Information Maven: Greg Meyer

Finding, capturing, and categorizing information (and trying to make sense of it).

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Entries from February 2006

John K is back.

February 26th, 2006 · 1 Comment

The creator of “Ren and Stimpy”, cult cartoon, has returned with … a blog.

Although John’s site isn’t as involved as Danny Gregory’s excellent Everyday Matters blog, it’s a very interesting look at the creative process and sketching in general.

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Tags: sketches

Whoa. Holy Folding Bikes, Batman!

February 26th, 2006 · No Comments

Who hasn’t drooled over a really nice bicycle. This one hits close to home, as it is the neatest folding bicycle I’ve seen. No telling how much fun it actually is to ride, but you’ll be one of the coolest kids on your block.

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Tags: Random thoughts

Yahoo gets RIA going …

February 26th, 2006 · No Comments

The recent Yahoo blog on RIA (rich internet applications) is a treasure trove of interesting information for folks looking to capitalize on a big company’s interest in UI design.
Samples include:

The design pattern library - find solutions to your most vexing design issues
Yahoo! components, which can jump start your “uglies”, or the iterative designs you share […]

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Tags: Random thoughts

Site for color geeks

February 13th, 2006 · No Comments

Interesting site here: http://www.inthemod.com/inthemod.html. I’m not sure exactly what it does, but I think it helps you to compare famous paintings and find other paintings having similar color attributes. Nifty.
More down-to-earth colors (like for webby stuff) can be found at color schemer.

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Not sure anyone needs this, but boy howdy it’s cool!

February 13th, 2006 · 1 Comment

Never in my wildest dreams as a kid did I think that the standup video games I loved would ever be handheld.
It gets weirder. Never did I think that these games of the past could be played on the digital cameras of the present.
I think I need to find myself an older digicam on […]

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Tags: Random thoughts · games