Rants and Ramblings: random commentary about culture, media, politics, technology and whatnot.

links for 2007-07-06

• A More Perfect Cacophony: Building Daily Kos | Mother Jones
  Kos’ lead site designer on the search for the ultimate digital community.
  (tags: blogs community toread)
• Optimizing Web Applications and Content for iPhone | Apple Developer Connection
  (tags: apple iphone webdesign reference safari webdev via:dcww)
• Apple iPhone development secrets revealed | Ed Burnette’s Dev Connection | ZDNet.com
  (tags: apple iphone safari webdesign webdev via:jnorman)
• On the Squareness of Milk Containers | Design Observer
  Often, an object’s design is only marginally influenced by the hand of a designer. Its design has already been preordained by market (or other) constraints.
  (tags: design economics toread)
• Megan Jaegerman’s brilliant news graphics | Ask Edward Tufte
  A fierce researcher and reporter, she writes gracefully and precisely. Megan has the soul of a news reporter, who happens to use graphs, tables, and illustrations — as well as words — to explain the news.
  (tags: design illustration journalism newspapers nytimes inspiration infographics toread via:newsdesigner)
• IPhone-Free Cellphone News | New York Times
  For $10 a month on top of a regular T-Mobile voice plan, you get a special cellphone. When you’re out and about, it works like any other phone. But when it’s in a Wi-Fi wireless Internet hot spot, this phone offers a huge bargain: all your calls are free.
  (tags: cellphones wifi via:slashdot)