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links for 2007-04-09

• The Bus to the Ballgame - Going Out Gurus | washingtonpost.com
  The Nationals are back at RFK, and so is the Kegbus. Offered before and after every Friday and Saturday home game, the free shuttle runs between the stadium and seven Capitol Hill bars.
  (tags: washingtondc entertainment baseball dining publictransit todo)
• Eyetracking points the way to effective news article design | Online Journalism Review
  OJR’s design experts review usability research and offer suggestions on how you can make your online articles better connect with readers.
  (tags: eyetracking onlinenews webdesign research poynter uability)
• Our Little Secret - Michael Bierut | Design Observer
  I hope Helvetica is a smash. It deserves to be. But part of me still misses the days when it was just our little secret.
  (tags: typography helvetica design)
• strange maps
  A blog featuring a running series of unique, strange and historic maps
  (tags: cartography illustration history humor culture design art via:swissmiss)
• Booze and robots | We Made This
  These are two letterheads found amongst a whole box of print samples from a printer in Carlisle, dating from around 1930 to 1940. The best is the one from Robot Salesmen Ltd. — genius.
  (tags: design inspiration typography via:veer)
• Analog vs. Digital: Glenn Reynolds Decries the Loss of Knobs and Buttons in Modern Technology | Popular Mechanics
  (tags: design interface usability via:swissmiss)