Dan, Justin, and Rob roll out a big new feature for StrawPoll—the ability to run your own Twitter polls. Clever stuff, using the Summize API. Nice job, guys! Visit site »
Intern Rob on getting through college and into a career that truly excites and stimulates you, and avoiding the institutional rat race the system encourages. Really good thoughts for pre-professional designers, developers and the like — but I do wonder if what Rob did would have worked so well to get him great job offers in other industries?
Still, a great read. Visit site »
Rob Goodlatte and Dan Romero use Twitter to conduct brief online polls. Fun idea, fun site, and nice implementation. Word of warning to would-be parallaxers: I believe think effect is this close to jumping the shark, and I’ve only seen it on like four sites. Rob and Dan do it really well, but still… Visit site »
A few weeks ago, Newsvine’s Intern Rob™ showed me a version of what is now called “Synotype” he was using in development of his recently redesigned site. I insisted that he must release it to the public. He has done so, and it very well might be the most useful typography tool to hit the web in quite a while. If you’ve ever wanted to make sure your baselines are all neatly lining up, do check it out. Thanks, Rob! Visit site »
Rob continues his “Three Questions” series by interviewing one of my personal web design idols, Mark Boulton. Rob continues to ask great questions and get great answers. Go read it. Visit site »
The very talented Rob Goodlatte has recently started a series of short interviews of other designers on his blog, and was kind enough to have me participate. Click through to read my thoughts on programming vs. design, web standards education, and justifying design decisions. Visit site »
Rob redesigns his site and again stakes his claim as one of the most talented young designers on the Interwebs. Great job, Rob! Visit site »