Life Of A College Dropout

Inside Elliot Rodger's Life Online, These Women Are About To See Their Vaginas For First Time, The New Dots Is Here, What I've Learned In My First Year As A College Dropout, What We Learned This Week, Inside The Shadowy World of High-Speed Tennis Betting The Daily Digg Friday, May 30, 2014 'PUAHATE' AND 'FOREVERALONE' Inside Elliot Rodger's Life Online theguardian.com Dtugg didn't know what had happened until Saturday morning, when he logged in to his account on the forums of bodybuilding.com and saw his inbox flooded with supportive messages. "God bless you," read one. "You truly tried," said another. That was how he found out that Elliot Rodger had, the night before, killed six people and himself in Isla Vista, California. EYE-OPENING These Women Are About To See Their Vaginas For First Time digg.com "I keep it shaved, so she looks like an old bald-headed man." GAMES WE DIGG SPONSORED The New Dots Is Here itunes.apple.com It's the most puzzling version of Dots yet. Just don't say we didn't warn you. SMARTER LIVING What I've Learned In My First Year As A College Dropout jessepollak.me I've messed up — and learned — more in a single year than I had in the previous nineteen (and a half). DIGG PICKS What We Learned This Week digg.com This week we learned about Audi's Nazi past, the world's most expensive fruits and why no one wants to host the Olympics anymore. GAME, SET, CASH Inside The Shadowy World of High-Speed Tennis Betting fivethirtyeight.com In January, Daniel Dobson was two months into a new job that allowed him the opportunity to travel overseas and watch live sports. It had a downside, though: It got him arrested in an incident that drew media coverage around the world. Read more on Digg.com → V-I-C-T-O-R-Y Ansun Sujoe, 13, of Fort Worth, Texas, left, and Sriram Hathwar, 14, of Painted Post, N.Y., celebrate after being named co-champions of the National Spelling Bee, on Thursday, May 29, 2014, in Oxon Hill, Md. Credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

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The AZ project by Otl Aicher Posted: 28 May 2014 12:37 PM PDT The AZ Project is a book by Otl Aicher created for the nostalgic which is supplemented by an essay on the history of graphic design by Dario Russo. It is a book that introduces the project with precise references to the 100 graphic designers and their seminal work. The book AZ Project is a wonderful resource of graphic design – an archive of great designers and typographers. The book is available in both Italian and English version. The concluding paragraph from the book is here through which you'll know how magnificent resource of graphic design it is: "100 graphic designers to tell a story, to describe different approaches to visual communication, some rather unique, others more common, all relevant in some way, in five important areas of graphic design. These 100 may not be the greatest graphic designers of all time but they are certainly among the finest. Thanks to them; the AZ Project Graphic Design took off, an archive on international graphic design that will soon be expanded with new profiles of other important designers, of the past or present. It is the first step, a way to launch the project, a pondered selection of some of the most successful graphic design projects of the past century. However, a lot of work still has to be done…" Otl Aicher History of Aicher Otl Aicher is a German graphic designer and typographer who is meticulous and impeccable in his field. He was arrested in 1937 and drafted into the German army as he opposed to Nazi authoritarianism. In 1945, he preferred to desert rather than taking part in World War II. He studied sculpture at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich in 1946 and after a year of his study, he opened his own studio, Büro Aicher, in Ulm. In 1953, he founded a school of design in association with his wife Inge Scholl. In 1972 he takes care of the Munich Olympics Games corporate identity designing a series of internationally comprehensible pictograms. In addition, he designs numerous typefaces, like the Rotis font family (1989), which includes sans-serif, semi-sans, serif and semi-serif versions. Aicher's concept According to Aicher, it is possible to generate a consistent and unambiguous brand identity only by using a precise series of standards. The Lufthansa project can be taken as example which is a brand that obtained high visibility using few of simple and systematically repeated elements; all gathered in a manual that describes each of their application. This manual is based upon three essential elements: the pictographic logo that portrays a stylized crane in flight, with a sharp and essential silhouette, contained in a circle which stresses the incisiveness of the bird; the use of the typeface, Helvetica, sans-serif and minimal; the chromatic system, based on yellow (for the circle) and blue (for the crane and the circumference). The post The AZ project by Otl Aicher appeared first on Design daily news. Download the Designers essentials package now!

Freebies wednesday Posted: 28 May 2014 08:12 AM PDT Every wednesday, we share a few freebies that'll make your designer toolbox a bit more useful. If you are a designer and create freebies you are proud of, just drop us a line. Halftone Automator Photoshop actions Halftone Automater, a great set of Photoshop actions with 12 distinct actions: dots, diagonal lines, and horizontal lines; each divided into small, medium, large, huge and gigantic sizes. Kraftstoff Kraftstoff is a free typeface based on antique gas pump meters. E-commerce PSD template E-commerce minimal template that was created for multiple needs. Open iconic An open source icon set with 223 marks in SVG, webfont and raster formats The post Freebies wednesday appeared first on Design daily news. Download the Designers essentials package now!

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Why Would You Eat This?

The Most Important Bits From Snowden's First Big Broadcast Interview, The Psychology Of Soylent And The Prison Of First-World Food Choices, Cars Vs. Cyclist, The Best Time Minnie Mouse, My Hero, Took Off Her Head And Projectile Vomited At Me, How To Beat Jet Lag (And Why It Happens), The U.S. Doesn't Have The World's Most Overweight Kids The Daily Digg Thursday, May 29, 2014 'WOULD LIKE TO GO HOME' The Most Important Bits From Snowden's First Big Broadcast Interview thewire.com Here's a round up of some of the highlights of the hour-long special. WHY WOULD YOU EAT THIS? The Psychology Of Soylent And The Prison Of First-World Food Choices arstechnica.com Why are some repulsed by Soylent, but others desperate to receive their orders? CYCLIST - 4, CARS - 1 Cars Vs. Cyclist digg.com This is why I ride with a camera on my bike. THE DAY THE MAGIC DIED The Best Time Minnie Mouse, My Hero, Took Off Her Head And Projectile Vomited At Me thehairpin.com Minnie Mouse is the spokesperson of domestic goddesses everywhere. Minnie Mouse keeps her house cute all the time. Minnie Mouse's relationship with Mickey inspired my dreams of love. Minnie Mouse's polka-dot dress summed up all that I hoped the future held for me. DRAWING THE NEWS How To Beat Jet Lag (And Why It Happens) digg.com Why you get jet lagged and what to do about it. SO MUCH FOR THAT MEDITERRANEAN DIET The U.S. Doesn't Have The World's Most Overweight Kids vox.com Most people know that the United States has a childhood obesity problem. Less well known is that according to the latest data from the OECD is that we are not actually the world leaders in experiencing this issue. Read more on Digg.com → LIFTOFF The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-13M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, flies in the sky at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Thursday, May 29, 2014. Circular star tracks around the Polar Star and track of the rocket a the result of the long time exposure. Credit: (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) Digg for iPhone & iPad   •   Twitter   •   Facebook digg.com   •   Unsubscribe © 2014 News.me Inc. 416 West 13th Street #203, NY, NY 10014

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• What Features Have Designers Going Crazy For Webydo?
• 3D flowers printing
• Featured illustrator: Philipp Banken

What Features Have Designers Going Crazy For Webydo? Posted: 27 May 2014 11:23 PM PDT Creating exceptional websites without writing a single line of code has always been a dream for most graphic designers. After all most of us ended up learning HTML, CSS & Javascript not necessarily because we liked it or wanted to, but because it was a necessary evil to survive in the competitive web design market. Truth is that unlike developers, coding for professionals designers had always been a means to an end. Our mission, as creative professionals is to deliver a fast, beautiful and functional website and we needed code to make it happen. Despite that, successful web design is more about upholding the design principles, communicating messages, thinking about the user experience and delivering information in the most efficient way, rather than the technical side of things. With Webydo, we can finally design a website with pixel-perfect accuracy and yes, completely code-free. Forget about HTML, CSS and Javascript and just focus on what we love and excel at: unleashing our designers. Webydo’s code generator can automatically convert our graphic design into the necessary code updated to the latest industry standards. But the cool thing about Webydo is not just that it allows designers to create a website from a blank canvas with familiar design features and code-free, which is also pretty awesome. It's much more than that. After all, what would be the point to create a website that is not mobile friendly, doesn't have CMS (content management system) capabilities and as designers be imposed to a limited selection of poorly made templates? That wouldn't be suitable for professional web design, but a toy for amateurs and people who think that designers just play around with the mouse all day. So let's take a look at the features that make Webydo stand out from the rest and highly suitable for our professional web design community. Design Visually As we already discussed you can create visually appealing websites with pixel perfect accuracy. There is the option to start creating a site from scratch, using a premade layout, or a readymade design or you can even duplicate an older site you've been working on, to use as layout or template to start your second or third site. Currently, the most popular option is to begin the creative process from a blank canvas. Inside the website editor you will find all the necessary elements needed for adding videos, images, text, flash, forms, menus, widgets and articles. You can drag and drop these elements, reposition them till you are satisfied and further customize them through a multitude of options.  Furthermore you can set up custom grids, rulers, and repeat elements across all pages. You have a solid control on the typography and you can choose among various web fonts to use or add your own.  There are also features to manage your website pages and you can duplicate them, delete them, set if they'll be visible on the menu, and of course add their various SEO options. Mobile friendly When your website will be viewed on a mobile phone device, it will be displayed in a customized responsive way. You can click the mobile icon in the editor to design the mobile version of your website. (The option to create a version for tablets is currently under development.) Integrated e-Commerce Ecwid is a great ecommerce solution used by more than 300.000 merchants in 175 countries. It is available in 45 languages and you can use all the major payment gateways with it thus making it a very flexible choice. Best part? You can embed it into any Webydo site in minutes! Integrated CMS Webydo also packs CMS like features. You or your client can change, delete or update any content element as many times you like. The content editing takes place in a word like processor where it's easy to replace texts, add graphics, change images or videos, and once the content is uploaded it can also get published immediately. Manage multiple websites with ease Managing multiple websites can be quite frustrating and difficult if you haven't come up early with a solid and consistent method of organizing your workflow. With Webydo you can manage all the websites you have created with it from a unified dashboard. From there we can create new websites, edit existing ones, manage and update the content, update our plan, customize our login page / dashboard logo, and more. Designers even have the option to send branded invoices to clients for services that they've provided so they won't have to work on third party platforms. Cost efficient According to the size of your business and your needs you can choose among the "One-Site Plan" or the "Professional Plans." There are 3 Professional Plans: Pro, Team, and Agency. This makes it possible for designers to grow their business and clientele by choosing the best plan for their agency or business. Lead the development road map The development of new features is decided by Webydo’s devoted community of designers. Following the requests of the vibrant community, more features are added. You can join the conversation on Webydo's Participate page and add your suggestions, vote on existing topics and watch and see as your ideas are turned into reality. One of the recent and most exciting features to come from the Participate page is the ability to create a Parallax Scrolling website, code-free. Webydo has recently released this in closed beta, and you can sign up for free for the trial and begin working with the Parallax Scrolling Animator in the beta trial. Conclusion With Webydo designers can finally see their design in action and be in charge of their creative vision from start to finish. Give Webydo a try today and see why over 86K designers worldwide love it and use it daily to create websites for their clients. This article is presented by Webydo's community of professional designers. The post What Features Have Designers Going Crazy For Webydo? appeared first on Design daily news. Download the Designers essentials package now!

3D flowers printing Posted: 27 May 2014 08:35 AM PDT With the evolving technologies and trends, 3D printing – the process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital model – has gained special attention and market hit. This technology is used in several fields including jewellery, industrial designs, architecture, education, engineering, and to your surprise it is now used in floral as well. Yes, you heard it right. Joshua Harker, who is an artist, sculptor, musician, digital adventurer and imagination architect, has been working on a new 3D printing technology that pushes the boundaries of quality, and creates small bouquets comprising 10 to 12-inch flowers. He believes his 3D printed filigree floral structure will help to raise funds to complete R&D of a revolutionary new 3D printer technology. The limit of what 3D printing can do are constantly being tested, and one of the best result is Joshua Harker's exceptional 3D floral design which is the result of his creative imagination, art and invention. You can visualize some of his 3D floral print in the given pictures: The post 3D flowers printing appeared first on Design daily news. Download the Designers essentials package now!

Featured illustrator: Philipp Banken Posted: 27 May 2014 07:29 AM PDT Philipp Banken is a talented illustrator from Germany. He freelances for various clients, in both traditional and digital techniques. The post Featured illustrator: Philipp Banken appeared first on Design daily news. Download the Designers essentials package now!

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