Commented on A Critical Look at the New Wired iPad App
  wow ... eloquently said, Erik. I feel like most designers have long handed over authorial control, regarding the visual appearance of web content. I don't think any serious designers are still trying to pull off the page-as-image metaphor on a...
• Commented on A Critical Look at the New Wired iPad App
  Software developer Layton Duncan has a bit less venomous opinion of the app's contruction: "Not surprisingly, there’s plenty of room for future optimisation of resource usage. Creating a smarter layout system, incorporating native text rendering rather than the single image...
• Commented on iPad: What's Your Review?
  User reviews are gushing ... waiting for it to download. Would love to know more about this mysterious InDesign extension that magically converts layouts to tablet-friendly code....
• Commented on Maui Wowie
  Oh man ... that Halloween cover is incredible ... lol. Would love to know what the response was....
• Commented on iPad: What's Your Review?
  Played with one for about 30 minutes today. + Beautiful hi-res screen. Makes your laptop or monitor look decades out-of-date. Detailed for crisp text reading. Photos, comics, books and magazines look drop-dead gorgeous. No more fussing about off-white or thin...
• Commented on Great (Mostly) White Covers
  Might magazine's final issue! {sniff} http://www.826valencia.org/store/shop_might_mag.html...
• Commented on Back to School--for an MFA in Design
  Great interview. I was looking at the interaction design programs at Pratt, SVA and NYU a few years back, as well. Learning as you work is fine, but there's a point where you just want to devote yourself 100% to...
• Commented on Entertainment Weekly. The Covers, Part 1: Michael Grossman
  Crazy how a typeface can stir up memories ... Bureau Grotesque was my favorite, favorite, FAVORITE in college. Everyone in my dorm would devour EW. It even got name-checked in one of the Scream movies, no? :D...
• Commented on Apple iPad: It's Real
  Hey Jeremy -- Definitely agree with you. I wasn't surprised by Apple's customization. I was surprised by their choice of fonts ... lol. Baskerville's a safe classic, but Verdana, Times New Roman and Palatino? Really? Those were the staple of...
• Commented on Apple iPad: It's Real
  Cripes .. 100 Years of Solitude. Must be tired. :)...
• Commented on Apple iPad: It's Real
  Regarding resolutions, the iPhone (163 ppi) and iPad (132 ppi) are much more detailed than your typical LCD monitor (~100 ppi) but still lag quite a bit behind print. If the formula I have is correct, a screen would need...