“As you might expect from a story with design, media, and technology angles, Adobe’s impending acquisition of Macromedia has resulted in much reaction from a big chunk of the blogosphere. Here are what some technologists, designers, and pundits have had to say about the deal so far…”
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Prett darn nice: “SimpleViewer is a free, customizable Flash image viewing application.”
“On Monday, the always-bouncy Boing-Boing published a post about text greeking–you know, the ‘lorem ipsum’ placeholder text that designers often use to flesh out a layout while waiting for final copy. That post got me to thinking: how many Web pages have gone live with placeholder text of one kind or another? Sounds like a job for Google–and a great way to procrastinate while looking busy.” (Thanks Zeldman!)
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“Use this [tutorial] to convert your digital pictures and scans into comic book style illustrations. Nothing can take the place of talent …except for maybe a relative who works high up in the business…but this tutorial will get the idea across without requiring much artistic talent at all.”
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“By the time an object, or an apartment, or a company hits the half-century mark, it’s usually been through a redesign or two. Yet the standard-issue amber-cast pharmacy pill bottle has remained virtually unchanged since it was pressed into service after the second World War. (A child-safety cap was added in the seventies.) An overhaul is finally coming, courtesy of Deborah Adler, a 29-year-old graphic designer whose ClearRx prescription-packaging system debuts at Target pharmacies May 1.” (Thanks Coudal Partners!)
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