Handsome Code

I've been tweaking your theme as a minimalist template for my blog, if you look in to the source I made some things more efficient (probably ruining more in the process). I made sure to give credit in my footer. But, do you have any suggestions on how I could make it a bit more... design-y?

gordonc — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:26:51 -0400

Nice work, looks great to me dude!

I might switch up the colors so that the sidebar has a dark bg and the left column a light one, I find tumblr content usually looks better on a lighter background, but that’s just a personal thing. Also maybe add some more padding above and below your divider lines, those feel a bit tight with that much contrast.

hi... what's with the audio posts that require Flash ? and why are we having 20 twitter posts now ? please don't leave Handsome Code down :((

gordonc — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 00:27:12 -0400

Oh man, what on earth happened to the twitter column? That’s not right. Ok, I’ll get around to fixing this and the flash audio issue. So much maintenance to keep these themes working!

Hello, I've been using your theme and I love it! However, my whole page is based off of audio embeds and for some reason they've stopped working. I've tried other machines. I've updated flash. Nothing is correcting it. When I switch to another theme the audio plays fine. Any ideas? Thanks. Jon

gordonc — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:45:00 -0500

Hmm, weird, it’s happening on my blog too! Looks like Tumblr updated some stuff in my theme broke in the process. Will look into it, thanks!

Maybe I'm being selfish, or wanting too much. You see the thing is that I've fallen in love with your Accent theme, which of course is free ..., which is amazing. I've tried so many themes before this one, but always felt like they just weren't quite what I was looking for. Then I found Accent and it was love at first site. My question is if there is a way for me to justify the text? There I said it. It would make me feel complete ... and really, really clean.

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 18:22:27 -0400

Happy to hear that this tumblr theme has helped you move forward on your path to self-actualization. There’s no need to justify your enjoyment of a tumblr theme or its typography though.

: )

Does accent theme allow for comments/reblogging etc?

Mon, 07 May 2012 14:53:20 -0400

Yes!

gramofthrones: “Cut off his manhood and feed it to the venture...

gordonc — Wed, 02 May 2012 16:40:05 -0400

gramofthrones:

“Cut off his manhood and feed it to the venture capitalists.” – Tyrion

Photo

gordonc — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 20:46:06 -0400

Views.fm: New Features Update

gordonc — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:10:38 -0400

Views.fm: New Features Update:

viewsfm:

We’ve quietly launched some new features of the past couple weeks which you may have noticed, check it:

Dashboard
Now, all activity (comments and saves) on your views will show up on your logged-in homepage, or dashboard. Additionally, public views from people that you follow will appear in…

viewsfm: View of the Week: Alice by getflourish Interaction...

gordonc — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:06:57 -0500

viewsfm:

View of the Week: Alice by getflourish

Interaction designer Florian Schultz is also a talented photographer, and showcases some nice portraits on Views.

Views.fm: Saved Views + Color Updates

gordonc — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:00:37 -0500

Views.fm: Saved Views + Color Updates:

viewsfm:

After months of slightly changing existing features, we finally have a new feature: saved views.

Now, you can easily bookmark any view that you like for easy access via the ‘saved views’ section on your home screen.

Why is this useful?

Views are dynamic objects, unlike, say, blog posts. They…

arsy: Designing for a hierarchy of needs

gordonc — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:07:08 -0500

arsy:

Designing for a hierarchy of needs

Accent Disqus Update

gordonc — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:09:01 -0500

Accent theme has been updated with long overdue Disqus support and a few other little bug fixes. Enjoy.

"Path is pretty in the same designy way as our modern museums…These museums are very exciting when..."

gordonc — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:22:45 -0500

“Path is pretty in the same designy way as our modern museums…These museums are very exciting when they open. You show up and marvel along with all of the other fans of architecture. Maybe you return for one of those nights where they stay open late and there is a band and drinking. “A great space,” you think. Maybe one day you’ll be rich and rent out the atrium for a private party. The art doesn’t get talked about so much at these museums. The museum itself is the “social object,” as it were. Eventually the particulars around which the museum was designed fall out of fashion. A fresh crop of architects finds it to be too flashy, or too dull, or to have been guided by faulty principles. There is congestion where there should be flow. Certain rooms are simply exhausting. Maybe it is even an eyesore. This is good for the museum. Now they can really fuck up the place…Path is a monument to Path. It is no place to scribble in. I wish it longevity so that it might find shabbiness.”

- Sexpigeon

This is the best thing I’ve read about Path, and it perfectly articulates something I’ve thought not only about Path, but also a lot of other exemplars of the fussy, post-Apple wave of “high design” in tech products. Khoi Vinh has written about the same phenomenon, arguing that the obsessive design polish we in the industry have come to fetishize can lead to products without the “breathing room” to feel truly lived in by users.

(via buzz)

kryptoniterazor: Ha! At least flickr is aware of how hopeless...

gordonc — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:45:08 -0500

kryptoniterazor:

Ha! At least flickr is aware of how hopeless it is to try and implement DRM on the web.

D.Science

gordonc — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:03:30 -0500

D.Science:

Stanford design school is designing for science and microblogging it with a fresh Dolphins-esque take on Accent.

Also: Could coding be the next mass profession?

gordonc — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:05:02 -0500

Also: Could coding be the next mass profession?:

Dudes, Tyler didn’t even attend high school. The only programming I’ve learned was when I finally got out of school. I’d say our current educational system makes it harder to learn to program (i.e. solve problems with logic, reason, and research.) because a) grades aren’t motivating b) money is and c) most learning is from screwing around, playing, which is definitely not something schools encourage.

roybahat:

It might even be possible to do more than just learn to code – but also to become an elite coder – without necessarily going to college. We are in the early days of teaching code as a profession. Most academic training is focused on teaching students theory, not practice. (One Ivy League computer science program only required one course where students actually write code.) Imagine if students who might not otherwise even attend college could become elite coders.

(via Francis Ford Coppola Predicts YouTube in 1991 | Brain...

gordonc — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:45:06 -0500

(via Francis Ford Coppola Predicts YouTube in 1991 | Brain Pickings)

: )

Dinner with Jake. Sushi, strategy, and sobriety (surprisingly.)

gordonc — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:46:55 -0500

Dinner with Jake. Sushi, strategy, and sobriety (surprisingly.)

viewsfm: Custom logos, design changes, and more We pushed some...

gordonc — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:14:04 -0500

viewsfm:

Custom logos, design changes, and more

We pushed some big layout changes to Views last night. Check it.

There is no longer a VIEWS.FM logo in the upper left. Instead it’s your display name, which links back to your profile.

Your display name defaults as your user name, but you can change it to whatever you like.

Or, you can replace that with your own logo/image, as in the example above.

You can edit all this fun stuff in your preferences.

The idea is that you should own how your work appears, so we’re moving our branding out of the way to a little bug in the lower right.

We also pushed a bunch of system upgrades which should make everything faster, smoother, and more reliable.

Even more cool stuff is coming in the near future. Stay tuned.

"There is, however, a shortage of good startup designers, at least when it comes to people who have..."

gordonc — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:33:21 -0500

“There is, however, a shortage of good startup designers, at least when it comes to people who have both interaction and product design experience and skill sets. Designers today are being asked to do more than simply build visuals and hand them off to engineers. They are evolving into experts in user research (customer development), information architecture (IA), interaction design (IxD), visual design, and storytelling (copy writing and messaging). They also possess back-end skills and have a thorough understanding of the technology stack that the product is being built on. Just as importantly, they get the big picture and realize that user experiences are built around business models as well, including marketing, distribution, customer support, sales, business development and operations.”

- Design is becoming a competitive advantage for startups | VentureBeat

This. Design is one deliverable, but in order to deliver it well, you effectively have to learn to do five other people’s jobs. Your clients and coworkers most likely won’t appreciate your thought processes and will ask for multiple versions and iterations, and then will probably implement a poor variant on your original idea before realizing that you had presented and explained the solution the first time.

It’s frustrating but it’s good practice; once you find yourself there then you are in a perfect position to start your own company/project and really make shit happen.